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Hawks raid ANC bigwig's home over R1bn Tembisa Hospital tender scandal 

By: News24Wire      Updated 6 hours ago The Hawks have raided the home and business premises of African National Congress Ekurhuleni treasurer-general Sello Sekhokho as part of... 

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City of Cape Town to raise feed-in tariff for selling power back to the grid  

By: News24Wire      Updated 2 hours 5 minutes ago The City of Cape Town will raise the feed-in tariff for households and businesses selling power back to its grid by 10.15%, Mayor Geordin... 

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'Will SA arrest Putin?' ATM wants clarity from govt on ICC warrant against Russian president  

By: News24Wire      Updated 3 hours ago The African Transformation Movement has welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned visit to the country, but has called on the South... 

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Coalitions and consequences

Updated 3 hours ago With worsening power cuts, poor service delivery, low economic growth, high unemployment, and no sense of direction coming from government cutting... 

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Paul Mashatile, South Africa’s new deputy president, has a critical task: to bring back a sense of stability

Updated 6 hours ago In a recent cabinet reshuffle President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Paul Mashatile, the deputy president of South Africa’s governing party, the... 

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Promoting investment to power Africa’s single market

Updated 6 hours ago The landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to increase Africans’ prosperity through more intra-African trade by eliminating... 

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ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: a king-size dilemma for South Africa

28th March 2023 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes... 

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CDE wants schooling reform highlighted in 2024 election 

By: Thabi Madiba     28th March 2023 The Centre for Development and Enterprise executive director Ann Bernstein said on Tuesday that in the lead up to the 2024 general election the... 

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Biofuels:An obstacle to real climate solutions

27th March 2023 A new study by the IFEU institute quantifies for the first time the enormous opportunity costs across Europe of dedicating millions of hectares of... 

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Taking people-centred justice to scale: the role of customary and informal justice in advancing people-centred justice

27th March 2023 Customary and informal justice (CIJ) mechanisms are the most utilised justice providers globally and especially by people living in poverty, women... 

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Renewable capacity statistics 2023

24th March 2023 Renewable power generation capacity is measured as the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable... 

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DA Cllr Maryke Davies voted in as Speaker of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

DA Cllr Maryke Davies voted in as Speaker of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Updated 3 hours ago The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Free State congratulates Cllr Maryke Davies on her election as the Speaker of the Mangaung Metropolitan... 

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Minister Creecy, eThekwini's Natural Heritage is Drowning in Sewage

Updated 3 hours ago The Democratic Alliance (DA), wrote to the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE), Barbara Creecy, to urgently intervene... 

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Sakeliga takes action against state delays in court cases over municipal failure

Updated 3 hours ago State respondents are unconscionably delaying critical litigation over municipal decay in the North West province. Delay on the part of the state... 

Residents of Slovo Park and Crosby still waiting for in-situ upgrades to be completed

Updated 5 hours ago The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is disappointed that there will be further delays in the in-situ upgrade project for Slovo Park Informal... 

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Polygraph testing

Updated 7 hours ago The respectability of polygraph evidence, at best, remains an open question, and any litigant seeking to invoke it for any legitimate purpose,... 

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A New Critical Skills List, but Does It Do Enough For South African Employers?

29th March 2023 The national Critical Skills List is a gazetted publication listing all skills that the South African government deems necessary to stimulate... 

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ITAC rolls on with its investigation into tyre dumping as temporary penalties are lifted

28th March 2023 The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has until 29 July 2023 to complete its investigation into whether Chinese... 

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A checklist for South African fintech companies preparing to take wing

28th March 2023 A growing number of South African fintech companies have developed market-ready products and are considering how to expand beyond the relatively... 

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