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‘Those are not our monkeys!’

The Gauteng Department of Health has come out guns blazing to rebuke the video of monkeys bathing, allegedly at Jubilee District Hospital. The department has dismissed the news as fake. This after a video of the 4 monkeys cooling off from the morning heat inside black water tankers, has been doing the rounds on social media. The Department has urged members of the public to refrain from spreading false information about its facilities. Warning that those who are caught doing […]

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Joemat-Pettersson was not afraid to speak her mind: Parliament

Parliament has remembered the late former Energy Minister, Tina Joemat-Petterson, as an astute politician who used her skills and knowledge to advance legislative work to change the lives of ordinary South Africans.   The 59-year-old passed away at her home on Monday evening.   Details surrounding her cause of death are still sketchy at the moment.   The ANC Member of Parliament recently made headlines when she was named among the three MPs who allegedly solicited a R600 000 bribe […]

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Dr Magudumana takes bid for freedom to SCA

Dr Nandipha Magudumana's legal team is taking the fight to have her released from jail to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The disgraced celebrity medic's team says they are in the process of filing the court papers. Earlier, the high court in Bloemfontein dismissed with costs - Dr Magudumana's urgent application to have her arrest in Tanzania declared unlawful. Judge Philip Loubser said Magudumana did not meet the criteria for launching the application on an urgent basis. Judge Loubser further […]

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Ellis names preliminary World Cup squad

Banyana Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis, has named a 36-member preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Banyana will go into camp in Johannesburg on Monday, giving the players a chance to impress the coach before the final list for the global tournament is announced later this month. “It’s most probably one of the most difficult selections I’ve ever had to make,” the Banyana Banyana coach told the SAFA news website. “As a […]

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Collective effort needed to ensure municipalities fulfill their duty: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the people of South Africa expect and are entitled to local governments that serve them and uphold their right to dignity. He says all spheres of government must work together to ensure that municipalities are able to fulfill their responsibilities.   The President's remarks follow the Auditor -General's damning findings that only 38 of South Africa's municipalities received clean audits. The 2021/22 Municipal Audit Outcomes also revealed that by the end of the financial year 52% of all municipalities […]

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Am backs Kolisi to be ready for World Cup defence

Springbok centre, Lukhanyo Am, says it's a huge blow for the Springboks that captain Siyamthanda Kolisi is a doubt for this year's Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup in France in September. Kolisi has been undergoing rehabilitation with the Springboks medical team following a knee surgery in May and is in a race against time if he is going to be part of the Boks' title defence in just over three months. The Springboks had two preparation camps in […]

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ANC refutes electioneering claims over recent visit to Hammanskraal

ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, has refuted assertions that the party is only visiting the community of Hammanskraal to gain votes. In a statement, the ANC says it visited the community out of concern following the cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 20 lives in the area. The comments come as the country heads into election season, ahead of next year's national polls. Mbalula visited the community in the North of Tshwane yesterday. The deadly water borne disease has […]

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Bafana Bafana sell tickets for just R20

Tickets to Bafana Bafana's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against FIFA World Cup semi-finalists Morocco at the FNB Stadium on the 17th of this month are selling for just R20 at TicketPro. This comes as the national football has struggled to fill stadiums in recent times. The early bird tickets are available at R20 until Wednesday, the 7th of June. Thereafter they will sell for R50 for adults and R20 for children under the age of 13. Both South […]

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Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s fate hangs by a thread

Disgraced celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, will find out on Monday morning whether her case against the state has been successful. Magudumana is accusing government of abducting her from Tanzania alongside her lover, Thabo Bester. During today's court hearings, she relied on top international lawyer, Anton Katz, to clearly paint the picture as to why she should be released. Advocate Katz argued that Magudumana's deportation from Tanzania was a disguised extradition. He stated that the agreement between the Tanzanian government and South […]

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