South Africa: Comedians Don’t Find ‘Hate Speech Bill’ Funny: [Premium Times] Professional comedians in South Africa have cautioned the country’s parliament against the adoption of the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, calling it “too broad and very restrictive”. ……
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South Africa: Cop Kills Himself After Double Murder: A police officer shot and killed his girlfriend and another woman before turning his gun on himself, after leading officers on a high-speed chase, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday. The chase ended on the N3 near Paradise Valley, when Warrant Officer Mlu Khumalo, 52, put his service pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger on Friday, Colonel Thulani Zwane said. ……
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South Africa: Meet the ‘Olympians’ of W Cape Teaching: [News24Wire] From using movement, rhymes and songs, employing puppets as teaching aids, to advocating that “maths is fun,” top Western Cape teachers were acknowledged for their contributions at an awards ceremony last week. ……
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ANCYL ‘shocked’ Maine, Mantashe named in state capture report: The ANCYL says it has no problem with the Public Protector’s report, but has issues with Thuli Madonsela. ……
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NPA rubbishes claims additional investigators brought into Sars probe: It was reported that the NPA and the Hawks are working to speed up the completion of the inquiry in order to charge Pravin Gordhan again. ……
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News24.com | Thulsie twins case postponed: The case against terror accused twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie has been postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. ……
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.com | ‘State capture’ rife at municipal level: DA: Johannesburg The DA has uncovered cases of “local” state capture in the municipalities it has taken control of, leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday. Msimanga and Mashaba revealed how hundreds of millions of rands in local government funds had allegedly been mismanaged, and staff numbers inflated in their cities. ……
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Political protests in South Africa regularly end in anti-immigrant looting and murder: Ahmed Hashe, 28, recovering in a Somali boarding house in Pretoria, South Africa, after he was stabbed, beaten and left for dead by a mob. He fled war and chaos in his homeland Somalia seven years ago, for peace in South Africa. ……
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Two bust for selling learners’ licences: Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal – A driving school operator and an official from the Mooi River driver testing centre are to appear in court on Monday after they were arrested in connection with the fraudulent issuing of motor vehicle driving documents. Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesman Simon Zwane said on Saturday the two were arrested on Friday after months of investigation by the National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit. ……
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South African prosecutors say no decision yet on Gordhan probe: South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday a newspaper report saying Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be charged this year over a surveillance unit at the tax agency is “entirely without merit”. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 Budget speech to parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 24, 2016. ……
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