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Andrea Johnson allegedly sidelined prosecutor for challenging arrest and bail instructions
Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) prosecutor Drushantha Ramsamy told the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday that she was effectively removed from a prosecution team after...
Lirandzu Themba | From pride to heartbreak: coming home to Joburg...
I am a “recovering” Joburger living in Hong Kong. Yet I remain fiercely proud of this South African city and the resilient, industrious people...
MPs turn up the heat on DTIC’s troubled film incentive
Members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition have turned up the heat on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC)...
Joburg’s water crisis angers voters, drives rich off-grid
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Dry taps have become a daily frustration for residents of Johannesburg, a city haemorrhaging more than a third of its water supply, or an estimated 655
SA’s film industry’s R822m crisis deepens, as incentive row leads to...
South Africa’s film industry has warned that uncertainty and delays surrounding the government’s film incentive have already cost the country R822 million in production...
Snowfall eases as major Eastern Cape, KZN routes reopen
Snowfall across parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal has subsided, allowing authorities to reopen several major routes that were closed due to hazardous...
Kubayi flags tenure ‘inconsistency’ in NPA leadership appointments
Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has raised concerns about what she described as an inconsistency in the tenure arrangements governing senior appointments in the National...
Fadiel Adams’ laptop explanation fails to convince Madlanga Commission
National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Fadiel Adams was due to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday.
However,...
14 illegal miners found dead in disused Rustenburg mine
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 11 (Reuters) - South African police said on Tuesday that 14 illegal miners had died and scores of others had been injured at a disused mine near Rustenburg in the North West province
Nigerians’ cost of living pain deepens as election looms
By Libby George and Abraham Achirga LONDON/ABUJA, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Grace Adama puts her earrings on in her two-room flat before grabbing her handbag and leaving for work in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
