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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 Regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said charges were withdrawn against Jonathan Davids, 22, in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court after a thorough investigation.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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Miners hurt in clash with guards
Johannesburg - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine near Rustenburg were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said on Tuesday. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesperson Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by ...
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Farlam commission Officer admits to drawing up Marikana plan
A statement written by Scott in November was entered as evidence on Monday. In it, Scott said: "The plan or strategy that I prepared and proposed for adoption was the first of its kind," the Farlam commission heard on Monday. Major General Charl Annandale, who headed the police's tactical response team during the unrest, denied that Scott had single-handedly formulated the ...
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Anene Booysen State drops all charges against Davids
The case against Jonathan Davids (22) and Johannes Kana (21) was postponed last month because the state was still waiting for forensic analysis, cellphone records and a handwriting report. Booysen (17) was found severely beaten and disembowelled at a construction site after spending several hours at a pub in Bredasdorp on February 2. She died soon after being hospitalised. Before she died, ...
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Tributes continue pouring in for Mbuli
Mbuli (46) collapsed while watching the Cheetahs' 27-13 Vodacom Super Rugby win over the Reds at the Free State Stadium on Saturday night. He was treated on the scene before being taken to the Mediclinic hospital in Bloemfontein, where he died. The archbishop said he thanked God for Mbuli's dedication to building the nation and for challenging South Africans to be the best they could ...
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ANC on Gupta report Name-dropping is human nature
"This is what happens in society and any organisation when people want favours. They will name-drop to exaggerate their weight and it happens all the time," Mantashe told journalists in Johannesburg following the ANC's latest national executive committee meeting. In the findings of a ministerial ...
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Charges against Anene suspect dropped
Cape Town - Charges against Jonathan Davids, who was accused of raping and murdering teenager Anene Booysen in February, were dropped in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. According to EWN, the State withdrew its case against Davids, much to the delight of his family members, who were in court. Before she died, Booysen apparently identified Davids as one of her alleged ...
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Circumcision deaths outrage Zuma
Jacob Zuma on Tuesday expressed shock and outrage at the deaths of 27 boys who attended initiation schools in Mpumalanga."The whole country is outraged at this massive and unnecessary loss of young life at the hands of those who are supposed to nurture and protect them," Zuma said in a statement.Colonel Leonard Hlathi said on Monday police were investigating 26 murder cases and one ...
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South Africa Under pressure miners union demands 60 percent wage raise
South African employers are bracing themselves for the mother of strike seasons this year. As the end of May beckons, the country is braced for a series of employment negotiations, as sectoral wage contracts come under the spotlight.First to throw the gauntlet is the country's largest and richest trade union, the powerful, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which submitted its wage ...
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Ten South African miners hospitalised after chrome mine clash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine in South Africa were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesman Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by chemicals ...
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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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