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Four killed, child injured in suspected gang shooting in Wesbank
5+ min ago (294+ words) Police in the Western Cape are investigating a mass shooting in Wesbank, Blue Downs, on Saturday night that resulted in the death of four people and left a seven-year-old child injured." The South African Police Service (SAPS) has mobilised specialised…...
Ramaphosa says investment turnaround will take time as South Africa rebuilds confidence
40+ min ago (716+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended South Africa's investment drive, acknowledging that turning investment pledges into meaningful economic growth and jobs remains a difficult and long-term process. In his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa pushed back against criticism that the country's…...
Engineering Underdevelopment in the Age of Neocolonialism
41+ min ago (268+ words) Schools deteriorated. Hospitals lacked medicine. Food prices rose. Domestic industries collapsed under competition from subsidised Western imports. Governments became accountable less to their people than to foreign lenders. The result was not merely economic hardship. It was the erosion of…...
EFF fights white supremacy, not white people," says white Jeffreys Bay EFF member
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (1204+ words) A white Jeffreys Bay EFF member said he is sick and tired of claims that the party " and its leader Julius Malema " hates white people and wants to kill them. Christiaan Hendrik Nicolaas Carstens said claims of hate directed at…...
Standard Bank, Orizon launch carbon credit programme for regenerative farmers
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (594+ words) Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking (BCB) has partnered with Orizon Agriculture to launch what it says is South Africa's first bank-backed regenerative agriculture carbon crop credit programme, aimed at helping farmers generate additional income through carbon markets. Standard Bank…...
Grain SA urges tariff reforms to protect local wheat industry amidst global uncertainty
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (633+ words) Grain SA has renewed its call for urgent reforms to South Africa's wheat tariff system, warning that prolonged delays in finalising a tariff review are placing severe pressure on local producers already battling subsidised international competition. Speaking at NAMPO'Harvest Day,…...
'Ebola does not respect borders': Ramaphosa urges stronger cross-border surveillance over Ebola outbreaks
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (573+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda pose a significant regional threat, urging African countries to strengthen cross-border surveillance and coordinate urgently to prevent further spread of the…...
Tensions escalate at Gold Fields South Deep as wage talks reach critical stage
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (772+ words) Wage negotiations between organised labour and Gold Fields at its South Deep Gold Mine near Westonaria have entered a critical phase, with unions accusing management of "arrogance and disrespect" as both sides remain sharply divided over salary increases. The fifth…...
MEC's oversight visit reveals school property used as an illegal truck depot
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (470+ words) A recent oversight visit to a primary school built on government land in Mt. Edgecombe uncovered unacceptable misuse of the property, revealing that school grounds and sports courts were being used as an illegal truck depot, complete with diesel spillage,…...
Ramaphosa seeks to interdict impeachment process amid Con Court ruling
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (715+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa looks set to interdict the Phala Phala impeachment, aimed at stalling the Section 89 committee process following a Constitutional Court (Con Court) ruling." ANC sources revealed that Ramaphosa has decided to stall the impeachment proceedings, with the party…...