City of Cape Town being strangled by R9.4bn debt: Cape Town – Businesses and individuals owe the City of Cape Town more than R9.4 billion which includes R1.3bn for indigent properties where the debt is unlikely to be recovered. The City’s finance directorate sent a report to the finance portfolio committee showing it was owed R7.27bn by households and a further R1.48bn by businesses, with other outstanding debt totalling nearly R597 055. “Although there is a reduction of R587 193 437 and R43 319 951 in residential and business debts respectively; it must be noted that in order to improve revenue collections, the City will continue enforcing payments of outstanding debts through effective debt management actions,” the report stated. “Due to…
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High court to rule on public protector’s ‘whitewashed’ Estina dairy report: Johannesburg – The North Gauteng High Court will on Monday rule on an application to set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on the Estina diary farm project in Vrede, Free State. The court application was brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and…
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All systems go for Gauteng school online registrations – Lesufi: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that from 8am on Monday morning all parents of grade 1 and 8 pupils will be given an equal opportunity to apply for the 2020 academic year. ……
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Undocumented refugees in CT ‘live in fear’ as centre remains shut: This June it will be seven years since the centre closed its doors. It means that asylum seekers have to travel to either Durban, Pretoria, Musina or Port Elizabeth. ……
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Virgin Active masturbator now faces criminal charges: Virgin Active’s Carla White said that the man’s contract has been terminated and he’s been banned from joining any outlets for life. ……
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#JacobZuma takes new tack to beat corruption charges: Pietermaritzburg – Fomer president Jacob Zuma is on Monday mounting a legal battle in the high court where he wants to have the corruption charges against him quashed, arguing that the delays have effectively prejudiced him. The application will be heard by three judges; Judge Jerome Mnguni, Judge Jan Steyn and Judge Thoba Poyo-Dlwati, and the matter will be argued over four days. This follows the removal of Judge Mjabuliseni Madondo. Spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Justice, Nathi Mncube, said on Sunday in terms of case flow management principles that are…
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‘He had a knife against my throat and he told me he would kill me’: Kimberley – With a knife pressed against her neck and the chilling words “keep quiet or I’m going to kill you”, was how a Monument Heights resident was woken up early on Friday morning. The elderly woman, who lives alone, said she was sleeping in her bedroom when she was roused from her sleep by a figure with a blanket over his head at around 6.30am. It is believed that the man gained entry to her home through the study window where he broke the burglar bars with a wooden pole. The suspect first went through the woman’s entire house, opening all the draws he possibly could, before going into the kitchen and taking a bread knife out of the drawer and entering the woman’s bedroom. “He had a…
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Verdict expected in Packham murder trial: Cape Town – Murder accused Rob Packham is to hear his fate today when Western Cape High Court Judge Elizabeth Steyn is expected to deliver her judgment in his murder case. Packham appeared on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice. He is accused of killing his wife, Gill Packham. Gill’s charred body was found days after her disappearance last February 22, in the boot of a burnt BMW at the Diep River train station. She was identified…
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25 SA tourists involved in Egypt bus explosion on their way home: The bulk of the South African tourists who were involved in a bus explosion near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids are heading back home. ……
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Western Cape High Court to hand down judgment in Rob Packham murder case: The Western Cape High Court is expected to hand down the judgment in Rob Packham’s murder case. ……
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