• Five facts you need to know about Hlaudi's new post

    Everything you need to know about Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s controversial appointment that was announced recently. There wasn’t a clear interview process to reappoint Motsoeneng, as the SABC merely removed the person who was the group corporate affairs executive and replaced them with him. Speaking to 702, Motsoeneng declined to answer if he had been interviewed for the position, referring radio presenter Xolani Gwala to the SABC. Public protector Thuli Madonsela is challenging Motsoeneng’s appointment and says she will probe it. Motsoeneng, however, says he is unaware of any new investigation, further accusing Madonsela of tarnishing his image. The SABC is finalising the application process for the

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  • While King Zuma slumbers, palace aides are stirring

    THE ANC is now in open war with itself. But this is not a bad thing. Finally, Luthuli House is not afraid to show it has awoken to the excesses of the Zuma administration. A glance inside the palace gates from the increasingly frustrated city streets paints a quizzical picture. The king appears increasingly cut off in the west wing, appearing not to hear the shouts from the throne room below. President Jacob Zuma addressed the Black Business Council on Tuesday night, seemingly completely unaware of the ferocity of the student protests threatening the existence of the country’s universities, or the incessant battles in state institutions around him, or the increasing frustration by the labour

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  • ANC leaders defy Zuma on EFF

    While an Emirati woman seeks permission from the courts in the United Arab Emirates to have that country’s first sex change operation‚ hundreds of people are faced with the prospect of having to wait for up to 25 years to get the surgery done in South Africa.

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  • Wayde to go! Zille wants to rename stadium after 400m hero Van Niekerk

    Wayde Van Niekerk has a world record and an Olympic gold medal‚ and now Western Cape Premier Helen Zille wants him to have immortality. Zille has written to Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille suggesting that Green Point Athletics Stadium be renamed after Van Niekerk‚ who was born in Kraaifontein‚ in the city’s northern suburbs‚ and went to school in Bellville. Van Niekerk won the men’s 400m final at the Rio Olympics‚ breaking the 17-year-old record of 43.18 seconds set by Michael Johnson during the 1999 World Championships. “Mr Van Niekerk flew South Africa’s flag high and did the nation proud‚” Zille said on Wednesday. In 2015‚ he won the 400m final at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing‚

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  • Zimbabwe: Missing Activist Found, Envoys Slam 'Worrying Trend'

    THE EU and the British ambassadors on Wednesday led the outrage following the emergence of pictures of one of the leaders of street traders who was abducted, assaulted and injected with an unknown substance and left for dead. Kudakwashe Kambakunje, one of the leaders of the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe, was abducted on Tuesday night and found on a farm on Wednesday morning about 22km outside Harare. Pictures showed an injured Kambakunje being treated in hospital. His colleague, Sten Zvorwadza, said Kambakunje was "badly injured". Kambakunje's legs appeared scarred and swollen in injuries synonymous with those inflicted on opposition members Zanu PF youths in the last decade. EU ambassador

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  • South Africa: Bury Winnie Next to Nelson Mandela, Says Jailed King

    Winnie Madikizela-Mandela should be laid to rest next to former President Nelson Mandela when she dies, jailed Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has said. "I believe you are still married, because in our records I do not have any such record in the kingdom that dissolves such a marriage, as mandated by our customary law," he said in a letter read at a gala dinner in Johannesburg on Monday, in celebration of the struggle icon's 80 th birthday. It was read by Nkosana (Prince) Langalibalele Mthunzi Ngonyama. Dalindyebo said he wrote the letter from his dark prison cell. He said he would have loved to be at the dinner. "You were there for me as a mother throughout my dark days, when I needed

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  • Rodgers close to that elusive piece of silverware

    Eleazar Rodgers has a knack for scoring against Mamelodi Sundowns, a club he briefly called home for a year before he was deemed surplus to their requirements. The most famous goal the lanky striker scored against the Brazilians came in 2014 in the semi-final of the Telkom Knockout in Phokeng. It ended up as the only goal from that match, sending Platinum Stars to the final and frustrating Sundowns fans who bayed for coach Pitso Mosimane’s blood afterwards. But the 31-year-old says it’s nothing personal, as he prepares for another showdown with Sundowns. This time it will be in the MTN8 final, at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday at 5pm, in the colours of his new club Bidvest Wits. “I wouldn’t say

