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High-flyer Crous was ‘poor payer’
KEY FIGURES: Advocate Bruce Dyke, left, and Theunis Crous at the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court yesterday. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE Fraud trial told how companies were wary of doing business...
View ArticleNMMU to cap nearly 5 000
Inaugural honour, honorary doctorate on awards list ALMOST 5 000 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University students from six faculties will walk across the stage to receive their qualifications when NMMU...
View ArticlePilot geyser repair scheme for Bay
NELSON Mandela Bay’s Walmer and Rosedale townships will be the first areas in the country to benefit from the national government’s pilot project to fix faulty solar water geysers. The Department of...
View ArticleJobs hard to find if you are black
NO matter what you study or how well you do in your course – if you are black, you have fewer chances of finding a job on graduating from Rhodes University. Black women graduates with poor schooling...
View ArticleCompanies dump Gupta firm
THREE South African companies, including KPMG and Barclays Africa, have severed ties with a firm owned by the Guptas due to concerns over the family’s relationship with President Jacob Zuma....
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Plea to Eskom over bird losses
SHOCKING AFFAIR: A Cape vulture similar to the ones found electrocuted on power lines on a farm near Elliot. Picture: MIKE HOLMES CONSERVATIONISTS are looking to Eskom to make powerlines safer for...
View ArticleMore than 20 arrests in latest clampdown on gang violence
TWENTY-one people were arrested during Operation Lockdown in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas during the past week. Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the arrests were for attempted...
View ArticleHuge fuel price hikes will hit motorists
THE petrol price is to increase by 86c/l for 93 octane and 88c/l for 95 octane from midnight tonight. The Department of Energy said yesterday the strengthening of the rand against the US dollar during...
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SANDF: Sandu’s demand for Zuma’s removal an ‘act of provocation’
President Jacob Zuma. Picture: AFP The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) described a military union’s call for President Jacob Zuma to be removed from office as an “act of provocation and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Double celebration for abandoned baby
THERE was a double celebration at Dora Nginza Hospital yesterday as a baby girl, born on the streets and abandoned at the hospital, was well enough to be taken out of the incubator and also receive...
View ArticleSjamboks and muscles in Wits gender showdown
A clash between #FeesMustFall (FMF) and activist women on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand on Monday highlights an increasingly strident campaign against student leaders accused of...
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ANC in drive to recruit ‘defectors’ from rivals
CHANGING TIMES: The ANC welcomes what it says are former DA members, in the foreground, to the party. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN Party claims 300 people crossed over, however opposition leaders dismiss...
View ArticleZuma’s nephew and Fidentia files to be scrutinised again
THE taxman, liquidators and the Financial Services Board are taking a hard look at South African companies and individuals implicated in the Panama Papers. Among the individuals is President Jacob...
View ArticlePoor pasture conditions and electricity tariff to drive up cost of milk
SEVERE drought conditions are likely to push up the price of milk‚ FNB economists warned on Tuesday morning. “As consumers continue to grapple with high food prices triggered by the recent drought and...
View ArticleCase opened against Pier 14 psychic
Inspectors from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) laid a charge of fraud against a woman who works as a psychic and spiritual healer at Pier 14. The inspectors were called after a...
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Ramaphosa’s chances in succession battle are grim
Despite an eternally promising political career, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa seems unlikely to succeed Jacob Zuma as South Africa’s president. Picture: REUTERS Where do the tumultuous political...
View Article‘No Franziska‚ no bail’ say court protesters
DOZENS of women wearing T-shirts proclaiming “Justice for Franziska” and “Enough is enough” protested outside court on Tuesday before the bail application of four men charged with murdering 16-year-old...
View ArticleEXPLAINED: The difference between a President resigning or being dismissed
As Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane prepares a motion calling for the removal of President Jacob Zuma to be debated in the National Assembly‚ the parliamentary office has issued an explanatory...
View ArticleFranziska suspects to stay behind bars while DNA tests done
FOUR men accused in the murder of 16-year-old Franziska Blochliger in Tokai Forest‚ Cape Town‚ will stay behind bars until April 28 after their bail application was postponed on Tuesday. The state said...
View ArticleMan given 12 life terms for raping 11 boys
A serial rapist who targeted young boys in Sebokeng and neighbouring townships in the Vaal‚ south of Johannesburg‚ was sentenced to 12 life terms and further jail time on Tuesday. In a packed...
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