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Eskom execs should decline bonuses‚ Reward Association says
Eskom offices, MegaWatt Park in Johannesburg.Picture: John Liebenberg For Eskom’s executives to be paid bonuses of R6-million “is contentious and should be declined”‚ the South African Reward...
View ArticleANC’s #PeoplesVoices polls ads aren’t about ‘blowing our own trumpets’‚ says...
Monday ( 04/07/2016) will see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) launch “the first in its series of television adverts for the 2016 local government elections”. “The adverts‚ dubbed the...
View Article‘Ban ANC in Tshwane poll’
The Independent Electoral Commission has been asked to prevent the ANC from contesting the Tshwane metro. The Agenda to Citizenry Governors lodged the complaint on Friday, arguing that other parties...
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SABC’s Jimi quits over ‘corrosive atmosphere’
Jimi MatthewsPicture: Gallo Images / Financial Mail / Russell Roberts Acting SABC chief executive officer Jimi Matthews has apparently resigned‚ citing having been “complicit in many decisions which I...
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Support for SABC journalists suspended over opposition to protest blackout
Friends, colleagues and SABC employees have changed their Facebook profile photographs in solidarity with the suspended trio. “We stand with Foeta‚ Suna and Thandeka‚” say friends‚ family‚ journalists...
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72 candidates on the list for Public Protector’s post
Chairman of the committee Dr Makhosi Khoza said on Monday she would release the names of the applicants and those who had been nominated at a press conference on Tuesday. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER The...
View ArticleWater shortage‚ fires threaten National Arts Festival
Disaster struck in Grahamstown at the weekend‚ just days before the start of the National Arts Festival‚ when one of its major pumping stations flooded‚ damaging pumps and leaving huge swathes of the...
View ArticleProtesters demand life sentences for taxi killers
Four men who allegedly hijacked and murdered a Mdantsane taxi driver abandoned their bail application in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Monday(27/06/2016) morning. The accused – Silumnko Madoda‚...
View ArticleHow guns destined for destruction ended up in gangsters’ hands
An arsenal of guns and ammunition awaiting police destruction went instead directly into the hands of gangsters in the most violent parts of the Cape Flats. A police reservist implicated in smuggling...
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Editors commend Matthews for resigning from SABC
Jimi MatthewsPicture: Gallo Images / Financial Mail / Russell Roberts The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has commended SABC acting chief executive officer‚ Jimi Matthews‚ on his decision...
View ArticleConsumer body wants meat labels to accurately reflect country of origin
The South African National Consumer Union has slammed a loophole in legislation that allows retailers to mislead consumers on the origins of the meat they sell. A Department of Agriculture regulation...
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Parliament’s registrar of members’ interests resigns
Parliament’s ethics commissar, Fezela Nahomed, has resigned after a court finding that she violated the very ethical code she was supposed to enforce. Mahomed, whose official title was registrar of...
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Nkandla upgrades: How Treasury decided on R7.8m
EYE OF THE STORM: President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla compound In its March ruling‚ the Constitutional Court found that the findings of the public protector were binding and that President Jacob Zuma’s...
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Toxic river spill
POLLUTION MENACE: Jenny Rump, of the Zwartkops Conservancy, inspects the acidic toxic sludge that has made its way into the Markman canal and is causing growing concern. Pictures: EUGENE COETZEE People...
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EFF pledges clinics, libraries if it wins
READY TO FIGHT: EFF Ward 50 candidate Bo Madwara speaks at Xaba Hall in Langa, Uitenhage. Picture: Fredlin Adriaan Addressing a group of about 50 people, including residents and regional EFF...
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Bay pupils discover wonders of science
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE: Grade 11 and 12 pupils conduct experiments in a laboratory during NMMU’s Science Discovery Week. Picture: Supplied About 250 Grade 11 and 12 pupils from Nelson Mandela Bay and...
View ArticleArrests after mini market robbery
A father and son as well as two teenagers were arrested yesterday for allegedly being connected to the robbery of the Adcockvale mini market in Rochelle Road on Friday night. The four, aged between 15...
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Businessman guilty in tax fraud case
FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL: Convicted fraudster Johan van Staden in the Cape Town High Court. Picture: DAVID HARRISON Businessman Johan van Staden was the best boss. In 2007, Van Staden, who ran a...
View ArticleWATCH: ‘Miracle’ video shot by PE outfit
Cape band blown away by creative work on latest track A music video that made its debut on Trace TV last week was a “miracle” pulled off by a Port Elizabeth professional. Shot in just three days,...
View ArticleSA and Germany collaborate on urban development
Intergrated urban development and creating liveable neighbourhoods were top of the agenda at an inaugural workshop between South Africa and Germany which started at the weekend. Speaking to The Herald...
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