Johannesburg – Former GCIS chief Mzwanele Manyi has denied that he enabled state capture as found by the state capture inquiry report. Part I of the three-part report was released on Tuesday. Manyi has been accused of dishing out millions in advertising to Gupta-owned TNA media. At the time, he was a Gupta employee and […]
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US actress Joan Copeland, who starred on Broadway and in TV shows like Law and Order, has died at the age of 99. Her son, Eric, confirmed the news of her passing, saying his mother died in her sleep in her New York apartment. Copeland was the sister of playwright Arthur Miller and one time […]
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Ugandan opposition leader and musician Bobi Wine has just released a song with the title “Ogenda”, a Luganda word that loosely translates as “You will fall”. The song is made directly for President Yoweri Museveni’s ears because he has turned his back on his word to bring democracy to the country. Bobi Wine said that […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. “I really want to hassle them, and we will continue to do this – to the end,” said Macron. But political opponents said the strong language he used in an interview was […]
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Johannesburg – The High Court in Makhanda on Tuesday blocked Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas in the Indian Ocean, handing a landmark victory to environmentalists worried about the impact on whales and other species. Backing a suit filed by conservationists and local groups, the court declared Shell was “interdicted […]
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Johannesburg – The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture has recommended that former Transnet boss Brian Molefe, former South African Airways (SAA) CEO Collin Matjila and Tony Gupta face criminal prosecution for fraud and contravening the Public Finance Management Act over irregular contracts with The New Age publication. These are some of the prominent […]
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Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving the first part of the state capture commission report on Tuesday. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is handing over the first of three parts of the report showing findings from three years of testimony. After three years of multiple postponements, countless testimonies and startling revelations, President Ramaphosa is […]
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At least 21 schoolchildren in Nigeria have been rescued hours after they were abducted by armed groups in the West African country’s troubled northwestern region. In a statement police spokesperson, Mohammed Shehu, said that the children on Friday while they were moving from the Bakura area with their teachers to an Islamic school in neighbouring […]
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Electric carmaker Tesla has been criticised in the US after opening a showroom in China’s controversial Xinjiang region. The company, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, opened the showroom in the city of Urumqi on New Year’s Eve. However, the move has been welcomes by some in China. China has been accused of slavery and genocide […]
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Johannesburg – The past two years have been very tough due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But property owners holding a bond have been given significant relief by the Reserve Bank. In fact, since January 2020, the bank has slashed the repo rate by a record250 basis points to cushion the blow of to consumers. However, […]
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