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Freedom’s 30th birthday: As we celebrate three decades of democracy, 27 April 1994 voters and born-frees speak of shattered dreams and false dawns. Get your copy of this week's M&G and subscribe at ...for more!
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North West farmer to sue Eskom for R2m after 40 000 broiler chickens die - An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation
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Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and MPs travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent.
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Would it be easier? We stand with #CasterSemenya
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Initially Julius Malema and Mosioua Lekota sat next to each other during land hearings held on Wednesday in Limpopo. It soon became apparent the two were engaged in a heated debate, which led to Lekota moving away from Malema find another seat.
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Banyana Banyana has been awarded a R2.4 million bonus by Safa for their performance at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations and qualifying for Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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I don’t have a legal duty to end load-shedding, says Ramaphosa - Power supply is the remit of municipalities, not the president or national government, Ramaphosa has said in court papers
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🔒 Newly appointed Northern Cape premier, Zamani Saul, has raged against even a bowl of fresh fruit awaiting him in his office each morning, dismissing it as “wastage”. “If I want fresh fruit, I can go and buy it myself,” he said.
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OPINION| Ramaphosa has betrayed the trust of South Africa’s people by not coming clean on Phala Phala robbery - President must resign and hand himself over to the police
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SIU alerts presidency to Khusela Diko’s R1-million Digital Vibes payout - The SIU has sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office informing it of alleged corruption by his former spokesperson
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Banyana Banyana are into the final of the 2018 African Cup of Nations and have qualified for the World Cup thanks to their 2-0 win over Mali in a semi-final clash on Tuesday evening.
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Ameesha Chauhan, a survivor of the Everest “traffic jam” who is in hospital recovering from frostbite, said climbers without basic skills should be barred to prevent a recurrence of this year’s deadly season.
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#WinneMandelaFuneral : @thandiswamazwai pays tribute to Mam Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in song. Video via @SABCNewsOnline
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🔒 UJ is being taken to the Labour Court for dismissing one of its professors after he blew the whistle on the dean of humanities, who allegedly sabotaged decolonisation efforts and bullied black faculty members.
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Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and MPs travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent. Without any right to parliamentary immunity, they can be tried in a court of law like any other person.
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Ethiopian Airlines is now the continent’s largest airline by fleet size, passenger numbers, revenue and profit — an astonishing success story that has left its main competitors, South African Airways and Kenyan Airways, languishing in its contrails.
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Sweden does not offer luxury or privileges to its politicians. Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and MPs travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent.
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ICYMI: According to the minister, some of the "unlimited resources" of NGOs come from the CIA and are used to "block development in a poor country like South Africa".
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Ramaphosa: The buffaloes come home to roost - The president faces investigations from SARS and the Reserve Bank on top of charges laid by former spy boss Arthur Fraser
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Only six months into the job, Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has already overhauled the intelligence agency, scrapped the controversial state of emergency, welcomed back opposition leaders and ended a decades-old conflict with Eritrea.
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Patrice Motsepe’s investment holding company African Rainbow Capital has bought 90% of the TymeDigital bank. He says the transaction has culminated in the first "black-owned and controlled commercial, retail and digital bank in South Africa”.
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"I served for 28 years. More than Nelson Mandela. I’m in the league of President Mandela, Tokyo Sexwale, Mathews Phosa and other political prisoners. I served 28 years like Jafta Masemola, but I was not recognised by our black people."
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Top 10 Fenty products you should own - After debuting her historically inclusive shade range, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty finally launches in Africa today.
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Ramaphosa refuses to answer Phala Phala questions at ANC integrity committee meeting - The president appeared before the group of elders on Tuesday
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Cope leader Mosioua Lekota was forced to move from his front seat at the parliamentary public hearings into land expropriation constitutional after a tiff with EFF leader Julius Malema.
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Africans of the Year: Tems and Wizkid - Dancing to their own beat: the Afrobeats sound is conquering the world, with Tems and WizKid at the vanguard
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A voice recording of a senior Patriotic Alliance (PA) member has explicitly detailed how drug money and gangsters allegedly funded the party.
