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REPORT – Motsoeneng found guilty in SABC internal disciplinary hearing!!

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Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been found guilty in an internal disciplinary hearing, a reliable source close to the hearings shared this news. Motsoeneng faced charges of bringing the SABC into disrepute and causing irreparable damage to his employer. The charges related to his four-hour long press briefing on April 19, where..
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Education in SA is pathetic – 5‚139 teachers who are unqualified or under-qualified, maybe you should consider homeschooling !!

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Every day‚ tens of thousands of school children are being taught by teachers who aren’t qualified to do the job. The result is that pupils are “not receiving the quality of teaching they’re supposed to be getting”‚ the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has admitted. And with mathematics and the sciences the subjects hardest..
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South African taxpayers is footing the bill for foreign prisoners

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There are about 6 440 sentenced foreign nationals in South African prisons, serving an average of 10.6 years for various crimes they committed in this country. The South African taxpayer is footing the bill amounting to R845 million per annum and R8.96 billion over their average 10-year sentence period. The costs are based on a..
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Sars loses bid to appeal ruling on Malema – another setback in legal battle against EFF leader

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The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has suffered another setback in its legal battles against Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema. On Friday Judge Tati Makgoka dismissed the application by Sars for leave to appeal a 2016 judgment that partly favoured Malema. Sars wanted the High Court in Pretoria to rule that former judge Mabel..
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DA lays treason charge against Zuma, Gupta Inc. and many more !!

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The Democratic Alliance has laid charges against Jacob Zuma, three Gupta brothers and eight others of treason, racketeering and corruption. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Tuesday that the party has accused those allegedly implicated in state capture of violating the Prevention of Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act and the Prevention of Organised Crime Act…
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Banks slapped with fines for weak anti-money laundering controls.

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Several local and international banks have been slapped with administrative fines by the South African Reserve Bank, for weak anti-money laundering and combating of financing terrorism controls. The banks include: Investec, Absa, Standard Chartered, as well as Habib Overseas Bank. Overall, banks were fined a total of R46.5-million. Absa was fined R10-million for weaknesses related..
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Breaking News: Over 12 000 “Zombie Entrepreneurs” are doing business with the SA government

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It reads like the start of a joke, but we’re afraid this one’s no laughing matter. National Treasury has discovered about 12,000 dead people in its register of companies that do business with the state. A report by the Sunday Times has revealed that there are around 12 000 people on the South African government’s..
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Some good news:- Court throws out fracking application for KZN.

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The Western Cape High Court has set aside a prospecting right application, which could have opened the way for fracking in South Africa. The court’s decision could put the brakes on a number of similar prospecting applications if they followed the same process. Fracking has not yet been signed off in South Africa. But a..
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Department of Public Works can not be used to solve country’s unemployment problem

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The government can not use the Public Works Department to solve the country’s unemployment problem. The country needs a smaller and more competent department to do its job more effectively, says Dr. Corné Mulder, chief whip of the FF Plus. Dr. Mulder said today with the department’s budget debate there is no way in which..
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ANC has ordered Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board to rescind Brian Molefe’s return.

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“We met with Lynne Brown and all of us present said ‘comrades, that decision must be rescinded’,” ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. The party’s top six summoned Brown to Luthuli House on Monday. He said the party warned that the matter was likely to end up in court. The DA approached the high court in..
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