South African opposition leader challenges White economic power: A South African opposition leader challenged the country’s White minority in a speech reflecting frustration among many in the Black majority over a perceived lack of economic benefits since the end of apartheid. Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, made the remarks outside a courthouse where he faces charges connected to his alleged calls to supporters to occupy land owned by Whites, who retain considerable economic clout in South Africa 22 years after the end of White minority rule. ……
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South African deputy finance minister says graft, patronage threats to governance: South African Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said on Thursday that patronage and corruption were undermining efforts to build a credible government, as Africa’s most industrialised country faces the prospect of potential ratings downgrades. South Africa’s Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan arrive for a media briefing in Pretoria in this December 14, 2015 file photo. ……
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Wits, students agree to postpone some exams: Students failed to defer the exams schedule, saying there was little time to prepare because of protests. ……
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Moseneke warns SA courts risk becoming overly politicised: Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke was speaking at the annual Helen Suzman lecture on Thursday evening. ……
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Cops probe kidnapping, hijacking at Gauteng orphanage: A gang of at least six men allegedly hijacked an ambulance last night and held paramedics at gun point before kidnapping four people from an orphanage. ……
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Chamber of Mines: Mining charter targets unachievable: It says new proposals from the department of mineral resources will impact the industry’s future viability. ……
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News24.com | Tales of torture at prisons heard at Cape Town seminar: CCTV footage of prison warders setting Rottweilers on a prisoner was so shocking that it would have led to the collapse of South Africa’s global extradition treaties, a prison torture seminar heard on Thursday. ……
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PE gang member guilty of murder: The Port Elizabeth High Court has convicted a 30-year-old gang member from Arcadia of murder, Eastern Cape police said. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the 27-year-old victim, Edward Christians, had been sitting with friends in a shack in Arcadia, Bethelsdorp, when the accused kicked down the door. ……
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Bikecamping With Our New Distributor in South Africa: Yes we have finally found some like-minded souls to represent Soma Fabrications on the continent Africa . We are quite quite happy about that. ……
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Jonas: Govt has done all it can to avert credit downgrade: Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Global is already in the country for its review of South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. ……
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