NPA yet to decide whether to prosecute #TomMoyane for assault:
NPA yet to decide whether to prosecute #TomMoyane for assault:
It remains unclear whether embattled South African Revenue Services Commissioner Tom Moyane will appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate'scourt on Friday to over allegations that he assaulted his son's partner. Earlier this week, it emerged that Moyane assaulted the 17-year-old mother of his grandson at his home in Johannesburg.
Brace for a fuel price shock next week:
Johannesburg – South Africans have been warned to brace for an even bigger fuel price hike than had been initially predicted. According to unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the price of petrol is expected to rise by up to 83 cents a litre from Wednesday, June 6, while diesel drivers will have to find an extra 86 cents for every litre.
African National Congress diplomat Eddie Funde made a powerful contribution:
African National Congress diplomat Eddie Funde arrived in Australia on the eve of Christmas in December 1983 with no office, no money, no fund-raising structure and nowhere to live. By the time he left in 1992 he had survived an assassination attempt, was on a first-name basis with Australian government ministers and had created a network of anti-apartheid activists across the country.
Conspirator gets prison term in massive health fraud scheme:
One of the principal figures in a large-scale health care fraud scheme in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to nearly two years in prison. Craig Nordman had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe doctors and money laundering and faced a maximum combined sentence of 25 years, but he received a 21-month sentence in exchange for his cooperation with prosecutors.
At Brics think tank, scholars get drunk on their own rhetoric:
Two months from now, Brics political rulers Michel Temer , Vladimir Putin , Nahendra Modi and Xi Jinping will join host president Cyril Ramaphosa, also at the Sandton Convention Centre. Naomi Klein remarked that a think tank is a group of people paid to think by the people who control the tanks.
Bride price: South African young women weigh freedom and tradition:
Some say the practice of lobola , or bride price, demeans women. In South Africa, young women are working to reconcile tradition and modern rights by working to find a middle ground.
Bride price: Young South African women weigh freedom and tradition:
Some say the practice of “lobola,” or bride price, demeans women. In South Africa, young women are working to reconcile tradition and modern rights by working to find a middle ground.
.com | Fireblade saga: MPs plan oversight visit to OR Tambo:
MPs on the Portfolio Committee of Home Affairs intend to conduct an oversight visit to OR Tambo International Airport as part of their own fact-finding mission regarding the “Fireblade” private terminal saga. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has been in and out of court lately to appeal a North Gauteng High Court judgment that sided with Fireblade Aviation, owned by the wealthy Oppenheimer family.
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