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  • Madonsela hits back at critics

    Tshwane - Outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Tuesday hit back at organisations and individuals who have attacked her and warned that she may take legal action against those who labelled her a CIA agent when she leaves her post next month. “These people that they have decided that they want to attack me have suddenly found an interest in my association with the South African Jewish Board of Deputies. I'm now being accused of having fund-raised for Israel. The event I attended had nothing to do with supporting Israel. It was an event to fundraise for an old-age home which is in Durban,” Madonsela told reporters in Pretoria. “The Constitution is very clear that the Public Protector must

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  • 'I don't believe every woman my age should get married,' says actress Sibulele Gcilitshana

    During an interview with Move!, the single mother of two girls was unafraid to share her thoughts about marriage - which does not appeal to her. She revealed that in bringing up her daughters, she realised that it isn't all that important  for children to have both actively involved parents. US singer Fantasia steps out in Gert-Johan Coetzee dress  "This may sound controversial, but I don't believe every woman my age should get married or rush themselves to raise their kids with a significant other," she told the local publication. She further explained that while her stance on marriage is unpopular among her peers, her little family has been able to adapt to her choices and that they've been

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  • Zimbabwe: Could Fresh Lithium Deposits Transform Economy?

    LITHIUM is set to transform the country's economy following a fresh scramble for the mineral by foreign companies after new deposits were discovered around Harare, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister, Engineer Fred Moyo has said. In an interview in Mberengwa South last week, Eng Moyo said there were new deposits of lithium in areas surrounding Harare and foreign companies have been jostling for mining licences.Eng Moyo said Government was shifting focus to lithium following an increased demand for the mineral worldwide adding that this could be a breakthrough for Zimbabwe. "There is a scramble for lithium. Right now we have a lot of lithium potential around Harare. "If you check and

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  • Free education was an 'impossible promise': Winnie

    Madikizela-Mandela was speaking at a briefing in Soweto to announce a partnership with former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand‚ to establish a youth employment initiative. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela says ANC needs fresh leadership  "We all know all the universities are on fire. Students want assistance in relation to their fees‚" she said "When we got into government from 1994‚ we realised that the free education we had promised wasn't going to be easy‚ because we had had a society that was stratified so strangely… We had divided our society into four classes. 'We are prepared to be arrested for the cause of free education': Wits activist  "Free education is difficult to attain today because

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  • WATCH: Mourners dance to Nkalakatha on Mandoza's grave

    Arnold Palmer was not only one of the great champions of golf; through the panache and daring of his play. He did more than anyone else to turn the game - and in particular the British Open - into a spectacle which commanded the attention of millions.

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  • Satawu will not back Ramaphosa for ANC leadership

    THE South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) will not endorse Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as the next ANC leader because the Treasury, the Reserve Bank and the Constitution have constrained the ANC’s ability to transform the economy. Satawu is the latest Cosatu affiliate to pronounce on ANC succession even though the union federation said it would be silent on the issue. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Satawu have broken rank on the issue and nailed their colours to different masts. The NUM has backed Ramaphosa, but Satawu general secretary Zenzo Mahlangu said it would not support his candidacy. Satawu is among Cosatu affiliates aligned to the "premier league",

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  • South Africa: ANC Accuses Msimanga of Cadre Deployment

    The ANC accused Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga of cadre deployment and corruption, during a council meeting on Tuesday morning. At the heart of the debate were the appointments of councillor Gert Pretorius as a "chair of chairs", Marietha Aucamp as chief of staff, and Tiyiselani Babane as strategic executive in the office of the speaker. "He has been paid as a chair of chairs, which is corruption," ANC councillor Mapiti Matsena said. "You can't pay him as a chair of chairs when he is not a chairperson of any committee." Matsena asked for clarity regarding Aucamp's appointment and accused Msimanga of cadre deployment. "When was the position advertised? That is corruption. He was a councillor last

