Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has denied conspiring with the presidency and State Security Agency‚ saying her office remains independent. In papers filed in the High Court in Pretoria‚ the Reserve Bank accused Mkhwebane of meeting with President Jacob Zuma’s office and the State Security Agency before releasing her report on missing apartheid funds. The report..
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Can we believe this: ‘I didn’t conspire with Zuma’ – Mkhwebane
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Minister’s Benz: Going… going … gone …. for R10!
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A Mercedes-Benz sedan belonging to Defence and Military Veterans’ Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was sold for a lousy R10 during an auction in King William’s Town on Thursday morning. This after it was placed under the hammer after Mapisa-Nqakula had failed to settle a R50000 debt to a King William’s Town garage which had worked on..
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“I’VE DONE NOTHING WRONG” -CLAIMS FAITH MUTHAMBI ON NEPOTISM
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The Public Service and Administration Minister confirmed to MPs on Wedesday that nine family members were employed to work in her office. Minister Faith Muthambi has told Parliament she doesn’t see anything wrong with hiring relatives to work for her. The Public Service and Administration Minister confirmed to MPs on Wednesday that nine family members..
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Another stinking mess hits the streets of Johannesburg
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Hillbrow has become a pigstile as refuse collection is not being done. Residents say this has been going on for weeks. Some of the streets that have become a filth include Pretorius, Esselen, Twist, Quarters and Claim. Just as the City of Johannesburg officially announced that power has been restored in the City Centre‚ it..
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Johan Rupert: “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft”
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South Africa’s richest man Johann Rupert said “radical economic transformation,” the policy championed by the country’s President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more than theft. “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft,” Rupert said on the sidelines of Richemont’s annual general meeting in Geneva on Wednesday. “That’s what’s happening..
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Hijacking gone wrong: Hijacker from KwaZulu-Natal accidentally kills accomplice
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A hijacking went wrong when a hijacker accidentally shot his accomplice after forcing the occupants of the car to drive to Cornubia, north of Durban. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said on Tuesday a victim and his passenger had stopped at Palmview robot near Verulam, when they were approached by two armed men. “The..
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ANC Parliament Members lives in fear of Malema and now ask for protection
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Members of the Parliament representing the ANC are afraid of Julius Malema and his 24 parliamentarians and now ask for protection, said the speaker, Baleka Mbete. Baleka made the comment yesterday and apparently referred the matter to a committee to set up and to look after members’ safety. Her comment was made in Pretoria in..
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SAA cash crunch deepens as suppliers have still not been paid
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South African Airways (SAA) appears to have exhausted its available cash reserves following news that suppliers have still not been paid for work done in July. The airline has thirty-day terms with a number of suppliers that provide essential services to it. They had not been paid at the end of last week, a week..
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Zuma: Struggle For Black People Not Over Yet- Black People Must Not Be Victimised For Speaking Their Minds
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President Jacob Zuma has called on black people to learn from Steve Biko and to speak their minds without any shame. On Tuesday, the president commemorated the 40th anniversary of Biko’s death in Pretoria. The president says that black people must not be victimised for speaking their minds. “If you are black, you do what..
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Farm land in Eastern Cape destroyed in fire
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Seven farms, totalling 37 000 hectares, have been destroyed in veld fires at Barkley-East in the Eastern Cape. Firefighters and farmers are currently trying to fight the blaze, but are struggling to keep it at bay. Four farms have totally been destroyed by the fire and farm animals have been burnt to death. At this..
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Efforts have been made to rehabilitate Klipfontein Dam, those efforts were wasted, on the first day of Spring.
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Efforts have been made to rehabilitate Klipfontein Dam, those efforts were wasted, on the first day of Spring. Spring Day is a day celebrated for new growth, a change of the season as life begins anew – but this was not the case at Klipfontein Dam as the area was left abused, beaten, raped. Hundreds..
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Payment administrator IntelliMali coughs up the ‘lost’ R818k misappropriated by NSFAS
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Payment administrator IntelliMali has reimbursed Walter Sisulu University (WSU) the full amount misappropriated by NSFAS “student millionaire” Sibongile Mani out of its own pocket. IntelliMali has also roped in the services of a forensic investigator to probe how the R14-million ended up in the account of one student. The company responsible for administering state loans..
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Port Elizabeth businessman’s night out ends in six hours of terror – They were going to kill me
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A Hijacked Port Elizabeth businessman was stabbed more than 20 times, stripped and forced to kneel in the bushes, with his attackers poised to slit his throat, in six hours of raw terror that ended with his escape near Coega yesterday. “I thought it was my last day on this planet. They were getting ready..
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Zuma won’t let Public Protector dictate to him on #StateCapture inquiry
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Pretoria – Jacob Zuma will not be dictated to by the Public Protector, or any other State functionary, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. “One of the points we raise is that the remedial action [prescribed by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela] is telling the president [Zuma] that he has no discretion on..
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ANC KZN leaders to appeal court ruling that its 2015 election was ‘unlawful and void’
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The ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal leadership will appeal against this morning’s high court ruling that the outcome of the November 2015 provincial conference, which elected it, is unlawful. Mdumiseni Ntuli, spokesperson for the provincial executive committee, said in brief interview on the steps of the high court in Pietermaritzburg that the committee would file a notice of..
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