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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KZN matrics under police guard as they write their exams
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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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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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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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Five #BlackMonday activists who took part in the protest against farm murders have appeared in courts
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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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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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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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