Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About the Courts
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April 9, 2024, 1:02 PM
[GroundUp] We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
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Traditional Leaders Fight to Keep Rural Grant Pay Points Open
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April 9, 2024, 6:41 AM
[GroundUp] But SASSA says it's too late
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Constitutional Court - Where Are the Judgments?
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April 9, 2024, 1:02 PM
[GroundUp] The Court has not delivered a single judgment this year
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Combating MIS - and Disinformation Must Take a Human Rights Approach, Civil Society Urges
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April 9, 2024, 10:33 AM
[Daily Maverick] 'Every citizen has a right to free, fair and regular elections. But this is threatened by misinformation and disinformation,' says Norman Gidi, research and policy analyst at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa.
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Health Services in the Eastern Cape - What Changed Since the Last Elections?
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April 9, 2024, 10:09 AM
[spotlight] In this analysis, Luvuyo Mehlwana looks back at the performance of public healthcare services in the Eastern Cape over the last five years - a term characterised by leadership instability, infrastructure problems, financial short-falls, and of course the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ship in Wales Searched for Joshlin Smith, but Six-Year-Old Still Nowhere to Be Found
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April 9, 2024, 6:49 AM
[Daily Maverick] A Gauteng couple's report to the international Human Trafficking Hotline Web Chat led to the Panamanian ship Frontier Asuka, which left Saldanha Bay harbour days after Joshlin Smith's disappearance, being searched by authorities for nearly two days when it docked in Port Talbot, Wales.
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Tickets to Banyana Vs Nigeria Available At Loftus Stadium
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April 9, 2024, 12:57 PM
[SAFA] Students who produce their student cards at the gates will be able to enter the stadium for free until 19h00. The Gautrain will also run FREE trains and busses from Park Station to Hatfield till late if the passengers produce a match ticket.
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Banyana Banyana, Super Falcons Set for Epic Battle in Pretoria
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April 9, 2024, 10:15 AM
[Premium Times] Both teams are locked in a qualification battle for the women's football event at the Paris Olympic Games, taking place in a few months.
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Erin Gallagher Breaks National Record As Big Names Make a Splash At SA Swimming Championships
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April 9, 2024, 6:49 AM
[Daily Maverick] Tatjana Smith, Erin Gallagher and Pieter Coetzé all took gold in their 50m disciplines on Monday evening as the SA Swimming Championships got under way.
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SA Weather Service Issues Warnings of Disruptive Rain and Possible Flooding
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April 9, 2024, 6:48 AM
[Daily Maverick] Extreme weather conditions are expected to continue across South Africa's south and eastern coasts until Wednesday.
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Mk's Mpofu and IEC's Ngcukaitobi Wrangle Over Zuma's Election Disqualification
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April 9, 2024, 6:48 AM
[Daily Maverick] Judges at the Electoral Court sitting in Johannesburg on Monday listened to arguments for and against former president Jacob Zuma's disqualification from standing for public office.
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Communities Continue to Remain in the Dark As 1 135 Transformers Across the Country Are Not Working
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April 9, 2024, 4:17 PM
[DA] While thirteen days with no loadshedding is very much a welcome development, the sad reality is that there are many communities across the country that have been left in the dark because transformers in those communities are either not working or are not being replaced fast enough after they have been vandalised or damaged.
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South Africa Is to Shut Down Captive Lion Farms. Experts Warn the Plan Needs a Deadline
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April 9, 2024, 6:33 AM
[The Conversation Africa] The South African government has officially confirmed that captive lion farms will be shut down. A new ministerial task team report just released has cemented the government's intention, first made public in 2021, to put an end to African lions being legally sold and traded live, both internationally and domestically.
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'Another Slap in the Face' - - Cash-Strapped City of Joburg Splurges On Bodyguards for Bigwigs
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April 9, 2024, 6:50 AM
[Daily Maverick] In addition to the bodyguards, the politicians will receive 40 cars from the fleet of the Joburg Metropolitan Police Department, which is meant to control traffic, enforce by-laws and assist in crime prevention.
