Five people who took part in the #BlackMonday protests against farm murders this week have appeared in courts around the country, or have received summons to appear, on charges that they contravened the Regulation of Gatherings Act and the National Road Traffic Act. Some protesters who took part in the action around the country –..
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Five #BlackMonday activists who took part in the protest against farm murders have appeared in courts
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What’s driving up our healthcare costs?
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Discovery Health CEO explains why South Africans are paying higher medical aid premiums than ever before. Access to quality healthcare at an affordable price is a critical priority for every family, and in society at large. South Africans lucky enough to afford private healthcare have rapid and convenient access to some of the best quality..
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Parastatal waste equals tax shortfall: Treasury will need to find new resources to close the budget gap
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The R50‑billion shortfall in tax revenue that the treasury will need to find elsewhere to plug the budget gap is close to how much state-owned entities (SOEs) have thrown down the drain in the past financial year. The auditor general, Kimi Makwetu, released national and provincial audit results on Wednesday. Although the number of clean..
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Cancer treatment waiting times in KZN increase by almost 30% as services stall
Zuma confronted with the cruelty of farm attacks and murders
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President Jacob Zuma is surrounded by bodyguards and is therefore unaware of the true extent of crime in South Africa. That is the reason why it was necessary for the President to be confronted with the reality of the terrible cruelty of farm attacks and murders, says Dr Pieter Groenewald, leader of the FF Plus…
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Tourists robbed en route from OR Tambo airport – again!
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The robbery occurred shortly after the tourists landed in Johannesburg on Thursday. The tourists – according to a police report seen by TimesLIVE – indicates that they were en route to their hotel when the vehicle they were in was forced to stop by the robbers. Such police reports are used to circulate information on..
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Legal action against farmers that participated in Black Monday protest
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It is with shock that the FF Plus learnt that some of the farmers that participated in the Black Monday protest action were served with a summons and we are taking up the matter with the Minister and Commissioner of Police, says Dr Pieter Groenewald, leader of the FF Plus. One of the farmers is..
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Farm worker arrested after farm murder, Albertinia
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A 20 year old suspect is scheduled to appear in the Albertinia Magistrates’ Court this morning after he had been charged with the murder of the 52 years old Sharon Bester whose body was found by one of her employees on Saturday, 28 October 2017 at about 20:30 when he went to feed the dogs…
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#FeesMustFall protest – Naked woman arrested at UCT
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The stomach-churning stench of human faeces‚ piles of rubbish‚ ripped curtains and a commotion on campus as the woman was being dragged into a police van greeted students on Thursday. Parts of the campus were sealed off by police in riot gear and private security and at least three people were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain..
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Poverty in SA a ‘direct baby’ of apartheid – Zuma
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Poverty is a direct baby of apartheid and not the making of the ANC-led government, said President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on Thursday. Zuma was responding to questions when he was confronted by statistics about the gradual increase in poverty levels in the country. In August this year, Statistics South Africa released the Poverty Trends..
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Farmer shot and killed on his farm near Griekwastad
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Brig. Mohale Ramatseba from the SAP said that a 35-year-old farmer, around 15:00 on Tuesday was shot dead on his farm Bonteheuwel. The police did not release the name of the farmer, but Marius Muller from Afriforum identified the former farmer as Willem Woux. According to Ramtseba, Woux was engaged in an argument with a..
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Westville family taken on nightmare trip to ATM by armed robbers
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A Westville family is lucky to have escaped a nightmare trip with armed robbers who abducted them from their home and took them to draw cash at an ATM this morning. Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said two armed robbers climbed up to the second story of a house in Dunkeld..
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When do opinions become racism?
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The coffin case provoked various opinions. Two of the most important opinions were those of the DA and the country’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa. The white enemy political party, the DA, asked for the worst possible punishment. The party’s anti-white feeling often bubbles out. To name but a few examples: the party’s leader during the..
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Medical aid waiting periods and late-joiner penalties: What. How. Why?
Coffin case accused sentenced harshly in High Court – coffin sage was actually a political propaganda
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Willem Jackson, 30, has been sentenced for 11 years and Theo Oosthuizen, 29, has sentenced for 14 years in the High Court in Middelburg on Friday morning. The two former farm foreman’s were convicted of five charges in August in the so-called coffin case. This followed after the assault on Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa..
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