School governing bodies urged to form safety committees as risks increase: Concerns about safety at schools have arisen in Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Education, and Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty suggests that school governing bodies should have safety committees. ……
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Steenhuisen calls on Ramaphosa for ‘concomitant action’ against corruption: DA chief whip John Steenhuisen has invoked President Cyril Ramaphosa’s controversial email about the Marikana mining strike to call for “concomitant action” against crime. ……
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Eskom crisis could damage SA economy, says Gordhan: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan informed Parliament on Tuesday that more load-shedding can be expected in the coming weeks to allow Eskom to deal with maintenance problems at its power plants. ……
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#CourtneyPieters: Killer to appeal consecutive life terms: Cape Town – Convicted child rapist and murderer Mortimer Saunders intends to appeal his two consecutive life terms. Saunders, who was found guilty of…
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Eskom to implement Stage 3 #LoadShedding on Wednesday from 8am to 11pm: Johannesburg – Eskom will implement Stage 3 load shedding on Wednesday from 8am to 11pm as a result of a shortage of capacity, the power utility said. The shortage was a result of a number of generating units that are out of service due to breakdowns, it said. “Our maintenance teams continue to work hard and through the night to bring units back online….
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ANC councillor held after mentally-disabled teen’s rape: Kimberley – An ANC ward councillor was arrested on Tuesday on charges of abduction, rape of a minor and attempted rape and is expected to appear in court later this week. This follows allegations that he took two young girls, locked them up in a house, and only released them after a few days. Police spokesperson, Captain Bashoabile Kale, said the suspect was currently in the holding cells. He said police were investigating the rape of a 14-year-old mentally-disabled girl as well as the attempted rape of another young woman. “The girls were taken to the veterans’ houses in Lerato Park on February 8 and were only…
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Students erect shacks at CPUT over accommodation woes: Cape Town – Disgruntled Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students erected makeshift structures at the institution’s Bellville campus to protest against a shortage of accommodation. They erected the structures, made from cardboard, plastic and wood, on Monday night. Yesterday, the university’s security guards demolished the structures but students…
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‘We are being treated differently’ – aggrieved ANC North West member says they are being micromanaged: One of the applicants in an urgent matter application before the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, to enforce a judgment reinstating Supra Mahumapelo’s provincial executive committee, says there is no option but to return to the courts to force the ANC’s hand. ……
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More than R330m in less than 2 years: Massive extent of Gupta plundering at Estina revealed: Bank statements show that the Free State government paid R334 202 652 over less than two years to Indian company Estina. ……
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Audio recording suggests Vytjie Mentor lied about Hawks meeting: Last year, Mentor testified accusing Hawks official Mandla Mtolo of telling her to remove former President Jacob Zuma’s name from a criminal case she lodged in 2016 if she wanted it to be investigated. ……
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