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Limpopo-born Kgothatso Montjane is a wheelchair tennis player currently ranked number eight in the world in the women’s division. She made her #Wimbledon debut this year and she's on the #MG200Young list for 2018!
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“Why is it that, if I want R3-million to buy a car, the application takes a day? But if I want the same R3-million in order to generate jobs and start a small business, that application takes six months to two years. Why?"
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#BestOf2018 : “We are people of this land. God made us to look like the soil of this land because we belong to it. We were born to farm on our land and trade livestock among ourselves. Money was never our thing as Africans.”
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We can march. We can light candles. We can carry pepper spray, walk in groups, watch our drinks, dress modestly, tell everyone where we are going but it means nothing. We are not dying. We are being killed by men. Violence against women is a men’s issue @GovernmentZA . #Uyinene
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Mandy Rossouw stumbled upon what would become the Nkandla scandal and doggedly pursued the story at great personal and professional risk. Sadly, she never lived long enough to see the fruition of her hard work.
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The NSPCA received 100 complaints about the incident, which took place when Malema tried to slaughter a cow as part of the EFF's tenth-anniversary celebration.
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"I wasn't sure if UCT was ready for me. I'm a bit young, my earrings are too big - I'm too colourful," says newly-elected UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng ( @FabAcademic )
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A total of R5.9 million — VBS loot — flowed from the business account of Floyd’s brother to the business account of Julius’ cousin. What’s happening here? Find out in the M&G on Friday.
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Two former executives who ripped off the University of Johannesburg have been ordered to pay back the money they siphoned from the university.
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Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners.
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The gloves are coming off! Paul Mashatile (ANC Deputy President), Floyd Shivambu (EFF Deputy President), Siviwe Gwarube (DA Chief Whip), Athol Trollip (ActionSA Eastern Cape Premier Candidate) and Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi (IFP Deputy President), will face off in a discussion at the…
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Julius Malema: The firebrand who shapes SA’s discourse - Love him or loathe him, Julius Malema has had a dramatic impact on the local political landscape
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Read it again: Sweden does not offer luxury or privileges to its politicians. Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and MPs travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent.
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“Nelson Mandela would have reminded us that the last colonial question is land. If you don’t tackle the issue of land‚ you shall never know peace” — Kenyan intellectual Patrick Lumumba during a Nelson Mandela memorial lecture.
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Nike has released a new film honouring the "tenacious spirit and strength" of two-time Olympic gold medallist and middle distance runner Caster Semenya. #JustDoIt .
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German luxury car giant Mercedes-Benz has thrown South Africa an important foreign investment lifeline with a pledge to plough €600-million into the country.
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We're excited to announce Floyd Shivambu, EFF Deputy President, as one of our speakers at the Mail & Guardian's 2024 National Election Debate, in partnership with the University of Fort Hare. The debate will take place at the educational institution on 17 April. Register here…
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In court papers, the NPA detailed 12 cash bribes Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly demanded from a contractor. The papers show the dates and places the alleged crimes took place. Here are the speaker's 12 counts of corruption worth R4.55 million. For more on this story by…
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ANC SG Ace Magashule speaks to media during a tea break at the #StateCaptureInquiry .
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How to win the genetic lottery, more than once.
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Brian Shivambu, a VBS Mutual Bank beneficiary and brother of EFF deputy commander-in-chief Floyd Shivambu, has been ordered by the Johannesburg high court to pay R1.78-million to the bank’s liquidators.
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We love and appreciate your mum’s support. Please DM us her details so we can have a copy of the paper delivered to her every Friday for the next 6 months, at no cost.
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We remember Ashley Kriel, a 20-year-old Umkhonto weSizwe cadre who called for militant action against the apartheid government. He died at the hands of police on this day in 1987.
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Zuma family face eviction as liquidators auction luxury Parktown mansion - Former president’s family members have been told to hand over the keys to the Joburg dwelling before 31 December
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Liberian President George Weah has abolished tuition fees for undergraduate students in the West African country's state universities.
