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2:21

Sidelined would be beneficiaries of Estina Dairy Farm...

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2020/10/19

The intended beneficiaries of the corruption-tainted Estina dairy farm project in the Free State want to be compensated. The more than 250 million rand project is fully operational, but the would-be beneficiaries have been sidelined.

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2:10

Agri South Africa has urged farmers and the community...

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2020/10/16

Agri South Africa has urged farmers and the community to act within the confines of the law during the court case of two murder accused in the Senekal Magistrate Court today. The call follows threats of more chaos by farming community should the two accused get bail. Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa are expected to apply for bail following their arrest two weeks ago. They are accused of the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. Horner's body was found tied to a pole with a rope in an open

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1:44

Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Plan largely...

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2020/10/16

Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa's much- anticipated Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Plan has largely been welcomed by organized business and labour. But the government's capacity to implement the plan remains a major cause for concern

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2:31

Former Transnet Board chairperson, Mafika Mkwanazi,...

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2020/10/16

The events that led to the reinstatement of former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama will continue to dominate the state capture commission this morning. Former Transnet Board chairperson, Mafika Mkwanazi, is expected to testify at the judicial Commission today. He played a key role in Gama's reinstatement and settlement agreement.

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4:05

Political parties say there is not much new in...

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2020/10/16

Opposition political parties say there is not much new in President Cyril Ramaphosa's economic recovery plan announced in parliament. Parties say he has expanded the same programmes he announced in his state of the Nation Address earlier this year. They have also questioned whether there is any capacity and willingness to implement the commitment..

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5:18

A massive rollout of infrastructure, energy...

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2020/10/16

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the Special Covid-19 Grant will be extended further by three months. The President was unveiling government's reconstruction and economic recovery plan during a joint sitting of Parliament yesterday. The plan consists of four priority interventions, which include a massive rollout of infrastructure, energy generation, employment stimulus and industrial growth.

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2:17

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi has spent his first...

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2020/10/15

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi has spent his first night behind bars after he was denied bail by the Commercial Crimes court sitting in Palm Ridge, Johannesburg YESTERDAY. His legal team tried to persuade the court to grant him bail - citing health reasons. However advocate Arno Rossouw from the Investigating Directorate told the court that Agrizzi was a huge flight risk because of his substantial foreign investments in countries like Italy that run into millions of rand. He'll be back in court

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3:55

SIU aims to recover eight billion rand with regard to...

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2020/10/15

The Special Investigating Unit says it has briefed legal counsel with the aim to recover eight billion rand with regard to six contracts at Eskom. These include three point seven billion rand where the contract to supply coal by Gupta-owned Brakfontein mine was set aside. The SIU head, Andy Mothibi has told Scopa that they are hoping to have a further four billion rand worth of contracts set aside.

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6:22

A march against crime, human trafficking,...

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2020/10/15

The Nigerian Citizen Association of South Africa in Gauteng will TODAY embark on a march against crime, human trafficking, gender-based violence and drugs. Organisers of the march say they will converge at Peter Rose Park in Johannesburg as they seek to stand in solidarity with victims of crime all over South Africa. In September South Africans, under the banner of Action for Change, marched to the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria where they demanded that stringent action be taken against

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1:28

A witness broke down in tears at the NW High Court...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/14

A witness broke down in tears at the North West High Court, when relating the incidents that led to the death of his police colleagues, three days before the 2012 Marikana massacre. Abraham Masinya, who was a video operator for the Public Order Police Unit related to the court, the incidents that led to the hacking of his colleagues Sello Lepaku and Tsietsi Monene. They were hacked with pangas and spears. Three mine workers were also killed in those squabbles that broke out between police and

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3:56

Pres Ramaphosa to address the collapse of the SABC,...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/14

Some opposition parties have mixed expectations from President Cyril Ramaphosa's address during a Joint Sitting of Parliament tomorrow(Thursday). These include,- how government will intervene to avoid the collapse of the SABC, Eskom and to address the unemployment crisis. The President has written to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise,- calling for the joint sitting to outline the country's economic reconstruction and recovery plan.

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3:10

BEE policy must be scrapped and reiterated his...

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2020/10/14

ActionSA President Herman Mashaba says the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policy must be scrapped and reiterated his party's call for reform of labour laws. Mashaba delivered a media virtual address about the party's economic recovery plan post Covid-19. He said this was in light of a failure of both the government and opposition parties to offer any form of leadership and hope on the economy. This comes as President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to table his economic recovery plan in

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1:42

Deputy National Commissioner for Human Resources...

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2020/10/13

Deputy National Commissioner for Human Resources management, Lieutenant General Bonang Mgwenya has been granted 20-thousand rand bail at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court. Mgwenya is facing charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering for her alleged role in ensuring a contract to supply emergency warning equipment for the South African Police Service in 2017 went to Instrumentation for Traffic Law enforcement (Pty) Ltd -- a company she had close ties with. She will be joined by 11 others,

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4:04

No hand in selecting contractors for the province's...

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2020/10/13

Former Free State Human Settlements MEC Mosebenzi Zwane has denied that he had a hand in selecting contractors for the province's 2010 1billion rands Housing Project. Zwane who was testifying for the second time at the State Capture Commission explained how it came to pass that over 300 contractors bid for the project, some of whom had been disqualified from an earlier disputed open tender process. Zwane has been fingered by a number of officials as being the mastermind behind a scheme to fast-track

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3:20

March by MKMVA in Gauteng, is retaliation for his...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/13

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says the March by Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) in Gauteng, is retaliation for his actions in cleaning the rot at PRASA. In a statement, Mbalula said this was with particular reference to the termination of security contracts that have achieved the opposite of what they were meant to deliver. The association marched in Johannesburg on Monday morning demanding the arrest of Mbalula among other issues. They accused the minister of doing

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2:22

Payments of personal protective equipment to service...

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2020/10/13

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has stopped payments of personal protective equipment to service providers in the Free State. This amid SIU's investigation on PPE scandal in the province.

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2:43

Eskom's former Financial Director, Tsholofelo Molefe...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/09

Former Eskom Board Member, Venete Klein, has told the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture that she recalls that former Eskom board member, Ben Ngubane, was persistently on the phone with the former Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, before a decision was made to include Eskom's former Financial Director, Tsholofelo Molefe, on the list of executives who would be suspended in 2015. Other witnesses - including former Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi - have testified that the instruction to

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2:21

Illegal schools will be shut down and those operating...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/09

Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, says illegal schools will be shut down and those operating them will be held to account. YESTERDAY (thursday 8 October), Lesufi and the police closed down the Wisdom private school in Ivory Park, east of Johannesburg. According to the department, the school is not registered, is operating illegally and is employing undocumented foreign nationals as teachers.

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3:20

ANC's KwaZulu-Natal Integrity Commission has begun...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/09

The ANC's KwaZulu-Natal Integrity Commission has begun its work, summoning party members implicated in various crimes to appear before it. The commission is headed by a team of well-respected veterans, among them Sipho Magwaza, who chairs the commission in the province. Magwaza says those members who have already appeared before the commission have been co-operative.

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3:42

More people going to be arrested in the VBS scandal -...

First Take SA ·

2020/10/08

Former Chief Financial Officer of the now-defunct VBS Mutual bank - Phillip Truter - has spent his first night in jail after he was sentenced yesterday to an effective 7 years imprisonment by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Court on Gauteng's East Rand. Truter entered into a plea agreement with the state where he pleaded guilty to all six charges against him, including corruption, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. He has also agreed to turn state witness and

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