COVID-19 update: 145 new deaths, 1,913 infections confirmed in 24 hours According to the department of health, as of Wednesday, 1,913 new infections were picked up, pushing the number of known cases in the country since the start of the outbreak to 685, 155. FILE: A City of Tshwane Health official takes a nasal swab […]
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Cosatu has had a fractious relationship with the minister since his appointment after his department adopted an austerity budget, which seeks to slash the public service wage bill R160 billion in the next three years. Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi leads the march to Treasury in Pretoria for the national strike on 7 October 2020. Picture: […]
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No power for Soweto, The Vaal residents as Eskom implements “load reduction” Eskom deliberately cut power to many communities in these parts of Gauteng at 5am, saying it was implementing so called “load reduction”. JOHANNESBURG – Thousands of people in Soweto and The Vaal once again woke up without electricity on Thursday morning. Eskom deliberately […]
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First National Bank (FNB) has announced that individual consumers and institutional investors in South Africa will now have an opportunity to own shares from as little as R10 in some of the world’s best performing companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla, Coca Cola and Alphabet which owns Google. The announcement follows the […]
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The comments follow just after reports of an arrest warrant for Ace Magashule in connection with tender corruption during his tenure as Free State Premier. FILE: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s Investigative Directorate said if it was to arrest African National Congress secretary general Ace Magashule, it […]
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The Gupta brothers are heavily implicated in state capture and are believed to be living in Dubai. FILE: Hermione Cronje. Picture: YouTube screengrab. CAPE TOWN – The head of the NPA’s investigative directorate said a failure by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to cooperate with South African law enforcement agencies did not mean the Gupta […]
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The fraudsters would allege there was an attempt to commit fraud on their account or that a stop order was loaded without their consent. JOHANNESBURG – Capitec Bank is warning of a new con by fraudsters. Capitec asked elderly clients to be aware of people calling them claiming to be from the bank’s anti-fraud division. […]
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The mission has drawn widespread attention after abuse allegations emerged in a series of stories by News24. A screenshot of the CRL Commission’s hearings into the KwaSizabantu mission on Wednesday, 7 October 2020. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – Leaders of the KwaSizabantu mission in KwaZulu-Natal have staged a walkout at the CRL Commission which is […]
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Over 1,000 protesters on Tuesday stormed the Senekal Magistrates Court over the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner whose body was found tied to a pole in Senekal last week. Violent demonstration by a group of farmers outside the Senekal Magistrates Court in the Free State on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Police […]
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His aim is to create awareness about the importance of transport in the economy and to encourage participation in the provincial taxi lekgotla scheduled to take place in Worcester and Cape Town next week. Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela in Paarl at the Drakenstein Municipality on Wednesday 7 October 2020. Picture: @MadikizelaBongz/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]
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