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The Pretoria News is to get a new editor from February 1. Valerie Boje has stepped down from the position she has held for the past eight years and will be replaced by Piet Rampedi.
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Almost R2 million in taxpayer money was spent every month on 16 members of the elite special task force deployed to Ramaphosa's farm in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, following the theft.
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EFF leader Julius Malema leads the protest of the national shutdown through the streets of Tshwane towards the Union Buildings Video: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
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Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has rejected Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s apology, saying his 'despicable behaviour' should be dealt with by the ANC top six officials and the NEC
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Staff at the ANC headquarters in Luthuli House have been without salaries for two months and said they were being forced back into poverty by the former liberation movement.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his close associates may have violated some aspects of the international money transfer laws of the United States, as the controversy over millions of dollars stashed at his farm Phala Phala continues.
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Decuplets father, Teboho Tsotetsi, on his wife Gosiame Sithole's challenging pregnancy, and the journey they travelled together.
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Roads and schools in Queenswood were closed and cops on high alert as the EFF marched on an old age home, to support workers in a racism dispute with employers.
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EFF members went to the US embassy in Pretoria to protest against the "onslaught of black people carried out by American police" following the killing of former South African rugby player Lindani Myeni.
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Tshwane EFF has exposed alleged residency corruption taking place in Sunnyside, with over 100 backroom-like apartments built on municipal property in Leyds Street.
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The EFF stormed Tshwane mayor Randall Williams’s office, demanding that all members of the mayoral committee and political staff must vacate the offices. The EFF are trying to prevent VIP drivers from transporting MMCs with municipal vehicles.
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Joshua Modau, an outsourced security officer involved in the protest outside Tshwane House along with the EFF, calls on the City of Tshwane to insource all security workers.
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The deadly riots which rocked KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng is the clearest indication yet that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet are missing in action and out of touch with the mood of the country, say some of the country’s political analysts.
Supporters wait on Church Square for the Mamelodi Sundowns team and staff to arrive for the main celebrations of winning their 12th title. The team made visits to various parts of Pretoria to parade the trophy.
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's lawyer, Refiloe Mokoena, says her client has instructed her to apply for an urgent court interdict to force the
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to release her from its custody. She says Sithole is being held at Tembisa Hospital for psychological assessment against her will.
The editorial team at eNCA has lifted the lid on allegations of massive news coverage bias by management at the 24-hour news channel.
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An intricate web of corruption and claims of identity theft involving RAF, the City of Joburg (CoJ) and Investec Bank has been uncovered after a Pretoria-based law firm discovered that the RAF allegedly had 16 bank accounts.
When Zizi Kodwa was ANC spokesperson, he received more than R2 million in payments and luxury accommodation linked to technology services company EOH, the Zondo commission heard.
Taxi operators in Mabopane, Winterveld and Soshanguve refused to ferry commuters at 100% capacity, saying it would put at risk the lives of people.
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The EFF protest outside Tshwane House against the DA-led coalition’s decision to “reverse the monumental milestone achieved regarding the council-approved process of insourcing security guards and cleaners”.
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Minister Blade Nzimande’s exclusion of more than 20 000 potential first-year students from studying at Unisa is a direct contradiction to the transformation objectives in the higher education sector.
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A Tshwane resident Djo Bankuna is ready to call it a day for his cabbage patch on his sidewalk, which feeds those in need, after he has been allegedly threatened with arrest by Tshwane metro police officers. He has now been issued with a fine for R1500.
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Angry EFF members protest outside the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court, where a 27-year-old man is appearing for the alleged rape of his 2-year-old niece.
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