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Madibeng Mayor plans extravagant R1 million trip to Malaysia

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Madibeng Mayor plans extravagant R1 million trip to Malaysia

The Madibeng Mayor, Jostina Mothibe and the Acting Municipal Manager, Morris Maluleka are allegedly in the process of packing their bags for an overseas trip to Malaysia from 7 to 13 February at a cost of R529 595 per person to attend a World Urban Forum.

“The Democratic Alliance has written to the Madibeng(Brits) Mayor, Jostina Mothibe, urging her to reconsider a R1 million overseas trip. We have also referred this matter to the DA Shadow Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Kevin Mileham MP to intervene on a national level to stop this trip,” says, Jan C Van Rhyn, DA Councillor Madibeng.
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MPs to continue debate on process to impeach president

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Parliament’s sub-committee on the rules of the National Assembly will meet on Tuesday to finalise issues around the process of impeaching a president. The sub-committee met on Thursday last week to discuss the proposal of a “hybrid panel” of MPs, retired judges and legal minds that would handle the in-depth processes of impeaching a president…
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Zuma camp vies for control of KZN and Free State

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ANC branches in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State are crying foul over the composition of the provincial task teams appointed by the party secretariat this week, saying they favour the disbanded provincial executive committees that were suspended by the party’s national executive committee (NEC). On Tuesday, ANC secretary general Ace Magashule announced a provincial task..
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State capture: ANC plots a way for Zuma to walk free

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A presidential pardon could be part of the ANC’s package offered to President Jacob Zuma for him to vacate office before his term comes to an end in 2019. ANC insiders said this week there have been informal discussions between supporters of Zuma and ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa about the possibility of granting Zuma a..
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‘One bullet, one Boerekind’ – hate complaint lodged

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One bullet, one Boerekind' - hate complaint lodged

The South African Teachers Union (SAOU) filed a complaint of hate speech and racism at the Human Rights Commission (MRC) after a Facebook entry saying: “Please Zuma give us the guns to defend our democracy ‘one bullet, one Boerekind. “ According to the SAOU’s statement, the statement was made by one of the people who..
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Zuma: State capture commission must investigate all state corruption, focus on Guptas

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Zuma: State capture commission must investigate all state corruption, focus on Guptas

President Jacob Zuma wants the state capture commission of inquiry to investigate all forms of government corruption, including allegations against him, his Cabinet ministers, the Gupta family and state-owned entities. In the terms of reference seen by News24 on Thursday, Zuma says the commission must investigate whether, by whom and to what extent attempts were..
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‘All Hell Will Break Loose’ Warns Zulu King Over Land Issue

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‘All Hell Will Break Loose’ Warns Zulu King Over Land Issue

The KwaZulu-Natal Amakhosi say that if government repeals the Ingonyama Act of 1994, what is left of the Zulu nation will be taken away. A high-level parliamentary panel has concluded that the act must be repealed or amended because its implementation has infringed on the individual land rights of beneficiaries. The act, which was born..
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‘Unresponsive and evasive’ Dlamini doesn’t ‘like to be pushed around’

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'Unresponsive and evasive' Dlamini doesn't 'like to be pushed around'

The inquiry into social development minister Bathabile Dlamini’s role in the social grants saga got off to a shaky start on Tuesday as she was accused of being “unresponsive and evasive”. Counsel for the Black Sash Trust‚ Geoff Budlender SC‚ grilled Dlamini on the procurement process of the leaders of the workstreams she had established..
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KZN amakhosi enraged over ANC land reform bid

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KwaZulu-Natal’s traditional leaders appear to be on a collision course with the ANC about the governing party’s decision to dissolve the Ingonyama Trust, which controls three million hectares of tribal land on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini. The ANC’s national conference last month passed a series of resolutions aimed at accelerating the pace of land..
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Is the net about to close on Zuma and his Gupta patronage network?

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It all started with a wedding. A 200 plus entourage of friends and family landed their private aircraft at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in April 2013. What South African’s didn’t know was that the country had already entered a new era of corruption that was to have a myriad negative consequences. Now, after years..
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Eskom chair hands in resignation

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Eskom chair hands in resignation

Eskom chairperson Zethemba Khoza has handed in his resignation, according to a report by Fin24. According to Fin24, Khosa has handed in his resignation to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown “in the good interest of the country”. “I was putting out fires on a daily basis, so I think it’s good to give new people..
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Former president FW De Klerk: Rights of minorities have material implications for the continued viability of the ” vast majority “

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Former president FW De Klerk: Rights of minorities have material implications for the continued viability of the " vast majority "

“The constitutional court’s recent pronouncements on the constitutional rights of minorities have material implications for the sustainability of the” vast majority “on which our constitution is based,” writes former president. FW De Klerk in tomorrow’s edition of Weekly. He said minorities were particularly dependent on the impartiality of the courts to maintain their constitutional rights…
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Basson aka doctor Death wins challenge on professors deciding his sentence for misconduct

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Basson aka dr Death wins challenge on professors deciding his sentence for misconduct

An application by controversial apartheid-era doctor Wouter Basson to have two Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) members recused from the committee deciding his sentence for unethical conduct has succeeded on appeal. Basson‚ dubbed “Doctor Death”‚ was head of the apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare programme‚ Project Coast. He was found guilty of..
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Overvaal High School – EFF and ANC want to exploit children for political gain to try to salvage lost reputation

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The lack of material difference between the EFF and the ANC has been evident from their joint violent demonstration before the High School Overvaal in Vereeniging. They engage in a violent protest before the school yesterday after the court conceded that High School Overvaal it is full and therefore can not be challenged to accept..
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Crime Intelligence officer arrested on charges of fraud

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Crime Intelligence officer arrested on charges of fraud

An officer of Crime Intelligence has been arrested on charges of fraud. The captain is involved in theft of state assets, and so far he is connected with the R200 million theft at Johannesburg’s airport in March 2017. What makes matters more interesting is that there are connections between the suspect and the former National..
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