Search for 36 South Africans in China ahead of evacuation amid coronavirus outbreak: Cape Town – A call has gone out to the families of 36 South Africans living in Wuhan, China, to urgently get in touch with the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) as they prepare for a repatriation mission. The Health Ministry yesterday said there were about 199 South Africans living in the Chinese city and, of those, 147 have indicated that they wished to return home. Sixteen said they did not…
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138 political parties face being scrapped if they don’t register with IEC: Cape Town – A total of 138 political parties are set to get the chop if they fail to let the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) know that they intend to continue existing. The IEC said: “Of the 450 political parties currently registered, 93 are represented in the…
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Mark Lifman loses bid to prevent asset seizure over R352m tax debt: Cape Town – Controversial businessman Mark Lifman has lost an appeal against the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to prevent them from seizing his assets to settle a tax debt amounting to R352million – excluding interest. In June 2019, Western Cape High Court Judge…
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Cops assaulted and threatened Prem Emmanuel Basdeo, says lawyer: Pretoria – Alleged assaults and threats by members of the police forced the Brooklyn man on trial for his wife’s disappearance to make various statements. This was according to his legal counsel Piet Pistorius as the trial against Prem…
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Governance crisis in City of Tshwane: Pretoria – The MEC in charge of local government Lebogang Maile is in consultation with various government stakeholders, labour and political parties in a bid to break an impasse among councillors in the City of Tshwane. His spokesperson Castro Ngobese said Maile was working to resolve the leadership crisis in the metro. The metro is in crisis following the resignation of mayor Stevens Mokgalapa and the expiry of the three-month contract of acting city manager Makgorometje Makgata. The executive which served under Mokgalapa was automatically dissolved along with his resignation. Ngobese told the Pretoria News that Maile wanted council meetings to take place so that…
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Families demand speed bumps after one crash too many on ‘dangerous’ road: A Pietermaritzburg road has been the scene of several accidents and residents want action after three people were injured in the latest incident. ……
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ANC to considering proposal to unseat DA in Tshwane: Last week, the council was also supposed to elect a new executive mayor and the DA failed to extend the contract of the acting city manager. ……
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Families pray for six fishers who went missing near Clifton: Cape Town – “I am prepared for anything, better or worse.” These are the words of Kamiela Rasdien, whose husband Mogamat Ganief, 47, from Hout Bay is among the six fishers who remain missing after their inflatable boat capsized near Clifton last week. The last time she saw Ganief was on Wednesday night at about 9pm when he left for fishing in the hope that he would come back with something to put on the table for the family as he usually did. “I am praying that they find them alive but if God decided to do otherwise then us as people, there is nothing…
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Hout Bay in shock after another child found murdered: Cape Town – The Hout Bay community is reeling in shock following the discovery of yet another murdered child. The body of a 12-year-old boy was found in reeds on Kronendal Farm in Hout Bay on Friday. It is believed to be the body of Sibusiso Dakuse, who disappeared from his home on Wednesday, although the SAPS did not confirm this on Sunday. Police said a 23-year-old suspect was…
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Over 60 leap leap day babies born in Western Cape: Cape Town – February 29 proved to be a bustle of activity for both staff and parents at public health-care facilities in the province with at least 65 babies born on Leap Day. Leap Day comes just once every four years, so it was a special day for the 24…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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