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Speedy teamwork leads to arrest of gang of fraudsters in Amanzimtoti

Speedy teamwork leads to arrest of gang of fraudsters in Amanzimtoti

Swift teamwork by a Blue Security armed response officer and the police led to the arrest of a gang of fraudsters who allegedly defrauded...
Mboweni to table bill aimed at supporting Eskom

Mboweni to table bill aimed at supporting Eskom

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says a special bill on Eskom -- aimed at finding a roadmap of the power utility’s recovery -- is...
Policing forums demand state of emergency in 'gang-infested' areas

Policing forums demand state of emergency in ‘gang-infested’ areas

“We demand that a state of emergency is declared in gang-infested areas,” said Fransina Lukas, chairperson of the Western Cape Community Policing Forum (CPF)...
Cash-strapped SABC to get interim relief in 10 days

Cash-strapped SABC to get interim relief in 10 days

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has announced that the SABC, which has been buckling under financial strain, will over the next 10 days receive a...
Former South African President Jacob Zuma. GCIS

South Africa: Probe into corruption awaits a star witness — Jacob...

It’s been almost a year since the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture in South Africa began to hear testimony. Also...
Farm attack, 4 armed attackers overpower and rob man, Potchefstroom

Farm attack, 4 armed attackers overpower and rob man, Potchefstroom

A farm attack took place on 12 July 2019, at 10:00 along the Potchefstroom road between Vanderbijlpark and Potchefstroom in the Gauteng/North West provinces....
Farm attack, farmer hospitalised after violent attack by 12 attackers, Brits

Farm attack, farmer hospitalised after violent attack by 12 attackers, Brits

A farm attack took place on 11 July 2019, at 17:00 in Sandrift, Veekraal, Brits, in the North West province. An elderly farmer and...
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Army deployed in the Western Cape to combat gang violence

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the announcement by Police Minister Bheki Cele on Thursday evening that the South African Defence Force will form part...
Famine and failed communist policies: TLU SA stresses Zimbabwe lessons to ANC

Famine and failed communist policies: TLU SA stresses Zimbabwe lessons to...

The ANC and its cohorts have beaten a path to Zimbabwe in the past to learn how to implement expropriation without compensation locally. It...
Bankrupt, dysfunctional municipalities: ANC can and must intervene

Bankrupt, dysfunctional municipalities: ANC can and must intervene

The ANC government can no longer look the other way while local government is going to ruin. Seeing as all the problems occur at...
17,8 million social grants do not really uplift anyone!

17,8 million social grants do not really uplift anyone!

While the ANC government should hang its head in shame due to its failure to uplift people economically, it is instead boasting about the...
Public service an 'employment agency' for ANC cadres?

Public service an ’employment agency’ for ANC cadres?

South Africa's Department of Public Service and Administration is supposed to deliver an effective and development-orientated service, which is a crucial element of a...