Science department takes on Treasury over damaging budget cuts: Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has expressed concern about the budget allocated to her department, saying officials are in discussion with Treasury to appeal for more funds. "We are not happy with the level where we are. We understand the constraints the country is facing, [but] indeed we are concerned," she said on Wednesday ahead of her budget speech to…
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Zolile Khumalo murder accused back in the dock: Thabani Mzolo, 23, the former Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Zolile Khumalo is due to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Mzolo is accused of shooting and killing Khumalo in her university…
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Bosses expect an end to #BusStrike in 24 hours: Cape Town – Employers in the bus sector have accepted the offer proposed by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council, while expressing dissatisfaction with the unions’ new offer. The CCMA and council proposed a 8.75% wage increase for the first year and…
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De Lille ‘offered MP post by DA’ – IEC won’t declare mayor vacancy: Ousted mayor Patricia de Lille says she was offered a post as an MP by the DA, which she refused. De Lille would not elaborate on the matter yesterday, saying she would release more details in due course. In the court papers challenging her axing, De Lille said the proposal she refused was made recently. DA federal executive council deputy chairperson Natasha Mazzone said: “The offer of an MP position was made last year before the extent of the rot and serious allegations against Ms De Lille were…
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‘Only Limpopo DPP can reinstitute Malema charges not AfriForum’: Johannesburg – Only the Director of Public Prosecutions in Limpopo has the powers to reinstitute criminal charges against EFF leader Julius Malema and not AfriForum. This was the reaction of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shaun Abrahams, to questions on whether civil rights body AfriForum could successfully charge Malema through a private prosecution. “There was only one case prosecuted privately here in the Western Cape. It was a case of murder. In the case of On-Point Engineering, the…
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Man held for triple murder in Manenberg crackdown: A police crackdown in Manenberg following weeks of violence has led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man for a triple murder. Despite this, a 16-year-old was shot dead and three people wounded in suspected gang violence on Tuesday. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said: “We can confirm a shooting incident at Matilda Court, Manenberg, where three people, aged 15, 24 and 27, were injured and a 16-year-old…
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#BusStrike bosses expect an end to strike in 24 hours: Employers in the bus sector have accepted the offer proposed by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council, while expressing dissatisfaction with the unions’ new offer. The CCMA and council proposed a 8.75% wage increase for the first year and 8.25%…
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Why the World Bank and ILO are at odds over minimum wage: Labour experts have criticised a World Bank report that, among other things, suggests that the introduction of a national minimum wage in SA would shift labour demand…
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Inquiries to unlock SARS vault of taxpayers’ secrets: South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials will soon be able to tell all on taxpayers such as the Guptas to two commissions of inquiry expected to get under way soon: one on SARS’s…
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[CARTOON] Has the Table Turned for the DA?: By Dr Jack & Curtis. ……
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