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Fire Destroys Several Cape Town Houses, Wild SA Weather Brings Damage and Road Closures
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April 8, 2024, 7:55 AM
[Daily Maverick] As stormy weather hit many parts of the country on Sunday, several properties were destroyed in a fire fanned by gale-force winds in Glencairn, Cape Town, while storms caused significant damage in other areas.
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Children Have to Use an Open Field As a Toilet At Mthatha Primary School
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April 8, 2024, 7:54 AM
[GroundUp] Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets
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Fierce Winds Send Khayelitsha Shacks Flying
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April 8, 2024, 2:40 PM
[GroundUp] Chemical toilets toppled, roofs blown off
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Weather Service Warns of Cold Temperatures
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April 8, 2024, 2:39 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of cold temperatures, widespread rainfall, and possible flooding over parts of South Africa.
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Sexual Harassment in the Courts Is an Open Secret
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April 8, 2024, 7:49 AM
[GroundUp] But the Chief Justice has still not taken steps to deal with it
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Beneficiaries Struggling With Grants Since Sassa Closed Macassar Office
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April 8, 2024, 7:48 AM
[GroundUp] "People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here," says resident
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100 Shacks Demolished By City of Joburg On Rainy Weekend
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April 8, 2024, 2:40 PM
[GroundUp] Red Ants tore down land occupiers' homes in Glen Austin, Midrand, on Friday and Sunday
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School Closures Following Weather Warning
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April 8, 2024, 2:38 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Schools in the Cape Winelands and Overberg Education Districts, and the Helderberg basin area in the Western Cape have been closed on Monday due to the severe storm warnings for these areas.
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Fact Check - Was Former President Jacob Zuma Targeted in a Recent Car Accident?
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April 8, 2024, 10:26 AM
[Daily Maverick] On 28 March 2024, the car in which former president Jacob Zuma was travelling in KwaZulu-Natal was involved in an accident. Or was it? Misinformation on all sides has been swirling around this incident.
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Operation Vala Umgodi Stamping the Authority of the State in Lejweleputswa
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April 8, 2024, 10:14 AM
[SAPS] More suspects were arrested during Operation Vala Umgodi in the Free State and continues in the area of Lejweleputswa to address illegal mining.
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Vala Umgodi Operation Leads to Arrest and Confiscations of Equipment Used for Illegal Mining
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April 8, 2024, 10:14 AM
[SAPS] An integrated multi-disciplinary disruptive Vala Umgodi operation conducted in Hartbeespoortdam near Brits on Wednesday, 03 April 2024, resulted in the arrest of six suspects and confiscation of various illegal mining equipment.
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April Marks Major Milestone in South Africa
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April 8, 2024, 8:22 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the month of April is a very important month in the country's calendar because it marks Freedom Month, as well as an incredible milestone of 30 years of democracy.
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Diversifying Water Resource Mix Essential for Supply Security, Says Mahlobo
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April 8, 2024, 8:11 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has emphasised the importance of diversifying South Africa's water resource mix for water security.
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Bheki Cele - 109 Police Officers Murdered in Past 11 Months
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April 8, 2024, 7:59 AM
[Daily Maverick] Police Minister Bheki Cele has defended officers involved in the killing of suspects. He was delivering an overview of police actions to combat serious and violent crimes over the past year.
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Pipeline 'Vandal' Killed in High-Pressure Durban Water Explosion
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April 8, 2024, 7:55 AM
[Daily Maverick] A Durban man was killed apparently while tampering with an air valve on an eThekwini Municipality main water pipeline. The incident has led to water cuts in parts of Umhlanga, Phoenix and Verulam.
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Keith Helfet, the Man Who Designed SA's Elusive Electric Car
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April 9, 2024, 12:54 PM
[Daily Maverick] The search for the Joule, South Africa's only electric car, led to a conversation with the legendary designer of some of the world's most beautiful sports cars, Keith Helfet. The man from Calvinia who became Jaguar's top designer, it turned out, had also designed the Joule.
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