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Jerome Ngwenya, who heads up the Ingonyama Trust Board. (Bayede News)
INGONYAMA TRUST

Ingonyama boss’s rent debt rises

Tenants in arrears are being evicted, but no action has been taken against the board’s chairperson

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Both OUTA and the M&G were not able to establish the reason for the discrepancy in the payment or whether the 500 biometric units were indeed delivered and where they are being used, if at all.
ORGANISATION UNDOING TAX ABUSE

OUTA raises red flag about Services SETA contract

OUTA has raised concerns that the Services SETA is siphoning off funds for learners into corrupt contracts

  • Mashadi Kekana
6 min read
Houthi rebels inspect the damage after an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition hit the presidential palace in Yemen in 2017. Devastation is wrought in Yemen by the coalition with some of the munitions supplied by South Africa. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
NATIONAL CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL COMMITTEE

Yemenis’ blood is on SA’s hands

Despite the evidence of Denel’s missiles being used, the country is still fawning over its Saudi benefactors

  • Suraya Dadoo
  • Zeenat Adam
8 min read
Williams had blazed through the early stages of the tournament, seeing off world number one Simona Halep in the fourth round. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
DENEL

Ammunition testing resumes at RDM blast site

​Ammunition testing at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition plant in Firgrove, east of Cape Town, resumed for the first time on Monday

  • Jenna Etheridge
2 min read
The identities of the deceased had not yet been officially confirmed as the remains were unidentifiable. (Twitter)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

DNA testing required to identify casualties in Denel explosion — city official

It was reported that eight people had died in the explosion, but Rheinmetall Denel, as well as police, would not confirm the number

  • Tammy Petersen
3 min read
Williams had blazed through the early stages of the tournament, seeing off world number one Simona Halep in the fourth round. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

‘I’m waiting for him to come home’ — wife of Denel munitions casualty

Residents say most of the Denel employees were locals. The facility was one of the biggest job providers in the area

  • Tammy Petersen
4 min read
Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya.
INGONYAMA TRUST

Ingonyama head bends lease rules

His company had, since 2016, failed to pay rent for a service station on trust land, but he got a long-term lease anyway

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read