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R39 million disappears from Nelson Mandela Memoriam fund but perpetrators are looked over by controversial Public Protector

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R39 million disappears from Nelson Mandela Memoria fund but perpetrators are looked over by controversial PP

The controversial Public Protector  has almost given everybody a reasonable chance of survival who benefited from the R39m stolen from the Nelson Mandela Memoriam. Instead of being punished, the OB finds that the Director-General who approved the wrongful payments is now solely responsible and accountable for the irregularities. Of the R39 million awarded to one..
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EFF loses appeal bid in Trevor Manuel defamation case and still face R500 000 in damages

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EFF loses appeal bid in Trevor Manuel defamation case and still face R500 000 in damages

The South Gauteng High Court has dismissed an EFF application for leave to appeal a defamation ruling in a case brought against them by Trevor Manuel. In late May Judge Elias Matojane had ordered the EFF to apologise to Manuel after the former finance minister sued the party for alleging in a statement that he..
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PAY BACK THE MONEY: Gupta-Linked Trillian ordered to pay Eskom R600m as a result of an invalid deal involving corruption and fraud

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PAY BACK THE MONEY: Gupta-Linked Trillian ordered to pay Eskom R600m as a result of an invalid deal involving corruption and fraud

JOHANNESBURG – Gupta-linked global consultancy firm Trillian capital has been ordered to pay Eskom R600 million. In March last year, the power utility sued both Trillian and McKinsey for the repayment of almost R1.6 billion allegedly unlawfully paid to them as a result of an invalid deal involving corruption and fraud. McKinsey has since paid..
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Victims of apartheid demand R1m each in reparations since they were wounded by the era – Compensation will bring peace, rebuild and restore their dignity

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Victims of apartheid demand R1m each in reparations since they were wounded by the era – Compensation will bring peace, rebuild and restore their dignity

A crowd of victims of apartheid gathered at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday, demanding an urgent meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. The group of aged people, with many using crutches to help them walk, was led by activist Nomarussia Bonase of the Khulumani Support Group – an organisation which supports apartheid-era victims and..
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Ramaphosa has moral obligation to take a stance on farm murders, his excuse not to air his views on farm murders does not make sense at all – this is insulting, to put it mildly

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Ramaphosa has moral obligation to take a stance on farm murders, his excuse not to air his views on farm murders does not make sense at all

President Cyril Ramaphosa is under a moral obligation to take a strong public stance against farm murders, particularly due to the fact that he denied the existence of the crisis on an international platform earlier. This is the reaction of AfriForum after Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the president, yesterday told media that the president will..
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R65m laundered through one of SA’s biggest unions – deceased mine workers pensions plundered by Satawu

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R65m laundered through one of SA’s biggest unions - deceased mine workers pensions plundered by Satawu

Satawu was used as a conduit to launder about R65million in pensions allegedly plundered from improvished orphans of deceased mine workers. City Press can today reveal that Bongani Mhlanga, the erstwhile owner of financial services group Mvunonala, allegedly used the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) as a conduit to move pension funds into..
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The ANC regime now wants to loot your pension money to save their struggling state entities

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The ANC regime now wants to loot your pension money to save their struggling state entities

TAU SA expressed concern about the statements made on public forums by the ANC government where advocacy is being made to use SA’s pension capital for investment in so-called fixed assets. The size of the exit funds can make a huge impact on the national economy; according to the 2017 annual report of the pension..
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IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!: I’m A Single Parent, That Pension Will Help My Family – Dlamini On Parly Exit

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IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!: I’m A Single Parent, That Pension Will Help My Family - Dlamini On Parly Exit

Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini said she did so because she thought she would be more useful if she was outside the legislature mobilising women. Dlamini has told Eyewitness News she resigned from Parliament because she needed the ministerial pension benefits to take care of her family. Dlamini spoke to EWN in a wide-ranging interview on..
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Enormous food shortage to hit SA, white farmers are hesitant to produce due to the ANC-regimes plans to seize farms for black empowerment

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Enormous food shortage to hit SA, farmers are hesitant to produce due to the ANC-regimes plans to take farmers land without compensation

South Africa is heading for an enormous food crisis due to the uncertain conditions that farmers are currently experiencing whilst trying to maintain their production. It’s not just the uncertainty about land theft that makes farmers hesitate to produce, but the lack of government clarity on the issues. Farmers say they cannot incur high input..
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Disgraced advocate’s who tried to solicit R5m bribe, readmitted to the roll of advocates – reinstatement splits legal fraternity

