Security beefed up for Obama’s #MandelaLecture: Johannesburg – Security has been beefed up and roads closed around the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Illovo, where former US President Barack Obama will deliver the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on Tuesday….
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Cape casino move: who gets left behind?: Cape Town – Plans to relocate one of the casinos in the outlying areas of the province to the more lucrative Cape metropole have raised concerns about the economic impact it will have on those areas. The Cape Argus can exclusively reveal that the City of Cape Town has received an application for rezoning the Somerset Country Club to allow business activities and the development of a casino with a hotel. The applicants are Southern Sun Hotels and Messrs Headland Planners. Southern Sun Hotels is a division of Tsogo Sun. The Somerset Country Club is on the corner of the R102 (Strand Road) and the N2. According to a notice by the Helderberg Basin…
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Cosatu in WC vows to intensify anti-VAT increase protest: In April, VAT increased by one percentage point to 15% to raise R22.9 billion more for the fiscus. ……
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Patricia de Lille’s battle with DA set to intensify: The City of Cape Town mayor could face another motion of confidence when the council meets next week. ……
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EFF calls on political parties to respect SABC independence: The EFF says it has told the commission of inquiry that it was taken aback when it heard that the ANC demanded more airtime on the SABC. ……
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Murder accused David Forbes back in court: David Forbes is accused of shooting and killing Toufiq Joseph at a filling station in 2015. ……
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Obama to deliver Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg: Former US president Barack Obama is expected to deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg. ……
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EXCLUSIVE: Death threats and dismissals – inside SITA’s ‘clean-up’ investigations: Executive members of the State Information Technology Agency have received death threats amid critical investigations into collusion and corruption – part of a strategy to turn the agency around. ……
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Another inmate found dead at Kgosi Mampuru: Pretoria – Yet another inmate – the second in as many months – has been found dead at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in the city. The body of Thabo Molepo, 27, was found hanging in the bathroom on Saturday at about 8am, Correctional Services spokesperson Mocheta Monama said. Molepo was serving 11 years for housebreaking and theft and scheduled to appear in court on a rape charge next month. Monama said the incident was initially reported as a suicide, but forensic investigators from the SAPS were conducting a post-mortem to determine the cause of death….
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Man shot dead in clinic had baby on his lap: A Mitchells Plain resident shot dead while he and his girlfriend waited for medical attention at the Eastridge Clinic yesterday had his one-year-old child on his lap at the time. A gunman entered the facility, passing by security guards, before opening fire on the 23-year-old. The clinic was then closed, and patients directed to other facilities nearby. Police spokesperson Andre Traut said a murder case was being investigated and no arrests had been made. He said the motive for the…
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