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Gupta metro cops sue for wrongful arrest
ANC spokesperson Gwede Mantashe said the ruling party's National Executive Committee was satisfied with the report they received on the Gupta scandal. ...
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Diplomat claims blackmail after dog bite
Pretoria - The deputy high commissioner of an Asian country has claimed a Pretoria couple is trying to blackmail him after his dog allegedly bit a woman on the ...
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Striking janitors dump faeces on N2
Cape Town - Striking janitors responsible for cleaning communal toilets were responsible for shutting down a section of the N2 highway in Cape Town on Monday, ...
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ANC praises Zimbabwe border drug bust
Johannesburg - The ANC Limpopo has praised the police for arresting a man suspected of smuggling cocaine worth about R18m on the street into South Africa."We applaud the police for the swift response, because drugs are one of the contributory factors to crime in the country," ANC Limpopo spokesperson Sipho Dikgale said in a statement on Tuesday.Kudinga Bunyabvabu, 36, was arrested at ...
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Bid to halt auction of Winnies goods
The Sowetan . As a result, there would be an auction at her home in Orlando West, Soweto. The Sowetan reported that Madikizela-Mandela signed an agreement on January 11 2008, pledging to pay R40 000 in accommodation fees, but there was an outstanding amount which included interest and legal fees. Dudula was working to resolve the issue before the auction's scheduled start at ...
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Rob Walter named Titans coach
This is Walter's first coaching post. He has previously been involved as a fitness trainer for South Africa, Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors. He was selected over other applicants, including former Titans coach Richard Pybus and Zimbabwe batting coach Grant ...
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Interpol searches for missing SA chef
Cape Town - Interpol has been asked to help search for a South African chef who is believed to missing in Ireland. Cape Town resident Johan van Wyk, 30, flew to Dublin in November last year. His family's last contact with him was a postcard for Christmas, reported ...
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Black advocate challenges exclusion
Johannesburg - A junior advocate has urged black businesses and lawyers not to shy away from suing for anti-competitive practices when they are excluded because of their ...
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South Africa Jansen to Be Honoured in New York
South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly ...
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Africa DRC-South Africa Pact Paves Way for Mega Hydro-Electric Plant
With South Africa confirmed as a key partner, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced October 2015 as the launch date for construction of the first phase of what could eventually be the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The Grand Inga project on the Congo River is expected, once all the phases are complete, to generate a massive 40 000 MW of electricity, bringing renewable ...
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Obama plans tour to South Africa
Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ...
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South Africa Multi-Currency Card First for Country
South African bank Absa has launched a multi-currency travel prepaid cash card through MasterCard, which is available in four currencies and is a first for the country and the continent. The bank will also be launching an Islamic Banking multi-currency passport soon, which is a first Sharia'h compliant and unique solution for clients travelling overseas. "Although there are other ...
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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Two daughters of Nelson Mandela seek rights to his artwork and companies
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, (left) with her daughter Tukwini pose with a bottle of House of Mandela wine at their home in Johannesburg. Photograph: Getty ...
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Video of baboon burglars running riot in South African house goes viral
Footage of a gang of baboons filmed clambering through an open upstairs window of a Cape Town residence and helping themselves to food while running amok has become a viral ...
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Barack Obama to make first trip to SA
Washington - US President Barack Obama will be heading to South Africa as part of his first major African tour since taking office, the White House said on Monday.Obama will also be travelling to to Senegal and Tanzania to reinforce US ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.The president will be accompanied by his wife Michelle during the tour which takes place from 26 June to 3 ...
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Land claims Govt forks out nearly R1bn
Johannesburg - Almost R1bn in financial compensation was paid to land claimants in the last financial year, the department of land reform said on Monday. The department paid more than R993m to people who lodged land claims between 1994 and 31 December 1998, spokesperson Mtobeli Mxotwa said in a statement. There were 602 restitution claims settled during the financial year, starting 1 April last ...
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ConCourt to hear disputed arrest case
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Tuesday on the arrest of a motorist who did not stop at a roadblock because he feared the officers were impostors. The issue before the court is whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was correct in overturning a judgment of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which found the motorist, Jack Coetzee, was arrested and detained ...
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Sars auditor was disgruntled court hears
Durban - A SA Revenue Service (Sars) tax auditor was unhappy over having to reverse her tax assessment of Durban businesswoman Shauwn Mpisane, the Durban Regional Court heard on Monday. Wahida Osman told the court she felt Mpisane had been able "to influence the audit process within the audit organisation". She was being cross-examined by Rafik Bhana, SC, for Mpisane. The court ...
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Public service eyes childcare options
Lindiwe Sisulu said on Monday. "We have decided that the state is responsible for your child," said Sisulu to a woman who complained that she had been asked about her childcare arrangements during a job interview. The woman had lamented that men were usually not asked this question. "We are going to, in time, ensure that the state provides the necessary childcare facilities," ...
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Initiation death toll mounts
Johannesburg - Police are investigating the deaths of 27 boys who attended initiation schools in Mpumalanga, police said on Monday. "Twenty-seven boys have died in initiation schools in the last two weeks," Colonel Leonard Hlathi said. He said 26 of these were now being investigated as murder cases and one remained an inquest. Hlathi said no arrests had been made and police expected ...
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Senior cop accounts for Marikana plan
Rustenburg - Senior police officer Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Scott has admitted to drawing up the plan to deal with striking Marikana miners last year, the Farlam Commission heard on Monday. 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 adoptionwas the first of its kind." Major ...
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ConCourt to rule on firearms case costs
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment on Tuesday relating to the costs of an application to the Supreme Court of Appeal over the Firearms Control Act. Last November the Justice Alliance of South Africa and the False Bay Gun Club took the ministries of finance and police, the national police commissioner, and the Appeal Board of Firearms to court over compensation for ...
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Man appears for raping pensioner
Johannesburg - A man arrested for allegedly raping an 80-year-old pensioner appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate's Court on Monday, Limpopo police said. Constable Moses Molepo said 27-year-old Jan Makgoba would remain in custody until he made a formal bail application on 30 May. Makgoba allegedly attacked the pensioner while she was alone at her house last Thursday. He allegedly strangled ...
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SA officials visit woman held in India
Johannesburg - South African consular officials on Monday visited a South African woman held in Mumbai, India, for alleged drug trafficking, a government official said. International relations spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said the woman was confirmed to be a South African citizen. "Her next-of-kin has also been informed of the arrest. She did not give permission for any further information to ...
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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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