EC police search for 2 groups of men who allegedly gang-raped teen girl

Police appealed to anyone who may have information to come forward after a 17-year-old girl was raped by two groups of men in the OR Tambo District. Police have appealed to members of the public to come forward with information relating to the assault of a teenage girl in New Homes Location in the EC. […]

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Parks Tau: Local government issues are multi-faceted

Deputy Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Parks Tau said the problems facing municipalities included deepening debt, a lack of revenue collection and the over-use of consultants. Deputy Cogta Minister Parks Tau. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The crisis in local government is not just administrative – it’s also political. That’s according to deputy Cooperative […]

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Nedbank confirms technical error affecting Capitec clients

Nedbank said the cause of the double billing stemmed from a transactional file from Monday which was mistakenly processed on Friday. Capitec said it was working to resolve the matter within 24 hrs. Capitec Bank clients took to social media in outrage on Friday morning, saying there had been additional deductions from their accounts without […]

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Ngubane: Tsotsi told board Koko was caught on camera in ‘sexual escapade’

Ben Ngubane has told the State Capture Commission of Inquiry that his predecessor had told the board that Matshela Koko had been caught on camera on a ‘sexual escapade’ with a fellow Eskom employee, and the former CEO Tshediso Matona did not investigate the matter. FILE: Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG […]

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Thandeka Mdeliswa’s family concerned no arrests made for her murder

Thandeka Mdeliswa’s family concerned no arrests made for her murder The 34-year-old actress, who was best known for her role on SABC 1’s ‘Ikani’ , was shot last week at her home in Evander in Mpumalanga and later died in hospital over the weekend. Thandeka Mdeliswa. Picture: SABC. JOHANNESBURG – The family of slain actress […]

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Nersa approval allows govt to buy energy from sources other than Eskom

The Nersa approval allows the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to procure additional energy beyond, but not excluding, Eskom and including renewable energy. Picture: Pexels. CAPE TOWN – Government can now buy energy from more sources outside of Eskom. The move is part of a bigger plan to diversify South Africa’s energy mix as […]

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Downscaled Cango Caves to reopen to the public

Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put in place to ensure the safety of visitors. Cango Caves. Picture: www.cango-caves.co.za CAPE TOWN – After a nearly six-month-long lockdown, the Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn will reopen its doors to the public today. Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put […]

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Anti-abortion doctor still fighting to return to service

The Health Professions Council took action against Doctor Jacques de Vos for advising a woman that an unborn baby constituted human life. Attorney Martus de Wet (left) and Dr Jacques De Vos (right) at the Health Professions Council fo South Africa’s hearing on 27 August 2019. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN. CAPE TOWN – A doctor charged […]

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Is Investing In South Africa Still Worthwhile?

South African investors have had a challenging time in financial markets, largely due to lacklustre returns from local equities. This is at a time when global equities have done well, and post-apartheid South Africa is going through possibly one of the most challenging times from a political and economic standpoint. The news flow has been […]

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