- Orlando Pirates news: Fortune Makaringe closes in on Bucs move – report February 17, 2019Maritzburg United midfielder Fortune Makaringe is reportedly set more a move to Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates. The post Orlando Pirates news: Fortune Makaringe closes in on Bucs move – report appeared first on The South African.
- Emiliano Sala: Crowds gather to pay last respects in striker’s hometown February 16, 2019More than 3 000 mourners came to pay respect for Cardiff striker, Emiliano Sala, who's body was found in a plane wreckage earlier this month. The post Emiliano Sala: Crowds gather to pay last respects in striker’s hometown appeared first on The South African.
- Land Bank CEO gets jail time for looting R6-million February 16, 2019Thanks to the Hawks, more looters have been removed from society. The post Land Bank CEO gets jail time for looting R6-million appeared first on The South African.
- Hawks arrest South Africa’s ex-ambassador to Iran on MTN corruption charges February 16, 2019The case has been postponed until April. The post Hawks arrest South Africa’s ex-ambassador to Iran on MTN corruption charges appeared first on The South African.
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- Things to consider before moving house February 17, 2019Moving house doesn't have to be stressful. If you're packing up and moving on, here are some tips to consider. The post Things to consider before moving house appeared first on The South African.
- Cape Town: Amazing photos of lush office space in the heart of the city February 17, 2019Let’s explore Inner City Ideas Cartel’s three Cape Town locations and see what each unique working environment has to offer. The post Cape Town: Amazing photos of lush office space in the heart of the city appeared first on The South African.
- Load shedding: Alternative power options to consider February 17, 2019Electricity costs are spiralling and if you are looking for alternative energy options for your home as load shedding is back in full force, we've got some ideas. The post Load shedding: Alternative power options to consider appeared first on The South African.
Black racist police officer ‘should be fired’
The ruling comes after Major-General Sandra Malebe-Thema made racist and humiliating remarks towards various training personnel during an event at the SAPS Training Academy in Oudtshoorn in 2016.
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Visa fiasco for tourism as government issues conflicting travel advisories
While South African Tourism is continuing to market SouthAfrica as a family holiday destination, the South African government is doing its best to confuse families and make it impossible to board flights as a result of its Nazi style visa regulations.
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Kolisi quota comment ‘unfortunate’
Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi’s views about quotas in sports is “unfortunate”, says the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation, Beauty Dlulane.
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White Denel boss ‘disgusting’, says union
If you are white, you are shite… That’s the opinion of the Liberated Metalworkers Union of South Africa (Limusa) who rejected the appointment of Daniel du Toit as the group chief executive of state-owned arms manufacturer Denel, saying the minister of public enterprises must implement employment equity recommendations.
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Load shedding to return to SA soon
The Prince of Darkness – you will recognise him by the name of Eskom, or Eksdom – is ready to strike again. As soon as businesses and factories begin operations for the New Year, load shedding will roll across South Africa once more.
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Real matric pass rate below 40% despite government claims
Let’s not fool ourselves. If the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says 8 out of ten pupils passed matric, she was supposed to say only 4 out of ten really made the grade.
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SA to investigate jihadist terrorism in Mozambique
The South African Government has launched a a probe into the terror-related charges faced by South African citizen Andre Mayer Hanekom in Mozambique.
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Controversial R20 per hour wage bill kicks in next Tuesday
If by Tuesday next week you are not paid R20 per hour, it’s illegal.
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Hope for SA construction industry in 2019
Plans by the South African Government to pump hundreds of billions into infrastructure as part of its economic stimulus plan, may just be an indication that the negative tide may be turning for the construction industry in the country.
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#ReclaimClifton: Stop discrimination on beaches, says Minister
Discriminatory practices at beaches across South Africa must be brought to an end, says Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane.
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E-Visas for SA top priority
South Africa’s tourism industry has something to smile about after president Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, naming the introduction of E-Visas to visit South Africa as his highest priority.
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What SA lost under Zuma…
Growth rates taking a dive, poverty increasing, public dept ballooning and unemployment getting out of hand… Take your pick, under former president Jacob Zuma’s corrupt regime your country took a hell of a knock.
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One more elephant left in Knysna forest
Research conducted by SANParks scientists has confirmed the presence of a female elephant roaming the Knysna forest.
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SONA – Ramaphosa ‘gambling with our future’
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa did not offer reassurance to either foreign or local investors, but rather created more reason for uncertainty and concerns.
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Motsoeneng to cough up millions for SABC 8 case
This could not have happened to a nicer old chap. But ten – yes ten – Constitutional Court judges unanimously found that the South African Broadcorping Castration’s (SABC) former Führer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, must pay the legal costs of both trade unions – Solidarity and Bemawu – that represented the SABC 8 in their case in the Labour Court over their unlawful dismissal.
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Western Cape’s #NowhereBetter campaign takes the tourism lead
South Africa as a holiday destination brand needed a serious overhaul for decades now. At least the Western Cape is taking some form of initiative to start this process – even if it was necessitated by a draught.
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From Gqebera? Then fly to Khoi-San International Airport to visit your family!
The good old Port Elizabeth is getting a name change. So does nearby Uitenhage. If you want to visit, you will fly to an airport you have never heard of.
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DA has a xenophobia problem, says IRR
Liberals are supposed to stand up for the weak and vulnerable and not display xenophobic tendencies, says the Institute for Race Relations (IRR) in a strong worded statement about the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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Malema pays AfriForum R1.2M
Don’t mess with AfriForum. It can cost you dearly. That’s the lesson commander-in-chief of the EFF, Julius Malema, learnt this week.
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1 boss to every 7 workers at money burning SABC
Talk of too many chiefs and not enough Indians… The South African Broadcorping Castration (SABC) has 495 managers and 3,376 staff. That means there are one manager to every seven workers. No wonder the damn place is almost flushing money down the toilet as fast as South African Aircraze (SAA).
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Hogan’s testimony ‘proof that State Capture was ANC-sponsored project’
Barbara Hogan’s testimony on Monday in Front of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture has cemented the fact that the ANC and State Capture are synonymous and inseparable, the DA has said in a statement.
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Zuma to pay legal fees from own pocket – yah!
Kak en betaal! That’s the lesson from the courts for former president Jacob Zuma.
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It’s falling from the sky but we are not selling SAA, says President
It’s going down the toilet faster than you can say FLUSH and losing money faster than a collapsing pyramid scheme but President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is not selling the South African Aircraze (SAA).
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Ramaphosa gets a copy of ‘Kill the Boer’
A copy of the book ‘Kill the Boer’ has been hand delivered to the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Read moreMalema learns how to #paybackthemoney
If you want to jump up and down in Parliament like a clown and shout #paybackthemoney, then you should be the last person to cry if the court tells you to #paybackthemoney. That’s a lesson EFF ‘commander in chief’, Julius Malema, is about to learn as civil rights organisation AfriForum is about to take him to the cleaners for not owning up to two court orders.
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Drinking and driving to become same kind of offence as rape and murder
Drinking and driving may become the worst mistake you can ever make – and land you in jail for seven days before you even see the inside of a court room.
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Does Ramaphosa have the balls to fire the ‘Tourism Terminator’?
South Africa’s Minister of Killing Tourism and social media wanker, Malusi Gigaba, might see himself kicked into a another stratosphere if president Cyril Ramaphosa grow a set of balls.
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Strong stand against Ramaphosa’s racist project
Solidarity Youth took a strong stand against Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s youth empowerment project, YES, which blatantly excludes white youth based on their skin colour.
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