Almost 60% of SA children live below poverty line: new study: The report was published by the University of Cape Town’s Children’s Institute on Tuesday. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Judgment in the Jeremiah Ruiters murder trial to be delivered: The 18-month-old boy’s mother Abigail Ruiters faces murder and child neglect charges while her ex-boyfriend Ameerudeen Peters is accused of raping and killing the little boy in 2017. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
No festive joy for Road Accident Fund claimants: Pretoria – It looks like a bleak Christmas is on the cards for claimants who are waiting to receive compensation from the Road Accident Fund (RAF). At least eight of the RAF’s Absa accounts were attached about a month ago by about 346 injured motorists demanding payment. As things now stand, RAF owes about R17billion to claimants whose claims were approved either through settlement or via various court orders. Collins Letsoalo of the RAF’s legal department confirmed in papers before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, that the the road fund’s liability at this stage towards injured motorists was more than R17bn. The RAF only receives on average of about R3.5bn each month. The RAF last week…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
ANALYSIS | At EFF congress, keep an eye on money man Marshall Dlamini: Marshall Dlamini is tipped to replace the lacklustre Godrich Gardee as the EFF’s secretary-general at its elective conference, which kicks off on Friday. But just who is Marshall Dlamini? ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
How Lindela became Bosasa’s meal ticket: When former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi took to the witness stand at the commission of inquiry into state capture on January 16, dressed in a dark suit with a crisp white shirt and black and blue tie, no one was prepared for the rot he would expose. During nine days of testimony that would implicate his former boss, Gavin Watson, Agrizzi laid bare how facilities management company African Global Operations (formerly known as Bosasa) paid monthly bribes totalling between R4 million and R6 million to politicians, government officials and journalists. Watson was drunk on power and influence, and the bribes, Agrizzi claimed, ensured that the lucrative contracts kept coming in….
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Mabuza: Eskom must provide clear plan to deal with rolling blackouts: Deputy President David Mabuza has apologised on behalf of government for the inconvenience caused by load shedding. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
About 280 lives saved from Tshwane floods, says city: Rains wreaked havoc in Gauteng after been lashed by heavy rains over the past few days. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
City of Tshwane counts cost of flooding: Pretoria – Tshwane is counting the heavy cost caused by downpours which have battered the capital in the past few days. Hundreds of people have been left homeless and infrastructure severely damaged. At Eerste Fabrieke informal settlement in Mamelodi, where an estimated 700 shacks were wiped out by flash floods on Monday, many residents were yesterday rebuilding their homes. Displaced residents had been accommodated in community halls and churches around Mamelodi. But along Tsamaya Road yesterday, residents were mopping up floors and repairing what they could of their shacks. Goitsemang Setlago, who has been living there for two years, said she was woken by a pungent smell from the river and…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Christmas food, stokvels and romance: It seems nothing is sacred with load shedding: For many, the festive season is about making memories with family, enjoying meals together and spending quality time with your better half. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
2 Netcare doctors sued for negligence after 8 children die in their care: A warrant of arrest has been issued for pediatric surgeon Dr Peter Baele and anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi after 10-year-old Zayyaan Sayed died following routine surgery. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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