LIVE NEWS UPDATES: Ramaphosa’s R2.6m flight, R50k tavern shooting reward
The spotlight on President Cyril Ramaphosa today for spending R2.6m on a flight which should have cost R800k.
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President Ramaphosa’s SADC flight cost R2.6m. If the presidential Boeing was used, the flight would have cost no more than R800,000.
On the entertainment front, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck (Bennifer) tied the knot this weekend (for a second time in a lavish ceremony.
News updates: Sunday, 21 August
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Saturday headlines
What you might have missed yesterday: An urgent application was filed by Queen Sibongile Dlamini-Zulu’s daughters, in an attempt to halt King Misuzulu’s coronation.
Nevertheless, the coronation ceremony was completed at the kwaKhangelamankangane Royal Palace, and Misuzulu was announced as the Zulu king.
Following the release of the crime stats report on Friday, Cele’s hunt for an ‘urgent solution’ in Umlazi might be a few years too late.
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- Drunk woman arrested after crashing into JMPD car
- Manhunt in EC, rapist father sentenced, child murderer in custody
- 88-year sentence for four men who killed woman suspected of witchcraft
- Brace for brrrr: Stuck with cold fronts for now, warmer conditions expected later
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