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Disgraced advocate’s who tried to solicit the R5m bribe, readmitted to the roll of advocates - reinstatement splits legal fraternity The reinstatement of one of Seth Nthai, SA’s most controversial state counsels to the roll of advocates, has exposed divisions in the legal fraternity. Seth Nthai was readmitted to the roll of advocates late in May after he approached the high court in Polokwane with the backing of the Polokwane Bar and among others, eminent human rights’ lawyer George Bizos. The court said the judgment, which was penned by among others, Limpopo judge president Ephraim Makgoba, was about a second chance for Nthai. His application was opposed by the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, the Pretoria Society of Advocates and the newly formed SA Legal Practice Council, as the associations believed he was still not fit and proper to be readmitted to the profession. Nthai resigned as a member of the Johannesburg and Pretoria Bars when his unethical conduct — for which he has never been criminally charged — came to the fore at the height of his career. This was after he had solicited a bribe from the claimants in an international arbitration over mining investments in SA, in which he was representing the South African government. By his own admission, Nthai asked for a R5m bribe in return for using his influence to sway the government to settle, in an October 2009 meeting with Italian businessman Mario Marcenaro, who had recorded him on multiple occasions. According to his application, Nthai told Marcenaro that he knew his behaviour was unethical and asked him to keep the discussions confidential. Nthai’s fall from grace came as a shock. His CV was clearly impressive. He was an esteemed advocate and deputy chair of the General Council of the Bar at that stage. He was the first black chair of the Pretoria Bar Council and a former chair of Advocates for Transformation (AFT). He also served as a member of the Judicial Service Commission and had acted as a judge. Politically, he acted as an ANC MEC in Limpopo at the dawn of democracy. Nine years after Nthai tried to solicit the R5m bribe from Marcenaro, he said in his application that he acted with greed and to further his own financial interests. Adding to that, Nthai took the court into his confidence, which he did not do when he was facing disciplinary action at the Pretoria Bar, saying he was depressed and had anxiety at the time. These conditions had formed part of the “primary defects” which led to his name being struck from the roll. The high court in Polokwane said Nthai had shown remorse and had not fallen back into the same unethical ways over the past few years of employment. Despite Nthai being a member of both the Johannesburg and Pretoria bars when he resigned his membership after the complaint against him was laid, the high court in Polokwane ruled that both the Johannesburg Society of Advocates and the Pretoria Society of Advocates had no standing in the matter. The court went further and quoted Nthai’s counsel in the judgment, saying that he had pleaded with “sanguine” in his voice that the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, the Pretoria Society of Advocates and SA Legal Practice Council find it within their hearts to forgive him. His readmittance will, however, not go down without a fight. The Johannesburg Bar has already lodged an appeal. Kennedy Tsatsawane SC said the Johannesburg Bar filed its application for leave to appeal against the judgment on Tuesday, as it maintained that Nthai was still not fit and proper to be an advocate. He, however, said the Limpopo Bar was entitled to take the decision which it did. It is unclear whether the Legal Practice Council will appeal, while General Council of the Bar chair Craig Watt-Pringle said no decision has been taken yet over whether the Bar will apply to become an intervening party. Watt-Pringle did, however, say he believes there are clear grounds on which the matter ought to be taken to a higher court. These include the merits for readmission, as well as the question of the legal standing of the bars in question. Whether Nthai’s status as an advocate will be discussed at the General Council of the Bar’s annual general meeting in July remains to be seen. -businesslive.co.za This report does not necessarily reflects the opinion of SA-news.

The reinstatement of one of Seth Nthai, SA’s most controversial state counsels to the roll of advocates, has exposed divisions in the legal fraternity. Seth Nthai was readmitted to the roll of advocates late in May after he approached the high court in Polokwane with the backing of the Polokwane Bar and among others, eminent..
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How much taxpayers money has been thrown into SAA’s black hole to stay afloat?

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SAA splurging taxpayers money since 2011 and has been operating at a loss, the state entity needs yet another R4 billion bailout to remain afloat

Billions and billions have been thrown at The South African Airways (SAA), but the airline don’t have much to show for it. It’s hard to recall a time when the limpest of all our state-owned entities was successful on its own two feet.  It has a history of relying on fiscal interventions, needing contributions from..
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National power provider, Eskom in hot water – founded guilty of awarding tender to Chinese company With 0% Black Ownership

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National power provider, Eskom in hot water – founded guilty of awarding tender to Chinese company With 0% Black Ownership

The Commission released its findings saying it investigated after receiving an anonymous complaint alleging that the tender process did not comply with the requirements. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission said on Wednesday Eskom was guilty of awarding a tender for boilers at the Duvha power station in Mpumalanga to a Chinese company that..
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The time is nearing where ANC-government can now take your land if they want it! – SA president, Ramaphosa receives report on land expropriation without compensation from advisory panel

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The time is nearing where ANC-government can now take your land if they want it! - SA president, Ramaphosa receives report on land expropriation without compensation from advisory panel

The report of the Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture will be tabled to Cabinet before being released publicly. President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza on Tuesday received the report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture. The task of the panel, which was appointed in September 2018 to..
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Flurry of ANC MP resignations spurred on by substantial pension benefits – It’s a case of ‘getting out while the going is still good’

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Flurry of ANC MP resignations spurred on by substantial pension benefits - It's a case of 'getting out while the going is still good'

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been hit with a flurry of parliamentary resignations, with nine members officially exiting the National Assembly. In the wake of a particularly grim electoral showing, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been left to confront an arduous task – that of reunifying the deeply divided ANC, while producing positive results..
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But will officials abide? – Massive changes for how municipalities can spend your money – here’s what you need to know

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Massive changes for how municipalities can spend your money – here’s what you need to know

The South African government has gazetted new cost containing measures for municipalities, which will curb what officials can blow taxpayer’s money on. The new rules fall under the Municipal Cost Containment Regulations for 2019, which was gazetted in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act. National Treasury said that the objective of the new rules..
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