Emfuleni municipal official wastes more than R120m municipal funds but remain in job: Johannesburg – A top Gauteng municipal boss – responsible for tenders involving millions at the financially embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality – is in hot water for allegedly using the funeral of a ward councillor to enrich himself. The official in question allegedly also forced the council to pay a company R700 000 a month – over a period of three years – just to print documents for council meetings and municipal accounts. Jason Mthwane – manager supply chain management – allegedly manipulated council’s tender procedures when he organised a “special civic funeral’ for ward councillor…
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FEEL GOOD | How plans for a glamorous dance changed to feeding hungry mouths: It began as a plan for some serious glam. But, instead, a group of Cape Town scholars have donated every cent to their city’s most needy. ……
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One suspect shot, another arrested following robbery of Chinese shops near Pretoria: One suspected robber has been killed and another arrested during a shootout with police officers near Pretoria. ……
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ANALYSIS | Why is government not collecting statistics on smoking and Covid-19?: The South African government instituted a ban on the sale of tobacco products, citing the problematic relationship between Covid-19 and smoking, but it has not been collecting data to this effect. ……
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SA heads towards ‘tougher times’ as GDP contracts by 2%: This was the third consecutive decline with the economy remaining in recession. ……
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Sassa considering new database for rejected R350 relief grant applicants: Many applications were rejected because they didn’t initially meet the criteria. ……
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Gauteng needs to learn prevention strategies from Western Cape as Covid-19 peak looms – Health Forum: If there is anything Gauteng needs to learn and implement from the Western Cape as the Covid-19 peak looms, it must be prevention strategies, according to the Progressive Health Forum’s Dr Aslam Dasoo. ……
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Covid-19: Heartbreak as dad dies 4 days after beloved wife, the morning of her funeral: A Cape Town family is mourning the death of their beloved parents, Eva and Neville Herold, who were married for 45 years. Neville died on the day Eva was buried. ……
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Unpaid maintenance allegedly drove woman to kill father of her two children: Cape Town – A case of unpaid child maintenance money is suspected to have driven a Samora Machel mother to kill the father of her two children. She has since handed herself over to police. The 26-year-old accused, Amanda Mqoqi, is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court today for the murder of 25-year-old Ashley Mbotya, the father of her two…
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Hard lockdown a possibility as SA’s COVID-19 cases rise to 151,209: The COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 48.6% with over 73,000 people making recoveries. ……
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