The South African government is abandoning its direct involvement with the set-top box programme, which has already cost taxpayers R10 billion. Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced the government’s retraction on Thursday. According to Fin24, the controversial set-top box programme will now adopt a “market/ retail driven approach” as opposed to government procurement processes which have..
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Government abandons TV project which has already cost taxpayer a whopping R10 billion
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The well known Apartheid era Foreign Affairs minister, Pik Botha, has died
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South Africa’s Foreign Minister during the apartheid era, Pik Botha, has passed away.
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A warning to SA government from Zimbabwe: Do not use land question to score political points!
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The president of the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU), Peter van Zyl, has warned South Africa not to repeat mistakes made by his country in implementing its land reform. He says politicians should not use the land question to score political points. The CFU is a grouping of Zimbabwean white farmers, many of whom..
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Government wasted R10 billion on digital migration project
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Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says Cabinet on Wednesday approved a different approach to implementing the long-delayed broadcast digital migration project. The government has abandoned plans to buy millions of set-top boxes as part of the migration from analogue to digital television after spending about R10 billion on the project. The U-turn was announced by Communications..
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Heartbreaking video shows an elderly couple being hijacked at gunpoint at petrol station
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A video was shared on social media, which showed an elderly couple getting hijacked at gunpoint at a petrol station over the weekend.
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State Capture Inquiry schedule for Today & Friday: Hogan, Gordhan testimonies postponed
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Former minister of public enterprises Barbara Hogan’s scheduled testimony before the commission of inquiry into state capture was postponed on Wednesday.
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What a waste of Taxpayers money:- R7m upgrades to Ramaphosa and Mabuza presidential homes
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The presidential homes of President Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza were refurbished and repaired when they moved in.
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With the light on the State capture inquiry:- Pravin Gordhan has a lot to get off his chest
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Let us unpack things before Gordhan takes the hot seat on Friday. The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, will finally take the hot seat in what will probably be the most anticipated testimony in Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo’s commission of inquiry into state capture.
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Barbaric torture, rape and murder in South African farm attacks
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Denialists, liberals, ANC Ministers and Commissioners of Police all try to argue the same thing: Farm attacks on white farmers in South Africa is simply part of an escalating crime wave in the country. It is just a form of violence, nothing more. White farmers are not being targeted for racial or political reasons. Cyril..
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Video: Farm murders – Widow directs video message to Ramaphosa and the USA
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The video message of a widow, whose husband was murdered in front of her and her children during a farm attack to Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa and the people of the USA has gone viral on social media, not only in South Africa, but also in the USA. Mariandra Heunis, widow of Johann Heunis who was..
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No land no vote! – Freedom Park residents protesting over “empty land promises from ANC-politicians
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“Even if you beat us up or shoot us, you can’t stop us,” protesters in Freedom Park sang as they marched to the office of the Department of Human Settlements in Eldorado Park, south Johannesburg, on Monday. They were protesting over “empty land promises by the office for human settlement”. “They promised to give us..
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South Africa’s labour movements have been sent back to the drawing board
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After the presidential jobs summit failed to arrive at an agreement with big business on a moratorium on job cuts.
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Basa: Nhlanhla Nene fears worsening ‘jittery’ markets
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Uncertainty over the future of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is leaving markets jittery, in a development the Banking Association of South Africa (Basa) has described as “unfortunate”.
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All they know is how to spend money:- Auditor General: Irregular spend at ‘all-time high’
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Auditor General Kimi Makwetu has lamented poor financial controls in the public sector that lead to irregular expenditure, saying the scourge has reached an “all-time high”.
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King Goodwill Zwelithini (the Zulu King) asks AfriForum for help to fight land expropriation
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King Goodwill Zwelithini is planning to join forces with Afrikaner supremacist group AfriForum in an effort to oppose land expropriation without compensation.
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