South Africa: ‘Locals Are in Love With Spinach’: Touched by seeing children going to bed hungry and the people around her lacking sources of good nutrition, Marian Dube started growing and selling vegetables from her backyard. The 42-year-old widow and mother of three, who grew up in a family of subsistence farmers in Mberengwa, south east of Zimbabwe, says, “I came to South Africa in 2006 and discovered that unlike in Zimbabwe, where most households have backyard gardens, there were very few in Pretoria.” ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
‘Spate of racist posts on social media indicative of existing prejudices’: Somadoda Fikeni says describing South Africa as a rainbow nation is giving the country an accolade it does not deserve. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Parliament committee welcomes Nsfas application extension: The Nsfas has announced it will be re-opening the process for subsidies from 9 to 20 January. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
South African woman’s plea to find long-lost Southport family: Burnadine’s grandfather moved to Southport before she was born and she has been searching for his side of the family for over 20 years A woman has contacted Visiter.co.uk all the way from Johannesburg in a plea to find her long-lost family who she believes could live in Southport. Burnadine Potgieter, 42, has been searching for her grandfather Sylvester William Eden, for more than 20 years and with the little information she’s managed to gather, she is now asking for the public’s help in uniting her with his side of the family. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Last board member jumps from scandal-hit South African broadcaster: The last board member at South Africa’s state broadcaster, the SABC, has quit after a parliamentary investigation into the board’s failure to look into allegations of misspending and censorship, the presidency said on Monday. Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe, who was subjected to stiff questioning by a cross-party panel of MPs last week, had been the sole board member following the resignation of his colleagues this year in the wake of a string of scandals. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Hawks insist McBride probe not related to police minister: The probe relates to two incidents which occurred during McBride’s term as Ekurhuleni metro police chief almost a decade ago. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Firefighters on high alert after battling Overberg blazes: The fire in Greyton destroyed fynbos and flames consumed wheat fields and forest in the Stormsvlei/Riviersonderend area. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Motsoeneng won’t comment on SABC fraud allegations: Leaked documents suggest a legitimate tender for a R43 million studio revamp was abruptly cancelled and awarded to Vision View. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Repatriation process of SANDF member killed in DRC underway: The soldier was killed when a coalition of rebel groups operating in the country attacked a South African military base. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Sipho Pityana: President Zuma has failed students: UCT council chairperson Sipho Pityana has used a speech at the university to blast government. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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