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The rural community of Ndwedwe, north of Durban, has no electricity, running water and tarred roads, says an area headman. The community, which mainly lives in mud rondavels, often enquires about the slow pace of delivery, but they are told there is no money. ”Tell me one reason why I should vote,” says the headman.
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Feeling abandoned by the party they helped bring into power and angered by conditions in townships, the Northern Cape’s Independent Party is ”praying” for the African National Congress to lose Wednesday’s local government election. ”I pray that the ANC will lose,” one of the party’s two candidates said on Monday.
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There will again be rolling blackouts in the Western Cape on Tuesday, Eskom announced in a news release. This was necessitated by multiple line faults that occurred at 2.13am that interrupted power to the province. Metrorail appealed to commuters to find alternative forms of transport as power outages disrupted train services.
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The South African Revenue Service has submitted a claim of R183-million against the estate of slain tycoon Brett Kebble, media reports said on Tuesday. Kebble, who was gunned down in Johannesburg in September last year, left his entire estate — estimated by his executors to be worth about R40-million — to his wife.
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First National Bank’s (FNB) Mzansi customers can now set up debit orders and perform third-party payments on their accounts via cellphone, automated teller machines and branches. This means that FNB is the first bank to improve its service offerings to its Mzansi customers.
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African Rainbow Minerals and Xstrata announced on Tuesday that agreement has been reached to establish a major black-controlled coal-mining company in a black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction valued at R2,4-billion. The new company, ARM Coal, will have significant operating assets and growth projects in South Africa.
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Banking group FirstRand boosted diluted headline earnings per share by 19% from 62,9 cents to 74,8 cents for the six months ended December. The group declared a dividend of 32 cents per share, which was a 20% increase on the previous dividend. It said the strong results were achieved in a positive economic environment.
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South Africa’s sassy young R&B enigma Tsakani "TK" Mhinga was found dead in a hotel room in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg on Monday. The grim discovery was made by a staff member of the City Lodge in Bryanston. There was "no evidence of a struggle", said Captain Schalk Bornman of the South African Police Service.
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Trade experts say the United States is demanding far deeper market access than South Africa is willing to give, particularly in the area of services that are covered by regulatory protection rather than tariffs. South African business appears to be waking up late to the fact that the country may be walking away from a free trade deal with the US.
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Five candidates are vying for the Ugandan presidency, while close on 1Â 000 are contesting Parliamentary seats in 214 constituencies as well as the 69 districts which are reserved for women. Miria Obote, wife of former head of state Milton Obote, is the Uganda People’s Congress presidential candidate.