Dept: ‘No irregularities in tender awarded to company linked to Anusha Gordhan’: The EFF has made accusations against Pravin Gordhan and his daughter Anusha, claiming that she was awarded tenders amounting to more than R80 million from several government departments after her father was appointed Finance Minister, for the first time in 2009. ……
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Parly committee recommends Brown, Gigaba appear before Zondo Commission: The portfolio committee on Public Enterprises on Wednesday unanimously adopted its report into governance failures and state capture at Eskom. ……
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Man shot dead in car at KZN shopping centre: A man in his 20s has been shot dead in a suspected robbery north of Durban. ……
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Child rape survivors left without counselling: A survey of 135 health facilities designated to care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa has found that nearly half do not offer counselling services to child survivors of rape. ……
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DA youth leader takes strong stance against member accused of rape: Cape Town – The DA youth has pledged their support for the family of a 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by one of their members who is also the teenager’s relative. They also vowed to be present at…
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Appeal court rules ancestral rights apply in landmark judgment: Cape Town – Historically disadvantaged Karoo residents have been vindicated by a landmark Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment which found they have a right to access land their ancestors first occupied more than 200 years ago. Rural labourers and schoolchildren in Grootkraal, Oudtshoorn, were confronted with losing the land after Kobot Besigheids Trust bought it in 2010, and decided they wanted to develop the land into a game farm for commercial purposes. In the 1800s a church was built on the land for coloured farmworkers, which today also serves…
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#Vlakfontein: Khupe forced me to rape and kill the Khozas, says Mabaso: Johannesburg – The Protea Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday heard that the 27-year-old man accused of raping and killing members of the Khoza family in Vlakfontein was forced to commit the crimes by his 61-year-old co-accused. Ernest Mabaso told the court that he was forced by Fita Khupe to rape the children before he killed them. Mabaso and Khupe were applying for bail on seven counts of murder and theft. Mabaso is also facing three additional charges of rape. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and said his family could afford R5 000 bail. Mabaso is a South African who was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga and holds a…
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LGBT+ groups welcome same-sex marriage amendment to bill: Cape Town – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-plus (LGBT+) advocacy groups have welcomed the adoption of the Civil Union Amendment Bill that will compel marriage officers at Home Affairs to officiate at same-sex marriages even though they may object to them. The bill was adopted by the Home Affairs portfolio committee as a step towards equality. Triangle Project’s Sharon Cox said the…
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NPA: ‘Move to withdraw Estina charges due to circumstances beyond our control’: The NPA’s Phaladi Shuping says prosecutors will consider re-enrolling the matter once the docket is complete. ……
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Ramatlhodi: ‘Manyi didn’t qualify for Mineral Resources DG post’: Former government minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says he blocked the appointment of Mzwanele Manyi as director-general of the Mineral Resources Department because he simply didn’t qualify for the position. ……
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