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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‘Unresponsive and evasive’ Dlamini doesn’t ‘like to be pushed around’
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Coloreds accuse Lesufi of hate against Afrikaans
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Colored parents in the Gauteng area believe there is a war against Afrikaans as a language and Afrikaans schools in particular. The impression is that the coloreds accept it, but they are now discriminating against their children as Afrikaans schools are moving to English medium schools and so they need to search for other Afrikaans..
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Krugersdorp plunged into chaos because of protest marches against poor policing
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About 2 000 residents came together outside the Kagiso police station in protest against conditions in the neighbourhood with specific reference to drugs, crime and trafficking in human beings. The police made use of rubber bullets to restrain the people. The usual burning of tires and junk blocked the streets while the police were accused..
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Renting out firearms and ammunition to criminals, man arrested
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In the early hours of Friday morning 19 January 2018, an intelligence driven operation was conducted by Durban Public Order Police Unit and Pietermaritzburg Flying Squad members that led to the arrest and the recovery of firearms. Police pounced on a suspect (44) at his homestead in Phumekhaya Road, Isithumba Reserve in the Inchanga policing..
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Family of Pretoria brutally attacked during house robbery
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Last weekend a family were attacked and robbed in their home in Pretoria, South Africa. Their niece was beaten with a crowbar, her husband stabbed and shot in the head. Their two young daughters were tied up and witnessed this gruesome event. Their niece’s husband survived. The bullet came out above his eye. They are..
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Eskom chair hands in resignation
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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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Couple hijacked on M4 by three armed men using blue lights
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A COUPLE were hijacked by three armed men who pulled them over using blue lights on the M4 near Pebble Beach, Sibaya. The couple were travelling towards Durban when the incident occurred. According to Capt Raymond Deokaran, spokesman for the Durban North SAPS, the couple who were from Gauteng, assumed the vehicle was an unmarked..
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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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“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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Suspended officials of Department of Health receive R2,3 million
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It is calculated that dr. Barney Selebano was paid more than R1,6 million during his suspension while Dr. Makgabo Manamela received R700 000 during his period of “unemployment”. Both of them thanked both of their positions at the Gauteng Department of Health within a week and despite their inability to perform their work, both will..
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‘Men in orange jumpsuits’ pushing police van got public talking
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The police in the Free State got people on the verge after a photo shot by five men pushing a police van through Bloemfontein’s streets was shared on Facebook and Twitter. Three of the men are dressed in orange overalls and although it is unclear in the picture whether the covers have the license plate..
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Basson aka doctor Death wins challenge on professors deciding his sentence for misconduct
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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
Crime Intelligence officer arrested on charges of fraud
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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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Clashes break out at Hoërskool Overvaal
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Tensions simmered on Wednesday outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Gauteng‚ which has been at the centre of a language row. A parent was punched by an EFF protester on Wednesday morning after he made an offensive gesture towards a group of protesting red beret supporters‚ after dropping off his daughter for #backtoschool2018. There is a heavy..
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Cape becomes dangerous – DA-controlled Western Cape government is unable to fight crime
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The Cape is no longer the crime-free area it was and more and more violent crime occurs, especially on tourists, while the DA-controlled Western Cape government is apparently just as incapable of doing something about just like the ANC in the other provinces . After several hikers was attacked and seriously injured on Table Mountain..
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