Sol Plaatje Municipality to brace for total water shutdown: Kimberley – The Sol Plaatje Municipality has confirmed that most of the city will be without water on Friday in order to allow repairs on the 965mm main line from Riverton. Nightly shutdowns – from 8pm to 4am – will continue in the meantime to ensure that the levels of the dams at the Newton Reservoir are at full capacity in anticipation of Friday’s total shutdown. Municipal spokesperson, Sello Matsie, said on Tuesday that the pumping of water to the city from the…
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Family refuses to give Kessie Nair place to stay if bail bid succeeds: Durban – Kessie Nair’s family have abandoned him, telling the court that should he get bail, he will not return to stay with them. Nair is facing seven counts of crimen injuria and two counts of incitement or commanding a person to commit an offence. He caused a social media storm after he posted a video in which he said that President Cyril Ramaphosa was failing the nation and resorted to calling him the K-word. Magistrate Ncumisa Gcolotela on…
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Gauteng taxi operators warn of strike over rising fuel costs: From Wednesday morning, a litre of petrol costs up to R17 while diesel costs up to R15 a litre. ……
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[WATCH] Dididi: #DayZero continues: EWN recently revisited 91-year-old Gogo Mukhavhuli, who has been living with her own #DayZero for 35 years in Dididi, Limpopo, which is two kilometres from the banks of the Nandoni Dam. ……
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#StateCaptureInquiry: Nene expected to shed light on axing, Gupta meetings: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is expected to explain the events that led to his unceremonious sacking in 2015 when accusations against the Guptas started intensifying. ……
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Outstanding provident fund contributions: workers will have to wait a bit longer: The owner of Proexec Security Network is claiming that he cannot pay the outstanding R2.5m in contributions to the fund. ……
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Don’t let another family go through this, Westbury widower tells Cele: Johannesburg – “I only hope and I pray that her death would not be in vain. I hope it does not happen to another family.” These were the piercing words of Reuben Petersen, husband of the woman killed in Westbury after being caught in the crossfire between alleged drug dealers. Heather Peterson, a mother of six, died just a few metres from her home last Thursday. Her 10-year-old niece was wounded during the…
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Will ‘Springs Monster’ wife get off lightly?: Pretoria – If the mother in the so-called Springs house of horrors tale is spared jail, she will submit herself on whatever terms the court rule and undergo therapy, from either a psychiatrist or a psychologist. This was according to her advocate Harry Prinsloo, who during a brief appearance of the pair on Tuesday, handed the name of the facility to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, which was prepared to treat her….
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Fuel price hike to have knock-on effect for transport, food costs: Motorists are now paying R16.49 cents per litre of petrol at the coast, a rand more than they were on Tuesday. ……
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Water Dept’s cash crisis leaves Giyani project, workers in lurch: Limpopo based construction company Khato Civils has retrenched nearly 500 employees at the Giyani Bulk Water Project, saying it’s been left with no choice. ……
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