#DayZero: ‘DA leadership should be criminally charged’: Cape Town – The DA-led city and province’s announcement that Day Zero had been defeated has been met with outrage, with activists saying party politics and electioneering have been put above fact and the interest of Capetonians. DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Wednesday announced that Day Zero would not occur this year, provided that citizens continue consuming water at current levels, and that there was decent winter rainfall. However, activists have questioned how the city can go from turning taps off entirely to not turning taps off at all in the space of only two months. They have accused authorities and the DA of playing with the lives of their 4 million citizens. Sandra…
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Family in fear after ex ANC councillor is killed: Cape Town – The family of slain former ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) member Elese Depouche has raised concerns over their safety after he was gunned down outside his Crossroads home. Depouche was killed on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said Depouche was in his car with his wife, Nobuntu, when two assailants fired several shots at…
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Citizens Gupta: Finally clarified. Sort of.: Atul and Rajesh Gupta are South African citizens; the fugitive Ajay Gupta is not. This is the clarification given by the home affairs department after confusion reigned for around 22 hours and 30 minutes on the status of Atul. At an initial press briefing shortly after 2pm on Tuesday, meant to waylay questions about the legality of Ajay Gupta family’s naturalisation, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said Ajay, and his brother Atul, are not South African citizens. In the hours following Gigaba’s statement, information emerged that Atul was indeed a South African citizen, based on his identity number and that he and Rajesh were registered to vote in South…
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Mugabe makes his first trip to SA since stepping down as president: Johannesburg – Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday made his first trip to South Africa since stepping down in a coup last year that saw an abrupt end to his 37-year reign. Travelling as an ordinary citizen on a flight from Zimbabwe bound for OR Tambo International Airport in Joburg, the…
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Sassa, Post Office to give briefing on progress in social grant payments migration: The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the South African Post Office (SAPO) are on Thursday expected to brief the media on the progress they’ve made towards the payment of social grants. The briefing is scheduled to take place at the offices of the Government Communication Information System in Pretoria….
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Apleni: Atul Gupta’s naturalisation happened before Gigaba’s appointment: Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni says the issue regarding the Gupta’s naturalisation process discussed in Parliament only dealt with Ajay Gupta. ……
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Ngubane: Eskom’s problems started when Brian Molefe left: Ngubane told Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday that the country should thank Molefe for staving off load shedding and getting investors to buy Eskom bonds again. ……
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DA’s Maimane urges Capetonians to keep water consumption low: The municipality had warned the city needed to beat the 450 million litre daily target to avoid Day Zero. ……
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[CARTOON] Something Fishy Going On At The NPA: By Dr Jack & Curtis. ……
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Lotto Results: Wednesday 7 March 2018: EWN brings you the winning lotto results. Were you a winner? ……
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