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HIGHLIGHTS-South African central bank comments on interest rates
Thu May 23, 2013 9:35am EDT (Adds comments on labour relations) JOHANNESBURG May 23 (Reuters) - Below are comments from South African Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus at her latest decision on the repo rate. INFLATION "Inflation is now expected to average 0.1 percentage points lower in 2013 and 2014 at 5.8 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively, and to average 5.0 percent in ...
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Phiyega rejects newspaper report
Sowetan newspaper article shortly after the Marikana shootings, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Thursday. Under cross-examination by Dali Mpofu, for the wounded and arrested miners, Phiyega denied quotes attributed to her in the newspaper. According to the article, Phiyega said police should not be sorry about shooting dead 34 miners on 16 August during the wage-related strike at ...
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DA wants independent probe for Watekloof
Johannesburg - An independent investigation into the clearance for a private plane to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base is needed, the DA said on Thursday. The final justice, crime prevention, and security (JCPS) ministerial cluster report on the landing at Waterkloof reinforced the need for an independent investigation into "Guptagate", DA spokesperson David Maynier said in a ...
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Premier North West needs name change
Nineteenth Century Tennessee Adoptions, Legitimations, and Name Changes This book addresses the nineteenth century Tennessee adoptions, legitimations, and name changes Now ...
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ID cards roll-out in July says Pandor
Johannesburg - Green, bar-coded identity books will be replaced with identity smart cards from July, Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. "We will begin with the issuing of the cards to new applicants and those who need re-issuing of identity documents from July this year," she told reporters in Pretoria. The South African company, Altech Card Solutions, had won ...
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Phiyega back at Marikana inquiry
Ian Farlam , ordered that Phiyega be sworn-in again.Phiyega's cross-examination was interrupted last month when Dali Mpofu, for the wounded and arrested miners, was stabbed in East London in an apparent robbery.Mpofu had been in the middle of his cross-examination.On Thursday, he recapped several aspects he had covered with Phiyega before the disruption.Mpofu questioned Phiyega on whether ...
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Drug dealer Nabolisa gets laptop in jail
The New Age reported on Thursday."The applicant is to be allowed to receive reading material including a personal computer laptop and internet access, which he will use under supervision," Judge Kathy Satchwell reportedly said.The Nigerian brought the application in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.According ...
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Waterkloof report flawed - Sandu
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Parliament set to debate initiate deaths
Johannesburg - Parliament will probably debate the deaths of initiates at the end of the month, the African National Congress chief whip's office said on Thursday. "The Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) has agreed to Chief Whip Dr Mathole Motshekga's request that Parliament conduct a debate on the tragic deaths of initiates...," spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said in a ...
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South Africa Zuma expresses outrage at circumcision related deaths
South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed shock and outrage at the deaths of 30 young men at a traditional circumcision clinic in the country's Mpumalanga province. The circumcision, seen as a rite of passage for millions of young men in the country, has seen almost 30 young men die this week.Addressing the House of Traditional Leaders in parliament, Zuma called for swift justice for ...
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Kufuor Back Home From Zurich Cape Town
John Agyekum Kufuor Former President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived home Tuesday after speaking engagements in Cape Town, South African and Zurich, Switzerland respectively during which he trumped up growing opportunities for investment in Africa that has seen it been courted by all major powers in the world, Frank Agyekum, a Special Aide and Spokesperson has said. Former President Kufuor told his ...
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E-tolls Cosatu opposes govt decision
Johannesburg - Cosatu is opposing government's decision not to allow a planned protest on Johannesburg highways against e-tolls, the union federation said on Thursday. "We are contesting this decision. We hope we will manage to persuade the government to what we think is a legitimate and constitutional protest with very wide public support," said Cosatu spokesperson Patrick ...
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Gupta jet Agang blames politicians
Johannesburg - Public servants should not be scapegoats for the politicians who were ultimately responsible for the irregular clearance and landing of a privately chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base, Agang SA said on Thursday."We note with interest the government's report into the failures of governance that led to the landing of the Gupta family's aircraft at Waterkloof ...
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Shopper mugged by 3 women in store
The Star she was robbed of her handbag and R16 000 wedding ring by gang of three women who approached her in the shoe section and then surrounded her, telling her to remain quiet and do as they say. After they took her belongings, she was taken to the escalators by the women. "I was instructed to take the escalators and count to 10. They were gone by the time I looked down from the ...
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Kimberley to replace electricity meters
Bloemfontein - The replacement of thousands of prepaid electricity meters to curb electricity income losses of about R3m a month has started in Kimberley, a Sol Plaatje municipality spokesperson said on Thursday."The municipality was experiencing a high incidence of tampering and by-passing of meters," said spokesperson Sello Matsie.He said the number of known meters being by-passed ...
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South Africa Gauteng e-tolling protests intensify
South Africa's largest trade union federation has vowed to shut down all main roads in the country's economic capital Gauteng on Friday as protests against a new e-tolling system gathers ...
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South Africa Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa Launches the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline and Receives Life - State of South Africas Biodiversity Report
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa today, 22 May 2013 on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), launched the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the mining sector, in Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) also handed over the Life: State of South Africa's ...
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Cosatu e-toll protest not authorised
Johannesburg - Cosatu's has not been granted permission for a planned protest against e-tolls on Johannesburg highways, metro police said on Thursday."Permission has not been granted because with the previous motorcade protest, protesters had stopped on the freeway and walked on the freeway which is a contravention of the National Road Traffic Act," said Chief Superintendent Wayne ...
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Man sorry for killing Cape Town mom
Cape Times reported on Thursday. Mogamat Armien Salie, 31, appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday for the murder of 33-year-old Anzunette du Plessis in October, the newspaper reported. She had let him in to check the roof for leaks, but he went to her room and took a camera. "That's when she came behind me and started putting up a fight. I fought back and I was ...
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Traffic cop shoots 2 bystanders in chase
Beeld reported on Thursday.The shooting took place while traffic officials were checking hawkers' licences on Wednesday afternoon, the newspaper reported.Brigadier Andre Smith told the newspaper the official was arrested shortly afterwards on two counts of attempted murder. His weapon had been confiscated."One of the stall owners ran away, and he chased him. The suspect ran across the ...
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Farmers held for assaulting rhino poachers
Beeld reported on Thursday.The three farmers, PP Mare, Chris Naude and Johannes van Zyl, were being held in the Gravelotte police cells, the newspaper reported.Their lawyer Aldo Rech told the newspaper they were tipped-off earlier in the week that poachers would target the area.They reportedly claimed they gave chase to two suspected poachers on Wednesday. One of them got away, but they caught ...
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Gupta jet Protocol chief under pressure
Johannesburg - A report on the controversial landing of a privately chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base revealed that chief of state protocol ambassador Bruce Koloane told other officials he was "under pressure". "The ambassador stated that he was 'under pressure from number one' on the matter," the report stated, without naming "number ...
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Zuma media claims an intimidation tactic
Jacob Zuma has instituted against the media since 2006 may instead end up costing him dearly. All of the claims relate to alleged slander and defamation, ...
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Where are other Anene suspects
Cape Town - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) believes only one person brutally raped and murdered Bredasdorp teenager Anene Booysen. This was the response by the NPA after charges against one of only two accused in the case were withdrawn on Wednesday, ...
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Dead MECs marriage annulled
East London - Deceased former Eastern Cape human settlements MEC Nombulelo Mabandla's marriage to her second husband Phumzile Mabandla was annulled this week, ...
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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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