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Informal miners risk their lives to make R25 from a wheelbarrow...

Sibongile Mhlongo is one of a group of women from Mndozo village near Newcastle who have resorted to digging for coal to to eke...

PRASA spent millions on automated gates that don’t work

After the gruelling ordeal of commuting to Cape Town on dangerously overcrowded Metrorail carriages because of a severe shortage of train sets, passengers are...
15 arrested after Global Citizen concert

15 arrested after Global Citizen concert

Police Minister Bheki Cele says 15 suspects have been arrested so far for various crimes that took place around the Global Citizen concert in...
Attacks on the elderly: Paralysed woman (87) severely beaten in her bed

Attacks on the elderly: Paralysed woman (87) severely beaten in her...

"Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community" as said by Motherwell Cluster Commander, Major General Dawie...
Farm attack, victim ambushed, shot at, Apiesrivier, PTA

Farm attack, victim ambushed and shot at, Apiesrivier, PTA

A farm attack took place in Apiesrivier, north of Pretoria, Gauteng Province and was reported on twitter by Ian Cameron of AfriForum on 4...
'Road accident benefit scheme bill' just another form of Expropriation WC

‘Road accident benefit scheme bill’ just another form of Expropriation WC

On 3 December 2018, the Second Reading Debate on the Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill follows on another "fatal accident" that took place in...
Board members resign: Bankrupt SABC needs R3 billion by March 2019. Photo: Die Vryburger

Board members resign: Bankrupt SABC needs R3 billion by March 2019

At least two Board members from the SABC have resigned. The Board has given notice to the presidency that three Board members resigned and...
Amendment of the constitution: AfriForum to continue battle in court

Amendment of the constitution: AfriForum to continue battle in court

In reaction to Parliament’s acceptance of the Constitutional Review Committee report, which recommends that the South African Constitution be amended to make expropriation without...
New head of the NPA: Can she root out the corruption in her office?

New head of the NPA: Can she root out the corruption...

The FF Plus would like to congratulate adv Shamila Batohi on her appointment as the new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and...
Decision concerning expropriation like a poisoned chalice for South Africa

Decision concerning expropriation like a poisoned chalice for South Africa

The report by the parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee is not worth the paper it is printed on and the dire consequences of expropriation without...
Are you sitting in the dark? CEO of Eskom and his salary slip. Photo: FNSA

Are you sitting in the dark? CEO of Eskom and his...

Take a look at the permanently appointed CEO of Eskom, Phakamani Hadebe's salary slip, and yes, that is the amount! Then think about that...
Hawks dismantle an alleged hydroponic dagga lab

Hawks dismantle a hydroponic dagga lab, klipheuwel

The Hawks’ George and Cape Town Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) have taken down the alleged hydroponic dagga lab in Cape Town on 4 December...