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Former Nedbank chairman takes on Zuma

Former Nedbank chairman Reuel Khoza has ridiculed South Africa’s political leadership and President Jacob Zuma, implying that they imposed political solutions on legal matters. Khoza, who angered ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in 2012 for calling the country’s leadership a “strange breed”, was at it again on Thursday at the Nedgroup[…]

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Kids abducted as burglary decoys

A syndicate is suspected to be behind house robberies and kidnappings that have been taking place in Grassy Park and other areas in the southern suburbs. In the past two months, there have been at least three incidents reported in Grassy Park and Steenberg. Grassy Park Community Policing Forum chairman[…]

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Cops: We can’t cope

With local-government elections approaching, a leading criminologist says the outlook is ominous. Public order policing has been under the microscope since the killing of 34 miners at Marikana in 2012. Municipal IQ told The Times that 86% of the protests listed on its Hotspots Monitor were characterised by violence. Police[…]

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Mbeki to rewrite Africa’s history

Former president Thabo Mbeki is going to write a book on Africa’s history to ensure its people are no longer depicted as victims. His spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga would collaborate on the work with him, he said at an Africa Day event in Pretoria on Wednesday. “In January 2004, we were[…]

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Philippi councillor accused of fraud

WARD councillor Fikiswa Nkunzana faces charges of fraud after she allegedly duped a Philippi man into paying R80 000 for a house belonging to someone else. Andile Komani said he met Nkunzana, an ANC councillor, in February 2014 when he needed a house for his family. “I met Nkunzana at[…]

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Ramaphosa rips into food parcel election ploy

Food parcels and other state resources should not be used for political campaigning in needy communities during the local government elections‚ says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. “As a government we believe that state resources should not be used for political interest. We should not be advancing party political interest through[…]

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Sex case was fact against fiction, says Fransman

Embattled Western Cape ANC chairman Marius Fransman caused a stir when he unexpectedly arrived for a standing committee meeting on Premier Helen Zille’s department in the provincial legislature on Tuesday. Fransman’s surprise appearance follows the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority in the North West not to prosecute him for[…]

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