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8.7.2020 05:45 am
Weed out graft as SA falls behind Mauritius
We should wonder how we fell from being Africa’s most powerful and sophisticated nation. Much of that is down to the mismanagement and plundering of the ANC government.
While we were watching the Covid-19 wave and while we were looking to see what else the government could wreck, the little island nation of Mauritius achieved a global distinction that South Africa could not.
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You can still have your pie and eat it
There’s a King Pie in my area that’s too far to walk and too close to drive. It’s a problem. I might have to move. It would be easier if they moved.
Courts Three months in jail for breaking lockdown rules, judge orders release of waste pickers
The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the men’s immediate release and slammed the authorities for the “absolutely unacceptable” way in which they were treated.
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Infection Updates Covid-19 deaths jump by 192, total cases at 215 855
The total cases increased by 10 134 in one day.
Politics Investigate Free State municipalities for crimes – Cope
‘Congress of the People is saying it cannot be that for the third consecutive year the audit outcomes regress, and no action is taken against these thieves.’
Parliament Home affairs’ budget cut of R562m will have ‘minimal effect’
The department will absorb the budget cut by taking money from projects they can delay until next year, not buying uniforms and cutting travel and accommodation costs.
Covid-19 eNCA loses another staffer to Covid-19
According to the company, Michael Wilson’s test results confirmed last week Thursday that he had Covid-19 and he died in hospital on Monday.
Load Shedding Gauteng to have blackouts on Wednesday morning
This was ‘to avoid network overloading in high-density areas that are prone to illegal connections, meter bypasses and vandalism of electricity infrastructure’.
General LRC plans to take City of Cape Town to court over evictions
On Friday, the LRC wrote a letter to the City, giving them an ultimatum to halt all evictions in the metro or face court action.
Local News Search for runner missing on Table Mountain continues
A call for volunteers was also posted on social media, asking interested people to meet at the lower cable car on Wednesday at 08.30am.
General Don’t get involved in Mozambique, Isis warns SA
DA MP Kobus Marais called on the minister of defence and military veterans to urgently engage her counterparts in the Southern African Development Community regarding the increasing Isis threat.
World Trump a lying narcissist shaped by bullying father, says niece in memoir
She writes that Trump developed ‘twisted behaviors’ and saw ‘cheating as a way of life,’ according to the New York Times.
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Government Not evictions, nor land occupation allowed in lockdown – Sisulu
‘Once somebody is in their house that has been put up, if there is any eviction necessary the law enforcement agencies are required to approach the courts,’ Sisulu said.
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