South Africa
21.8.2018 11:52 am
Train carriages set alight in Cape Town
The city’s railway has been the target of vandalism and arson attacks in recent months, causing millions of rands of damages.
The City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue services on Tuesday responded to Koeberg railway station where two carriages were reported to be alight. No injuries have been reported.
Train carriages set alight in Cape Town
The city’s railway has been the target of vandalism and arson attacks in recent months, causing millions of rands of damages.
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Lifestyle Centre’s Primi Life closed amid scathing hygiene scandal
A Primi Life branch has been shut down after claims of contamination, substandard health conditions and a failure to pay workers’ salaries.
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ANC extends best wishes to Muslim community during Eid al-Adha
The holy festival is in honour of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son.
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Travelling between Joburg and Pretoria safer than before, says Sanral
The Freeway Management System (FMS), makes use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) technologies, has significantly increased road safety, says the roads agency.
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Toddler, 2, sole survivor in apparent mass murder-suicide
Police found three decomposed bodies at a Mariannhill home in KwaZulu-Natal.
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UPDATE: DA welcomes Estina fraud case postponement
The opposition party are also satisfied with the denial of the defence’s application to have the case scrapped from the roll.
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Drugs worth millions seized by Mpumalanga police
The South African Police Service seized drugs worth an estimated street value of R3.3 million.
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Safe bombed, money stolen in Benoni petrol station robbery
No arrests have been made and no one was injured.
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Four-ton beached whale washes up in Amanzimtoti
Authorities are on their way to deal with a beached whale that was discovered by beach-goers in Amamzimtoti.
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Msholozi learners and parents barricade Mpumalanga highway
Learners and parents of Boschrand Primary School in Msholozi are currently picketing on the R40 on-ramp to the town.
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First witness in state capture probe takes to stand
Willie Mathebula, who was appointed acting chief procurement officer at National Treasury in 2017, will take to the stand as the first witness in the state capture probe.
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Expropriation of Limpopo farms must be tested in court – AgriSA
The group says it is concerned about the formula used to determine fair compensation and believe that the formula should be tested in court.
Business
We might have destroyed black businesses by not paying within 30 days – Mamabolo
The MEC says he gets worried if the money does not reach the contractors, big or small as is seemingly the case.
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Tshwane city manager plays race card
The Tshwane city manager claimed that a ‘small group of disgruntled white people’ paid the media to write false reports about an alleged irregular tender which he approved.
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City boss Moeketsi Mosola flirts with jail
Moeketsi Mosola could face six months behind bars after a judge found he was in deliberate contempt of a March 2017 court order.
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Wildlife on long trek to new home
The plan is to move 150 wildebeest, 200 zebra, and 520 impala to Zinave as part of an attempt to rewild the park.
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Inmate stabs prison warder at Johannesburg court
The offender is serving seven years for not obeying parole conditions.
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Gupta associates back in court for Estina fraud case
The eight accused face charges of fraud, theft and conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Black South Africans are capable farmers, inhibited by dispossession – Ramaphosa
The president says this is the time for South Africans to find each other, not fight each other.
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Afro Worldview staff, formerly ANN7 out in the cold as channel shuts down
Employees have been told to stay at home and promised their July salaries.
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About 94% of Joburg’s bridges ‘in dangerously poor shape’
Urgent repairs will start on the M2 in the CBD in October, with the reconstruction estimated to take up to a year to finish.
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Cop tells court of finding Kealebetse Seleka,15, dead in pit toilet
Four accused pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, murdering and robbing the Centurion teenager at the Brazzaville squatter camp.
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Cops to probe Mystic Bull victim ‘not being helped’
Meg Rametse went to the Brooklyn police station after an alleged racial assault, but the black female police officers allegedly turned her away.
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Systems, ethics at Treasury in spotlight today
National Treasury staffer Willie Mathebula is set to become the first witness to address the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
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Zondo asks Cyril to step in over team’s security clearances
Some government entities, like National Treasury and State Security Agency, have been uncooperative in assisting the inquiry, Zondo says.
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I’ll get to bottom of state capture – Judge Zondo
Widespread allegations of corruption in some government departments and SOEs are to dominate proceedings when witnesses take the stand.
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