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Mabuza notes key areas for intervention
Johannesburg - Raising the standard of maths, science, and technology education in Mpumalanga was vital for the province's growth, Premier David Mabuza said on Tuesday. Delivering his office's budget speech to the Mpumalanga provincial legislature, Mabuza said progress had been made on three key issues highlighted in previous budget and policy speeches. These were vision 2030, the ...
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Marikana brigadier testimony reviewed
Rustenburg - The Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday reviewed the testimony given several months ago by Brigadier Zephania Mkhwanazi.The public order policing expert was called to give evidence at the commission as he had expertise in training Public Order Police (Pop). He played no part in the Marikana unrest.During his testimony, Mkhwanazi said it would have been best if a Pop-trained ...
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa is released
African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had been released from custody because there was not enough evidence to take him to trial. The victim, ...
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South Africa plans water pipeline to supply northern coal mines
- South Africa will begin building a 70-kilometer (44-mile) pipeline this year to supply water from a reservoir in the north to local coal mines, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said. The De Hoop Dam in Limpopo Province is almost complete and water storage has begun, the minister said today in Cape Town. Work on a separate pipeline that will supply other parts of the ...
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Lack of evidence Suspect freed in Anene Booysen case
"The state has withdrawn charges against Jonathan Davids after a thorough investigative process. Davids was arrested after he was implicated in the rape and murder of Anene Booysen. The investigation revealed that there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction," said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila in a statement on Tuesday. Ntabazalila said ...
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the auction that wasnt
The reason for a gathering of journalists on a steep street in Soweto was sound at first: Madikizela-Mandela owed more than R20 000 to Abbotts College for her grand-nephew's fees. She had not paid after repeated threats, and eventually a court ordered an auction to recover the money owed. Ostensibly, the sheriff of the court was going to auction goods in her house to cover this amount. ...
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Former Prez Kufuor back home from South Africa Switzerland
Accra, May 21, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to ...
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De Klerk slams afro-pessimists
Jacob Zuma got a little support from an unlikely quarter Tuesday when FW De Klerk laid into the "prophets of doom" putting down the country. De Klerk said "afro-pessimists" did not give the country or the continent enough credit for strides made.De Klerk acknowledged the country faces "serious international perception problems" but said the country had seen 18 years ...
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Leave to appeal in gun case denied
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has refused the Justice Alliance of SA (Jasa) leave to appeal a costs order relating to a Firearms Control Act ruling. There were no exceptional circumstances to justify hearing an appeal only about costs, the court found on Tuesday. It nonetheless cautioned courts "to be careful not to make costs orders that will inhibit genuine constitutional issues ...
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Insufficient evidence against Anene accused
Cape Town - Charges were dropped on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed. Regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said charges were withdrawn against Jonathan Davids, 22, in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court after a thorough investigation. "The investigation revealed there was ...
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More real invoices than fakes - lawyer
Durban in a Word Thirty writers, thirsty views of Durban. Each piece evokes memories of the city that has shaped Was R126.00 Now ...
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South Africa Green Light for Eskoms Sere Wind Farm
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has given state company Eskom a licence to go ahead with its Sere wind farm near Koekenaap in the Western Cape. "Sere is our first large-scale renewable energy project," Eskom chief executive officer Brian Dames said in a statement on Monday. "It demonstrates our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and to investing in a ...
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Daughters sue Nelson Mandela over control of assets
Nelson Mandela is being sued by his daughters for the right to control his money and artwork, legal documents indicate. Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are fighting a 2004 court order that gave Nelson Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial affairs. Ayob is now representing the daughters, The Star reported. The suit, which was filed last week in ...
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Joburg service centre near breaking point after employee suspensions
The City employees were suspended after they embarked on an unprotected strike in March. In spite of bringing in support staff from various other support centres around the city, Thuso House in Braamfontein is dealing with customer queries at a painfully slow rate. On Tuesday, only seven out of the available 35 customer service stations were staffed with personnel while more than 60 customers ...
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Bidders a no-show at Madikizela auction
"We are not going to cancel, but there are no bidders. There are none," he said. "It happens." Earlier, after the house's steel gate was not opened in response to their knocks, three representatives of the Soweto sheriff's office regrouped in their vehicle. They had been ordered to auction personal items belonging to Madikizela-Mandela to recover a debt owed to ...
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Zuma ‘mourns with US’ after tornado
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to the United States on Tuesday after a tornado killed at least 51 people, the international relations department ...
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Top cop was needed for Marikana
Rustenburg - Questions were raised as to why a top public order police (Pop) official was not appointed to oversee the operational plan in Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday.Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the families of the deceased Lonmin miners, said Major General Charl Annandale failed to summon anyone who headed the Pop unit to oversee the plan to disperse striking Lonmin ...
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SA needs R670bn for water sanitation
Edna Molewa said on Tuesday.Speaking during debate in the National Assembly on her department's 2013/14 budget, she said this included the cost of refurbishing the country's ageing, existing plants and treatment works."Capital investment in new water and sanitation infrastructure for the entire value chainis projected to require an estimated R670bn over the next 10 years, or ...
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Dagga vodka played role in ritual case
Johannesburg - The effect of using dagga and vodka in succession was graphically explained to a Johannesburg court on Tuesday by murder-accused Harvey Isha. "When I am lying in bed after taking them, the ceiling would look like it is spinningyou feel like vomiting at the same time," Isha told the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court. He ...
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Beyonce Shares Blue Ivy Tutu Photo After Critics Question Baby Clothes
Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy sits in her very own monogrammed director's chair Beyonce recently shared a heart warming photograph of her daughter Blue Ivy on social networking site Tumblr, and some fans suspect that the image may be a direct response to ...
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South Africa Sheriff denied entry to auction Mandela ex-wifes belongings to pay debt
JOHANNESBURG - An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff. Officials and reporters gathered Tuesday outside the gated home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. No one responded to the doorbell although a black car sped out of the gates. Madikizela-Mandela is loved by many for her role in the anti-apartheid ...
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Carl Pistorius acquitted of culpable homicide
Pistorius was acquitted on a charge of culpable homicide by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Medupe Simasiku said the state failed to prove a watertight case against him. "We do accept the decision of the court and we will not be taking any further action on this case moving forward," Simasiku said shortly after ...
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Government fund buys 25 stake in Independent News
Independent was recently purchased by the Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium, which was set up by Dr Iqbal Surve to bring Independent News and Media SA "back home", after it was bought from Anglo American by the Irish holding company, Independent News and Media in ...
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AfriForum slated over ANC terror attacks ceremony
The ANC has lashed out at AfriForum's youth wing for observing a minute of silence for civilians "killed in ANC terror attacks between 1980 and ...
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Protesting parents demand new school
Johannesburg - Parents demanding a new school for their children protested in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, on Tuesday, the Western Cape education department said.Parents of children living in Philippi protested outside the Khanya Primary School in Mitchell's Plain, which their children currently attended, spokesperson Paddy Attwell said.The department said schools in Philippi were ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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