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Full report on Gupta Waterkloof landing released
Gupta family members were attending the wedding of Vega Gupta (23) and Indian-born Aakash Jahajgarhia at Sun City. The landing sparked widespread ...
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80 foreigners held in document blitz
Cape Town - Around 80 foreigners, including an Australian tourist, were detained on Wednesday for not having their documents on them.Michael Camacho, an Australian tourist, was arrested while shopping for curios in Hout Bay, ...
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Cannes Mandela Long Walk to Freedom Sells to U.K. Other Markets
Cannes Film Festival 2013 Latest sales will bring the film to the U.K. and France via Pathe, Germany (Senator), Australia (Village Roadshow), Scandinavia (Scanbox), the Benelux countries (Paradiso), Brazil (Vinny Films), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Israel (Shani), the Middle East (Gulf Films) and Singapore (Shaw). Deals with several additional territories are currently being negotiated. At an ...
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Speed up circumcision probe - ANC
Johannesburg - It was disappointing that an investigation into the deaths of 27 initiates in Mpumalanga was seemingly not urgent, the ANC said on Wednesday."The ANC is very disappointed that ever since the first pronouncement of deaths of our young menthere does not seem to have been any urgency in investigating the circumstances that led to their death," African National Congress ...
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Families walk out on cops condolences
Rustenburg - Families of miners shot dead by police in Marikana last year walked out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, in Rustenburg, on Wednesday when a senior police officer conveyed his condolences to them.Major General Charl Annandale, who headed the police's tactical response team during the unrest, was testifying about the events at Marikana.Speaking about the role of the police in ...
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MP details his lung cancer battle
Cape Town - Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini disclosed on Wednesday that he is suffering from inoperable lung cancer. "Suddenly, and without significant prior symptoms, two days before the secrecy bill debate on April 23, I received a diagnosis of stage four lung cancer, which has extensively metastasised throughout my pleura," he said in a statement. "The ...
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Police mum on charges against Gupta cop escorts
Although internal processes will continue against Metro cops who allegedly escorted Gupta guests, criminal charges against them may have been ...
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Cape Town bus tender awarded
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has awarded the tender to provide vehicles for its extended MyCiTi bus routes to Volvo SA, a city official said on ...
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Mokonyane details lolly lounge plan
Johannesburg - Four children, including an 8-year-old, have been removed from "lolly lounges" in Eldorado Park in the past week, Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday."Four children have been taken away and they are now in alternative centres because of their vulnerability," Mokonyane said.She was briefing journalists on action taken since President Jacob ...
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Tshwane probe into Gupta cops continues
Pretoria - Internal processes against the Tshwane metro police who allegedly escorted guests to the Gupta wedding will continue, spokesperson Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said on Wednesday. "We are still pursuing internal disciplinary matters against the officers," he said. "However, we cannot comment on whether the criminal charges against them have been dropped as that is ...
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South Africa Opening Up Debates We Need
The trade union movement is in a state of flux, with concepts such as centralised bargaining and the "winner takes all" approach of majority -- 50 per cent plus one -- unionism now being challenged. "Agency shop" agreements whereby majority unions take a slice of the subscriptions paid by members of smaller unions, let alone the much bigger question of party political ...
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The vice-regal couple on tour in South Africa
The Governer-General participates in a Cape Town luncheon discussion May 20, focusing on how CIDA is helping South African officials manage the development of a local fishing port.(Cpl. Vincent Carbonneau/Rideau ...
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Can South Africa Help Nigeria to Industrialise
South Africa has pledged to help Nigeria make the automotive sector the West African nation's flagship industrial target. Currently German car manufacturer BMW has a plant at Rosslyn near Pretoria. About 80 percent of the BMWs produced there are for the international market. Credit: John ...
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Emergency staff arrested for rape
Pretoria News reported on Wednesday.The sex worker reportedly claimed she was hitch-hiking to Mamelodi when the emergency workers offered her a lift in a municipal rapid response BMW.According to the newspaper, they demanded sex along the way and threatened to kill her. They took turns raping her, then sped off, leaving her in the ...
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Man tells how he killed Cape Town mom
Cape Town - A roof repair man has told a Cape Town court that he stabbed a Claremont mother because she wouldn't pay him the money she owed him. Moegamat Salie, 31, told the Western Cape High Court that he went to Anzunette du Plessis's house on 4 October 2012 to check on work he and his father had done to the roof of her house, reported ...
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Only Afrikaners allowed on farm settlement
The Times reported on Wednesday.Everyone living there, from the security guards at the gate to the gardeners, was Afrikaans, the newspaper reported.The Gauteng legislature's portfolio committee on community safety was reportedly told last year that black police officers were not being allowed inside the enclave.Its controlling body's chairperson Jan Groenewald ...
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Cyclist hit by bus while avoiding car
The Cape Times reported.The bus driver was unaware of any cyclist while driving in Durbanville on Tuesday morning, Golden Arrow Bus Service spokesperson Bronwen Dyke ...
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Drunk guests assault guesthouse manager
Johannesburg - An Alberton guesthouse manager says she was assaulted by a group of drunk guests when she told them not to make a noise over the weekend, but they accused her of using a racial slur against them. Leslie Rabie ...
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Robbers put gun in boys mouth
Durban - A KwaZulu-Natal family was terrorised by a gang of robbers who pushed a gun into a 13-year-old's mouth to force his father to open the safe. Karen Daley, 43, saw how her son, Matthew, was frogmarched into the house with robbers pointing a gun at his head on ...
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Drug trafficker Nabolisa seeks privileges
Johannesburg - Convicted drug trafficker Frank Nabolisa has filed an application against the minister of correctional services in the South Gauteng High Court for certain prisoner ...
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Parliament to debate Waterkloof landing
Cape Town - The National Assembly plenary will debate the use of the Waterkloof Air Force Base on Wednesday. The debate comes after Justice ...
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The trials and tribulations of the Pistorius brothers
The Pistorius brothers are, on average, having their first good week in a long time - as long as Carl Pistorius does not decide to sue the ...
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Teacher filmed beating high school pupil
Daily Dispatch reported on Wednesday. She and the rest of the class were beaten with a stick when they failed to produce maths homework on 8 May, the pupil at Ndabankulu Senior Secondary School, in Butterworth, told the newspaper. In the video, the Dispatch heard the teacher swearing at the pupil. The girl's parents had reported the matter to the school. The Dispatch reported that ...
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Shot farmer drives himself to hospital
Durban - A Hluhluwe farmer drove himself to hospital after he was shot in the chest during an armed robbery on Tuesday. Peter-John Hassard, in his 30s, was leaving his farmhouse when five men pounced and shot him at close range. His father, Peter Hassard, told The Witness on Tuesday afternoon that his son lost four litres of blood and was in the high-care unit at a local hospital. "I ...
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Video Desmond Tutu awarded $1.7-million Templeton Prize
Retired South African archbishop Desmond Tutu wins the $1.7-million Templeton Prize for his contribution to 'affirming life's spiritual ...
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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