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Gupta jet report released
full report on the controversial landing of a privately chartered plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base was released on Wednesday. The justice, crime prevention, and security (JCPS) cluster of ministries said it believed the issue would serve to support the fight against corruption. "We believe that the unified public voice which condemned the incident, together with decisive government ...
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Govt shocked by Kleinfontein
The Times that residents of a settlement on the farm Kleinfontein, near Pretoria, had vowed that only Afrikaners would be allowed to live there. According to the newspaper, all the settlement's residents, from the security guards at the gate to the gardeners, were Afrikaans. Government servicesWilliams said all South Africans were governed by the Constitution, which catered for people ...
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Fitness a requirement for traffic cops
Pietermaritzburg - An advert for trainee positions at the KwaZulu-Natal transport department specified that a stringent physical assessment was required, a commission of inquiry heard in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Applicant Njabulo Manqele had been quick to criticise the KZN government for giving only two days' notice of the fitness test, Ravenda Padayachee SC, for the transport ...
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South Africa Western Cape Minister for Finance Economic Development and Finance Alan Winde Announces Spaces for Broadband Networks Pilot Phase
The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) area in Khayelitsha has been selected as one of the first spaces to be linked to the broadband network. The Western Cape Government's broadband network will play a major role in transforming residents' lives, says Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde. "As a major business hub in one of our ...
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Four Eldos lolli lounge children sent to rehab
letter from resident Cordelia Bailey about drug abuse . In the letter Bailey described "lolli lounges" as places where young girls were lured with payments of R100 to entertain men. They became hooked on drugs and stayed on as prostitutes, getting their drugs for free as they kept clients "happy". At the time Zuma called it "a crisis, an abnormality" and ...
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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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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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