Gordhan tells political parties to remove underperforming councillors

The government will ask political parties to axe underperforming councillors in an effort to punish those at the helm of municipalities that constantly perform poorly on their audited finances, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has said. Gordhan mentioned an “insatiable greed” for taxpayers’ money, poor financial record[…]

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‘D6, a complete failure’: Ajam

The District Six Community Forum says claimants are disgruntled about the increase in foreign nationals renting homes which could have been offered to other claimants still on the waiting list, as a result, current D6 home owners are reeling in the cash. A recent newspaper report revealed that some claimants[…]

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Muslims urged to check dates

A campaign has been trending on Twitter urging Muslim consumers to check the label of dates that they buy for Ramadan in order to ensure that these dates do not come from Occupied Palestine (Israel). This campaign is in its sixth year and is currently run all over the United[…]

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Cape Flats residents demand govt action

Cape Flats residents embarked on a second march within the space of two weeks, taking to the streets on Tuesday to demand government action in addressing an escalating gang and crime situation in the area. The Cape Flats has been hard hit by gang wars, violent crime, and unbridled levels[…]

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DA demands answers from Mbalula

If Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula had any respect for the rights of South Africans, he should answer a series of “urgent questions” relating to the 2010 Soccer World Cup corruption allegations, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. “Yesterday, FIFA confirmed that the South African government, in agreement with[…]

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Claims SABC ‘blacklisting’ again

Is the SABC back to blacklisting press and commentators? That’s what South Africa’s media is wondering yet again after the SABC withdrew an invitation to commentator Eusebius McKaiser to appear on a talk show after a newspaper column of his was critical of ANC leaders. McKaiser said he was “uninvited”[…]

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Lion attack victim identified

The UK’s Daily Mail on Wednesday named the American woman killed by a lioness at the Fourways Lion Park outside Johannesburg as Katherine Chappell. The website reported that Chappell was a 29-year-old film editor who worked on an Emmy-winning episode of Game of Thrones. She was in Africa to raise[…]

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Interpol issues six wanted person alerts in FIFA probe

Interpol has placed six people, including two former FIFA officials and four corporate executives, on its most wanted list on racketeering and corruption charges at the request of US authorities. The former FIFA officials are ex-vice president Jack Warner and former FIFA executive committee member, Nicolás Leoz. The Red Notices[…]

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Sisi in Germany seeking Western support

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is in Berlin for meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German leaders amid widespread concerns about the ex-general’s government’s human rights record. Last month, Parliamentary Speaker Norbert Lammert cancelled his planned meeting with Sisi, citing the Egyptian government’s “systematic persecution of opposition groups” and other[…]

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U.S. says Rohingya should be citizens

Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 “boat people” it had kept at sea for days aboard a seized vessel, as the United States on Wednesday called on the country to help solve a migrant crisis by recognizing the rights of its Muslim Rohingya minority. U.S. President Barack Obama has sought[…]

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