Federer tops Nadal in South Africa & 51,000 turn up to watch: Roger Federer wasn't going to lose this one to Rafael Nadal. Not on what felt like a homecoming for Federer, who beat his great rival 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-set exhibition match at a soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday. Roger Federer, right, and Rafael Nadal embrace after the final point of their exhibition tennis match held at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 7, 2020. [Photo: AP] It was Federer's first match in his mother's country of birth, and the country the Swiss great rates as his second home. Almost everything was for Federer on the night. The caps and T-shirts with RF logos all across the crowd. The “Welcome home, Roger” signs…
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Maggots in mouth: Family sues hospital and KZN health MEC for R11m: The family of a Durban man whose mouth was infested with maggots shortly before he died in RK Khan Hospital is suing the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health for negligence, seeking R11m. ……
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Gauteng Education concerned as four more pupils die at schools: Johannesburg – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi appealed for divine intervention again as the province continues to be rocked by at least four deaths at the start of February. The start of the academic year was taxing for education in the province, with several pupils such as Enock Mpianzi of Parktown Boys High School and Letacia Jansen, dying in school-related incidents. On Friday, the department said it was deeply saddened by the state of affairs, which also includes incidents of pupils being raped, stabbed and…
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Governance in embattled Tshwane raises ire of marching Samwu members: Hundreds of workers affiliated to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) marched to Tshwane House in Pretoria to voice their unhappiness about the governance of the municipality. ……
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Parliamentary process to ‘dethrone’ Mkhwebane to continue despite court challenge: The parliamentary process regarding the prima facie assessment of the motion for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s removal as Public Protector will continue. ……
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No coronavirus cases confirmed in SA as 42 tests come back negative: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has conducted 42 tests for the coronavirus in South Africa, the results of which have all come back negative. ……
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Passengers, driver robbed at gunpoint on bus headed for Cape Town: Passengers and a bus driver travelling from Mitchells Plain to Cape Town were held up at gunpoint by a pair of robbers who made off with their valuables, Golden Arrow Bus Services has said. ……
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NPA withdraws charges against so-called SARS rogue unit trio: Charges against three former senior South African Revenue Service officials accused of involvement in the so-called rogue unit have been withdrawn. ……
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Stutterheim residents tell Eastern Cape premier of jobs for sex and cash, embezzlement, corruption: Last week, protesting residents closed the Amahlathi traffic department and some of the schools around Stutterheim, demanding the premier come to Stutterheim and address them. ……
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The government wants to interfere with business rescue practitioners over SAA: The government is not happy with the decision by SAA’s business rescue practitioners to cancel some local and regional flights, and may attempt to force their hand on the matter. Reacting to the cancellation of many domestic as well as some regional and international routes, the department of public enterprises said it will be making representations to the business rescue practitioners in order to “balance the necessity for trimming…
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