‘Tornado truck’ crashes into garage: Cape Town – People at a northern suburbs filling station thought it was the end of the world when a truck ploughed into the garage. People at the Engen on Old Paarl Road in Brackenfell says it sounded like a “volcano was erupting” as an out-of-control truck…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Durban’s derelict building hazard: Durban – Abandoned and derelict buildings cause security threats to residents and are becoming breeding grounds for drug addicts. Peter Mokaba (formerly Ridge) Road, Durban, and Overport residents on Wednesday blamed the eThekwini Municipality for not implementing the Problem Buildings by-law, which came into effect in March last year. This by-law seeks to identify, control and re-rehabilitate problem buildings. The city recently revealed that it was inspecting 95 buildings across the city. Brian Robb, a Peter Mokaba Road architect and resident, said number 97 – just across the road from his home – had been an eyesore “for years”. “This building should be condemned. With all…
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Single religion schools unlawful: KwaZulu-Natal religious bodies have welcomed the South Gauteng High Court ruling against the promotion of one denomination over another at public schools. Judge Willem van der Linde said in his ruling on Monday: “Neither a school governing body nor a public school may lawfully hold out that it subscribes to only a single particular religion to the exclusion of others.” In May, the Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy brought an application to the high court asking it to rule against having one dominant religion observed at public schools. The organisation, reported the African News Agency, brought the application against six schools: Laerskool Randhart,…
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Poor economy affecting South Africa’s property market: Durban – While South Africa is currently in a recession, the property market has been on the decline for a number of years, say property economists. John Loos, FNB property economist, said FNB’s May year-on-year house price index showed a growth of 4.7%. He said the single-digit growth in house prices was of concern as it was below inflation and would mean that a seller would sell their home at a loss. Loos explained that a person who bought a house in 2001 and sold the house now could make a sizeable profit…
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Public protector mulls over taking on Reserve Bank: Johannesburg – Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is contemplating mounting a legal challenge to the application by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on her recommendations to curtail its powers. Mkhwebane’s spokesperson, Cleo Mosana, said on Wednesday that the public protector would meet her legal team to consider her options. She has also noted the intention by Absa to join the Reserve Bank’s application in the…
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SANDF job scam: ‘The General’ is unmasked: Pretoria – The man who allegedly scammed almost 300 people, luring them to the city using a bogus SANDF recruitment agency appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. And while waiting for court proceedings, his entourage threatened and swore at the Pretoria News team. Petrus Ndaba, 55, commonly known as “The General” by his “recruits”, will remain in custody until his next appearance on July 5. He faces charges of fraud and theft. SANDF spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said bogus recruitment agencies had been a problem since 2010, but admitted that the latest scam in Karen Park was by far the biggest. “We have never seen a scam of such a large magnitude with such a vast…
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South Africa: Hackers Post Gory Images on Basic Education Website: [News24Wire] Hackers gained access to the Basic Education Department’s website on Wednesday evening, posting gory photos and a message addressed “to the government, the American people and the rest of the world”. ……
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South Africa: Home For Mentally Challenged Takes Department to Court For R2m Debt: [News24Wire] A home for the mentally challenged is seeking a contempt of court order against the Gauteng Department of Health and Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa after they allegedly ignored a court order to pay the home more than R2m owed to it. ……
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Mom lays criminal charges after colleague allegedly live streams her expressing milk: A Cape Town mom secretly live streamed while expressing milk from an office in her workplace has laid criminal charges against the man who allegedly set up the recording. ……
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Triplets born on the roadside: Durban – A South Coast woman, who used to work part time as a packer at a nappy factory, is now in desperate need after giving birth to healthy triplets on the roadside. It was thanks to the quick reaction of KZN EMS paramedics that Sthandiwe Madlokovu, 27, safely delivered her babies. Although paramedics Stanley Zulu and Siboniso Khuzwayo took only 10 minutes to respond to the call in the early hours of Saturday, Madlokovu, who believed she…
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