Global classifieds group OLX has banned the old South African flag from its platform. The decision comes after TimesLIVE last week revealed that the old flag and different types of memorabilia bearing the apartheid-era symbol were widely available for purchase on the internet. The report came a few days after the Black Monday protests‚ during..
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OLX axes old SA flag because it carries the apartheid-era symbol
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KZN matrics under police guard as they write their exams
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Matric pupils at a rural KwaZulu-Natal school are writing their exams under police guard due to faction fighting which has resulted in at least one of the learners being hospitalised after a brutal assault. A Grade 12 learner at Mbuyiselo High School‚ in the Eziyendane area near Mandini on the KZN north coast‚ was severely..
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Ma wag op operasie, word ‘vergeet’ in stoorkamer
SOUTH AFRICAN MAN STONED TO DEATH BY MOB AFTER BEING CAUGHT RAPING A SIX YEAR OLD GIRL
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A South African man has been stoned to death by a mob after they allegedly caught him raping a six-year-old girl. The unnamed man was killed with rocks on an estate in the north of Durban, the country’s third-biggest city. Police have started investigations into both the stoning and the rape allegations. Lieutenant Colonel Zwane..
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Suid-Rand-hospitaal in Johannesburg het 4 031 geboufoute
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Meer as 4 000 geboufoute is in die Suid-Rand-hospitaal in The Hill in Johannesburg geïdentifiseer en dit voldoen glo nie aan die Wet op Beroepsgesondheid en Veiligheid nie. Dr. Gwen Ramokgopa, Gautengse LUR vir gesondheid, het dit in ’n geskrewe antwoord op vrae deur Jack Bloom, DA-woordvoerder oor gesondheid in Gauteng, in die provinsiale wetgewer..
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SANRAL SCRAPS E-TOLL DEBT OF R3.6BN
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Sanral says it will write off R3.6 billion for the current financial year but will continue attempts to recover unpaid e-tolls by taking defaulters to court. The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed it will be scrapping debt of more than R3 billion in unpaid e-tolls. Sanral says it will write off..
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South Africa is held hostage to the toxic politics of the ANC
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If it showed anything, the recent medium-term budget policy statement has proven that South Africa does not have a government capable of dealing honestly and head on with the developmental crisis that the country finds itself in. It will not have such a government for some time, at least not until the 2019 general election..
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Coffin assault accused in prison’s sick bay due to errors in court papers
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Farm employees Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen‚ who were found guilty of assaulting Victor Mlotshwa and forcing him into a coffin‚ are yet to set foot in a prison cell. The pair have been kept in the sick bay of the Witbank Correctional Services facility since their sentencing two weeks ago‚ Oosthuizen’s attorney‚ Marius Coertze‚..
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Zuma will make an 85% profit on his Nkandla home after repaying the state R7.8m
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NEWS ANALYSIS: President Jacob Zuma has until the end of August to repay the state R7.8-million for taxpayer-funded improvements to his Nkandla home. But, ironically, that amount represents – conservatively – an 85% profit for Zuma. Combining the findings of the treasury with a 2014 report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) shows that the..
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BOTSWANA LODGES COMPLAINT OVER NORTH WEST PREMIER’S MOTORCADE
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The Botswana government’s Jeff Ramsay says that North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo’s security detail did not go through proper security clearance. It’s premier versus president as Botswana’s government takes a South African politician to task. North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo was on an official visit to Gabarone last week. His blue light motorcade forced its..
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Medical tax credits to go?
Medical aid waiting periods and late-joiner penalties: What. How. Why?
Cabinet Ministers set for 4% pay rise as reward for tanking the economy
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Unfortunately, it’s not April Fool’s Day. We are deadly serious when we tell you that political heavyweights who’ve overseen a slump in the South African economy are set to receive a 4% pay rise. In a year of recession, junk-status and a declared tax shortfall of R50bn, it seems like our top brass have found..
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Zuma set to announce “free education across the board” – report
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Do not adjust your computer screen, this is not an April Fool’s joke. In a sensational exclusive, TimesLive reports that President Jacob Zuma is set to make an announcement that “flies in the face of the findings of the Heher Commission”. Zuma is reportedly planning to announce free higher education across the board. TimesLive reports..
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Zuma is ready to step down: “I am not leaving the ANC. I am leaving as president”
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President Jacob Zuma is ready to hand the baton to the next incoming ANC president. Zuma said he was ready to leave his post as the head of the party happily, he remarked during an Oliver Tambo lecture at Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, on Sunday. Speaking to ANC supporters, Zuma said he will have time..
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