Take a hike, Eskom told by big business: Cape Town – Organised business has slammed Eskom for the steep increase in tariffs, fearing that it would leave businesses unproductive and consumers out of pocket. Eskom has asked for a massive 19.9% electricity hike, which business said is to compensate for the financial woes at the power utility. “It has become clear that wasteful spending and corruption are part of existing tariffs and it is time for consumers to claw back revenue that has been…
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Police Minister’s request that SANDF help fight crime has implications on many levels: On Tuesday night, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula released a statement saying that he has requested the assistance of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to help fight high levels of crime in Gauteng and Cape Town. Is it legal for the army to stand in for the police? Under what circumstances is it allowed and what are the risks? Dr Johan Burger, senior researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, explains. In any democracy deploying the army to police the citizenry is something that you want to postpone for as long as possible. The army isn’t…
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Kubayi: Oil stocks sold in 2015 still in SA: Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has also defended her decision to second her Director-General Thabane Zulu to act as the interim chief executive officer of the Strategic Fuel Fund. ……
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Life Esidimeni: Official admits being pressured by Qedani Mahlangu: A Gauteng Health Department official, who headed the Esidimeni project, says that moving patients from the facilities was not as urgent as former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu had said. ……
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Mbalula requests SANDF support to help fight crime in WC, Gauteng: In a statement released on Tuesday night, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula references violent crimes related to gangsterism as a grave concern. ……
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Presidency concerned about possible intimidation of journos at SABC: The Presidency has dismissed claims by the so-called SABC 8 journalists that spokesperson Bongani Nqulunga had a secret meeting with the acting head of news, Nyana Molete. ……
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‘He was hungry’ – dad’s desperate search for Life Esidimeni patient ends in tragedy: Reverend Joseph Maboe was stunned the day he finally managed to track down his son, Billy, a patient at Life Esidimeni who had been moved to an NGO in Hammanskraal without his family’s knowledge. ……
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Wheels24.co.za | Heavy storms batter SA: Here’s how to handle flooded roads: Parts of Johannesburg and Durban have been battered by heavy storms. Here’s how to deal with severe weather and flooded roads. ……
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Abandoned babies given a ‘raw deal’: Durban – ‘Baby Z’ was just a few hours old when she was rescued from a rubbish bin in Lotus Park, Isipingo, in May. If not for the quick thinking of a passer-by who heard her cry and alerted police, the infant would have died. Baby Z was assessed and taken to a children’s home in Durban. Now, five months later, the home’s management is desperately trying to get the little girl registered as a South African citizen. Speaking to the Daily News, the woman in charge of the home said she had hit…
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Sex predator at Soweto school allegedly molested 54 Grade Rs: Johannesburg – Trauma and anger gripped parents of a Soweto primary school on Tuesday, where 54 Grade R pupils were allegedly repeatedly molested by a security guard. The incidents occurred at the school in Orlando East, where the 57-year-old guard was arrested on Monday night, Soweto police said. The suspected paedophile is expected to appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting minors. A mother whose 6-year-old daughter is alleged to have been one of the guard’s victims, could barely contain her tears as she related to The Star what her child…
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