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  • Boks aim at forward power

    YOU would never say Springbok assistant coach Matthew Proudfoot was once a front-row forward, judging by how he side-stepped the question of the Boks’ lack of physicality in the Rugby Championship. While his gabbing could rival Christian Cullen’s mean step, Proudfoot and the rest of the Springbok team cannot escape the fact that SA has lost their imposing physical air. "I’ll tell you on Saturday," said Proudfoot when asked whether he thought the Boks were combative enough. His look suggested that it is a topic of conversation that has taken place behind closed doors ahead of the clash against Australia at Loftus on Saturday. In their previous three straight losses to Rugby Championship rivals

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  • Nigeria: Shell Shuts Trans Niger Pipeline

    The Trans Niger Pipeline in Gio, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers state has been shut by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria Limited. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Mr Joe Obari, SPDC spokesman, said a fire was observed on the right of way of the pipeline (TNP) at in Ogoni land. "This is also the right of way of the Bonny-Refinery pipeline belonging to the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)." Obari said that a joint investigation visit would determine the cause and impact of the fire. "SPDC has shut the TNP as a precautionary measure pending the investigation," he said. It was not

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  • South Africa: No Discussion in ANC About Replacing Gordhan

    Pravin Gordhan remains the finance minister and there is no discussion in the ANC to replace him, the ruling party's secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said. "There is no such discussion... the president, deputy president and ANC have offered support," he said at the RMB Morgan Stanley Big Five Investor Conference in Cape Town on Tuesday. "When it comes, we will engage it. But what should be allowed is to govern and to appoint any minister to any portfolio." He emphasised that it was not ministers who made the ANC, but the party which produced "competent cadres" to run portfolios. "There is no debate about that." He referred to how some questioned Nhlanhla Nene's takeover of the portfolio from

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  • Dazzling Arsenal raise Arsene Wenger's England stock

    Sam Allardyce's self-inflicted demise after only 67-days in charge of the national team has inevitably given voice to those who say the FA should turn to Wenger -- an almost de-facto Englishman after 20 years in charge of Arsenal. Arsenal's vibrant display against a club that has got the better of Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea in the competition in recent years will strengthen their calls. Theo Walcott, discarded by Allardyce's predecessor Roy Hodgson for the woeful Euro 2016 campaign, scored twice before the break as the hosts tore Basel apart. Walcott combined superbly with Alexis Sanchez for both goals -- the first a header from the Chilean's cross after six minutes and the second

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  • WATCH: Every time Mantashe opens his mouth he spews bile

    “Every time Mantashe opens his mouth he spews bile‚” said Mcebo Dlamini. Dlamini was a leader of the #FeesMustFall Movement‚ who was dismissed as SRC leader last year following a disciplinary hearing‚ which he followed with racist comments and “I love Hitler” Facebook posts. WATCH: Student protesters have 'ulterior motives', says Blade Nzimande  Mantashe said on the sidelines of the South African Clothing Textile and Allied Workers Union conference in Cape Town on Wednesday” "If you don’t have a responsibility that goes with a right‚ you must actually take away the right. After a year‚ people will know higher education will be important for their future. Dlamini said it was because of statements

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  • Mama Winnie hailed at 80th birthday bash - PICS

    Cape Town - Known for her powerful speeches, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela took a different direction on Wednesday night as she addressed guests at her birthday celebration. Madikizela-Mandela turns 80 on September 26. On Wednesday she arrived in Cape Town to celebrate her birthday at the Mount Nelson Hotel. She had guests laughing through her “thank you” speech and started by thanking everyone, saying “because of my age I am allowed to say all protocol observed”. “I have to keep pinching myself to find out whether I am really still alive.” Keeping to the speech, Madikizela-Mandela said that she was not going to take a dig at the political atmosphere in the country. “I am not going to say anything

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