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Change of legal team in Zuma trial ‘not a delay tactic’: Mabuza

Attorney Eric Mabuza of Mabuza Attorneys has denied allegations that his appointment less than a month before the much awaited corruption trial of Former Statesman Jacob Zuma, is another delay tactic. On Sunday, the Jacob Zuma foundation announced that the former president had terminated the mandate of his attorney of record, Daniel Mantsha with immediate effect and has appointed Mabuza. In a statement the foundation revealed that Zuma had resolved […]

todayApril 20, 2020 40

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Transport Minister releases Easter weekend road statistics

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that 28 people died on the roads during the Easter weekend, a significant decrease from 2019 in which 162 fatalities were recorded. Mbalula released the annual Easter weekend statistics on Friday, and said the majority of the deaths were pedestrians and single-vehicle crashes with contributions of 38% and 19% respectively. It was also revealed that vehicle movement on the roads was reduced by more […]

todayApril 17, 2020 37

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Companies must obtain new certificates for lockdown extension

The Department of Trade and Industry has announced that companies which supplied essential goods during the 21 days nationwide lockdown are required to obtain new certificates for the duration of the extended lockdown. In a statement the department says companies which are registered through the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission’s (CIPC) BizPortal to perform essential services will be required to have a new certificate from the BizPortal website for the […]

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Retailers and suppliers to face prosecution over price hikes

The Competition Commission has referred its first case to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution, in the wake of Covid-19. In a statement, the commission said the first case is for excessive pricing of facial mask by Babelegi Workwear Overall Manufacturers and Industrial supplies CC. "The Commission investigated the complaints and found that during the period 31 January 2020 to 5 March 2020, Babelegi increased its prices of facial masks from […]

todayApril 16, 2020 37

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More suspects linked to school break-ins arrested

The Gauteng Education Department has welcomed the arrest of more suspects linked to school break-ins in the province. In a statement the department revealed that they were alerted by the South African Police Services on Thursday, 16 April 2020, about the arrest of two suspects found in possession of property linked to school break-ins in Katlehong. Two other suspects were nabbed on Tuesday, 15 April 2020, after they were also […]

todayApril 16, 2020 45

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Government rejects SAA 10bn request

 Government has denied South African Airways(SAA)  a further R10 billion in funding for the business rescue process. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has made it clear that government does not have the money to support SAA’s request. In a letter to SAA, Gordhan said government would not support the extension of the foreign currency borrowing limit to permit foreign financing of the business rescue plan. The national carrier was placed […]

todayApril 15, 2020 51

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SARB cuts repo rate by 100 basis points

In an effort to ease financial conditions in the wake of Covid-19, the South African Reserve Bank (sarb) has taken a unanimous decision to cut the repo rate by 100 basis points, with effect from 15 April 2020. This was revealed by Governor Lesetja Kganyago on Tuesday morning.  The rate now stands at 4.25%. Kganyago said the uncertainties of Covid-19 have led to extremely high volatility in financial asset prices, […]

todayApril 14, 2020 41

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Exponential spread of Covid-19 unavoidable

South Africa can not escape the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to the chairperson of the ministerial advisory group on Covid-19, epidemiologist professor Salim Abdool Karim. Speaking in Durban on Monday night during a live ZOOM public engagement, he said the country's population would be at high risk again after the nationwide lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the nationwide lockdown which came into effect on March […]

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Vandalism seldom takes place in the absence of witnesses|Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on communities to play their part and report acts of vandalism. Ramaphosa made the call in his weekly news letter, from the desk of the president on Monday following the torching of at least 55 schools across Gauteng since the start of the national lockdown. "When communities allow themselves to be passive bystanders when they witness crime, they become party to the sabotage that ultimately […]

todayApril 13, 2020 40