South Africa:5 Scandals That Have Recently Rocked the City of Cape Town: [News24Wire] Senior officials within the City of Cape Town’s leadership, especially Mayor Patricia de Lille, have been through a rough five months with shocking allegations exposing deeply fractured relationships among them. ……
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CPS is now claiming over R1-billion from Sassa: Net1 subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services is demanding that the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) pay it more than R1-billion, in a dispute stretching back close to a decade. This revelation is contained in documents and correspondence between the embattled Sassa and CPS, which shows that since 2006 the two have been at odds over the billion-rand claim. According to a series of letters CPS wrote to Sassas between 2009 and 2010, the…
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Check, mate: Joburg teens endorsed by US chess Grandmaster to develop their game in Europe: Their skill and tenacity in their bid to beat grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has seen two Johannesburg teens being endorsed by the four-time US chess champion, who has offered to sponsor them in developing their game. ……
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DA metro exec makes U-turn on CT drought levy: After voting in favour of the proposal at a full council meeting last month, the party’s metro executive, which includes DA city councillors, now says that the plan is not viable and can’t be supported. ……
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Zuma fate undecided as ANC NEC meeting focuses on party celebrations: The new ANC national executive committee met for the first time on Wednesday in East London, where the party’s annual 8 January celebrations will be held. ……
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Police seek help in making arrests following Rustenburg violence: A Rustenburg businesswoman says shops in the area are not safe and she fears more violence will erupt later on Thursday. ……
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Universities to assist walk-in students with placements elsewhere, says dept: Officials held a meeting earlier this week aimed at coming up with a strategy to better manage the 2018 registration process. ……
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Residents blame ‘irresponsible’ parents for fiery death of two girls: Pretoria – Minutes after Tinyiko Chauke, 25, and Alfred Khoza, 23, buried their little girls on Wednesday, community members were up in arms waiting for the couple to return. Without being given a chance to mourn their children residents at Nkandla informal settlement near Soshanguve extension 6 wanted to beat up the couple as they said they were to blame for their daughters’ death. They accused the pair of being reckless and irresponsible for leaving their children to burn…
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Madikizela to ‘take over’ from #DeLille: Cape Town – Patricia de Lille’s mayorship of Cape Town is hanging by a thread, but she has warned the DA not be too hasty in getting rid of her. After word leaked that the DA’s metro executive has recommended that she be sacked, De Lille released a statement that she is aware of plans to replace her with provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela. De Lille has lost the confidence of the DA’s metro executive, under the leadership of Grant Twigg, which has recommended to the national leaders that she be sacked as mayor. Read: #DeLille warns ‘hasty’…
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#TrainCrash: Woman relives horror of seeing her brother burn to death: Johannesburg – The terror aboard the train that burst into flames last week, killing 19 people, has been relived through a Joburg woman who watched helplessly as her brother burnt to death. Last Thursday, the Shosholoza Meyl train ploughed into a truck at a level crossing between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the Free State causing the horrific deaths, as well as at least 200 injuries. The train was travelling from Port Elizabeth to Park station in Joburg. Kelebogile Mathe, 30, was travelling to the city from Bloemfontein with her 24-year-old brother and five-year-old daughter, where the family had spent the festive season. Mathe on Wednesday recalled the panic, screams for help and trauma…
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