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Academics, students urge Wits University to divest from fossil fuels
/ 18 August 2021

Academics, students urge Wits University to divest from fossil fuels

Staff and students argue it is unethical for university to profit from an industry that damages the planet and distorts science

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Umgeni Water tenders: Murdered man’s company goes to court
/ 18 August 2021

Umgeni Water tenders: Murdered man’s company goes to court

The Special Investigating Unit is now assessing contracts linked to Sibonelo Shinga’s companies

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SA’s draft position on global plastic pollution treaty weakens its global and regional standing – expert
/ 17 August 2021

SA’s draft position on global plastic pollution treaty weakens its global and regional standing – expert

‘Leaked environment department document is a copy and paste of plastics industry arguments’

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Online voter registration hinges on constitutional court decision
/ 16 August 2021

Online voter registration hinges on constitutional court decision

The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s new facility ran for only two weeks before it asked the constitutional court to delay the elections

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Cryptic Crossword 293 – August 13
/ 13 August 2021

Cryptic Crossword 293 – August 13

1A Top hitter of golf ball appears best in a suit (3,2,5)

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Phiyega’s ‘zombie litigation’ to fight Marikana findings costs taxpayers
/ 12 August 2021

Phiyega’s ‘zombie litigation’ to fight Marikana findings costs taxpayers

Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her

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Q&A Sessions: Montjane: The unlikely tennis star
/ 11 August 2021

Q&A Sessions: Montjane: The unlikely tennis star

Kgothatso Montjane speaks to Athandiwe Saba about her becoming the first black woman South African player to reach the Wimbledon final, her ‘robotic’ leg, being a DJ and the love of her parents

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Gauteng remains house robbery hotspot, says AfricaScope
/ 11 August 2021

Gauteng remains house robbery hotspot, says AfricaScope

Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20

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Nehawu claims R35m Northern Cape tender scandal
/ 9 August 2021

Nehawu claims R35m Northern Cape tender scandal

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleges that work on the Northern Cape legislature’s building was not completed and, despite this, the company was given another tender worth R22-million

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Consolidating government finances is a tall order
/ 8 August 2021

Consolidating government finances is a tall order

Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda

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Is listing, privatisation the answer for debt-ridden Eskom?
/ 8 August 2021

Is listing, privatisation the answer for debt-ridden Eskom?

The chief executive believes climate change is an opportunity for the utility to pivot from coal

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Covid: Masks, sanitisers the future norm
/ 7 August 2021

Covid: Masks, sanitisers the future norm

Even if herd immunity is finally reached in South Africa, non-pharmaceutical measures are necessary

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SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents
/ 6 August 2021

SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents

South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents

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Cryptic Crossword 292 – August 6
/ 6 August 2021

Cryptic Crossword 292 – August 6

16D Eastern Cape dorp deserter goes over to Kaapstad, ignoring a final ‘Pasop!'(5,6)

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Reshuffle: Mkhize tenders resignation as Ramaphosa calls top six meeting
/ 5 August 2021

Reshuffle: Mkhize tenders resignation as Ramaphosa calls top six meeting

Mkhize’s resignation and the top six meeting are the clearest indicators yet that Ramaphosa is intending to make a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle

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Zuma funder link in Phoenix killings
/ 5 August 2021

Zuma funder link in Phoenix killings

Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president

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ANC factions united on Zweli Mkhize
/ 5 August 2021

ANC factions united on Zweli Mkhize

Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so

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Ingonyama Trust Board gets a new chief executive
/ 5 August 2021

Ingonyama Trust Board gets a new chief executive

But board chair Jerome Ngwenya’s cosying up to the presumptive Zulu king cements his position

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How to apply for the Covid-19 R350 grant
/ 4 August 2021

How to apply for the Covid-19 R350 grant

Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant

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Life Esidimeni inquest postponed until August 30
/ 2 August 2021

Life Esidimeni inquest postponed until August 30

The lawyer for the bereaved families argued that Dr Makgabo Manamela’s requests for postponements have a negative impact on the families of the deceased who seek closure

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RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter
/ 2 August 2021

RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter

‘This would be a very serious disincentive to investment,’ says Thabo Mbeki in a document arguing that the ANC should not proceed with the Constitutional amendment of section 25

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R15m to rid Gauteng of dirty air
/ 31 July 2021

R15m to rid Gauteng of dirty air

The World Bank is funding a plan to deal with air pollution in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Johannesburg

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Reservations about ‘new deal’ for rhinos, lions, elephant, leopards
/ 31 July 2021

Reservations about ‘new deal’ for rhinos, lions, elephant, leopards

Draft policy promotes species playing their role in wilderness systems but one conservationist says leopards are being sold out

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‘Exciting’ ramp-up for Covid jabs
/ 30 July 2021

‘Exciting’ ramp-up for Covid jabs

As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day

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Mokgoro was party to talks of his resignation
/ 30 July 2021

Mokgoro was party to talks of his resignation

The North West premier has defied the interim provincial committee’s decision

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Special Investigating Unit records detail Zweli Mkhize’s role in Digital Vibes looting
/ 30 July 2021

Special Investigating Unit records detail Zweli Mkhize’s role in Digital Vibes looting

In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back

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Cryptic Crossword 291 – 30 July
/ 30 July 2021

Cryptic Crossword 291 – 30 July

13A: Fly, little devil, until KZN’s amnesty net experiment starts (8)

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The basic income grant is surely on the horizon
/ 29 July 2021

The basic income grant is surely on the horizon

It is becoming clear SA needs a BIG, as many ANC cabinet members, opposition parties and experts agree. But there is still dissent from some quarters

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Bargaining council looks into complaint against Blade Nzimande
/ 29 July 2021

Bargaining council looks into complaint against Blade Nzimande

Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council

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Ace claims the state’s witness
/ 29 July 2021

Ace claims the state’s witness

The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness

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Taxi violence: Fight for survival in Cape Town’s dangerous turf war
/ 29 July 2021

Taxi violence: Fight for survival in Cape Town’s dangerous turf war

The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom

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Q&A Sessions: ‘I will be an actor until my last breath’ — James Ngcobo
/ 29 July 2021

Q&A Sessions: ‘I will be an actor until my last breath’ — James Ngcobo

Veteran actor James Ngcobo, who is also a director, recently scooped his fourth South African Film and Television Awards accolade for his role as a corrupt leader on Netflix’s Queen Sono

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