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Want a solution to Eskom? Get rid of Mantashe, say energy experts - The cabinet reshuffle should move the mineral resources and energy minister to another portfolio
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Mkhwebane says she wants ‘position of authority’ in EFF, but party members say they have had enough of being sidelined for high-profile newcomers who haven’t put in the hours
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We would like to apologise for the error regarding the story below. However 'awakward' it is, you know what it feels to get something wrong. #LifeSupport . Thank you and good day Sizwe.
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The curious case of the Fourways flat: it was bought using VBS money by Brian‘s company and Floyd‘s stuff was nicked from there, yet the Shivambu brothers deny they live there. What we have however, is a direct flow of VBS money for Floyd’s benefit.
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BREAKING: Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is acting as finance minister in the place of Enoch Godongwana, who is currently sick, the presidency confirmed on Tuesday.
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“I am a woman and I am a world-class athlete. The IAAF will not drug me or stop me from being who I am.” — Caster Semenya.
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EFF leader Julius Malema speaks to the M&G about the 2019 elections, President Ramaphosa's new dawn and whether he'll go back to the ANC
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Days after President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled another set of statues in honour of Nelson Mandela, ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has criticised the move as a waste of resources.
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ANC chairperson and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has taken aim at Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, accusing him of mistakenly thinking he has ownership of the state capture report.
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Former president Jacob Zuma has implicated South Africa’s founding democratic president, the late Nelson Mandela, and his foundation, in having benefited from the 1990s arms deal in a letter seen by the Mail & Guardian.
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: More murder claims against Kelly Khumalo emerge - Advocate Zandile Mshololo calls two case dockets for Meyiwa’s murder a ‘gross irregularity’
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ambitious plan to attract $100-billion to kick start the country’s struggling economy got a major boost on Thursday, when Saudi Arabia committed to invest $10-billion in the country.
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#ICASA has announced that cellphone users will soon be allowed to carry over unused data. #DataMustFall
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ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Collen Malatji has called former president Jacob Zuma “ungrateful” and a school “dropout” who benefited from the movement more than any president in its history.
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Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng: From learning under a tree to international recognition - How the UCT vice chancellor used education to transcend circumstance
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#MUFC : The question now is will Pogba be okay? #Mourinho
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ICYMI: Liberian President George Weah has abolished tuition fees for undergraduate students in the country’s state universities.
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How NPA ‘protected’ Shepherd Bushiri’s rape and trafficking charges: The self-proclaimed prophet and his allies were shielded by NPA advocates, a damning investigation by the Hawks finds
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Dan Teffo: NPA wanted to charge Kelly Khumalo for Meyiwa’s murder - Defence advocate argued that his clients were ‘scapegoats’ and the people in the football star’s house covered up his murder
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Former SANDF surgeon general Zola Dabula implicated in R156-million graft - Close to half-a-billion rand was spent on revamping 1 Military Hospital, yet there is little to show for it. A long-awaited report reveals who is implicated in the malfeasance
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WATCH | The Mail & Guardian's Political Editor, @lizTandwa , sat down with EFF Leader, Julius Malema @Julius_S_Malema , for a one-on-one interview. He speaks on asking former president Jacob Zuma to endorse the EFF for the national and provincial elections. Read the full story…
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Run faster than mediocrity and hate poison the mind. 🙅🏿🙅🏿🙅🏿Team M&G ♥️ @caster800m
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De Ruyter: coal is not king; phase it out for renewables - The government should support independent power producers to come online faster
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President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma - Ska ba hemisa (October 2017)
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Read this letter from a male engineer to his female classmates. "...you and I can't be equal." 📸 via @MyDaughtersArmy #WomensDay
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PODCAST | The M&G politics journalists @lizTandwa and @PaddyHarper1 chat with the leader of the @EFFSouthAfrica @Julius_S_Malema , reflecting on the 10 years after he was expelled from the ANC and his impact on the EFF and South African politics. Tap the link in our bio for more!
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What's 18 years to a champ? @caster800m smashed yet another South African record on her way to winning the 400m event at the African Athletics Championships in Nigeria.
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What's Redi talking about? Back in 2012, when he was still deputy minister of economic development, Godongwana quit his post in the face of mounting outrage about his involvement in a company that allegedly defrauded clothing factory workers of R100mn of their pension fund money.
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Have some of these tv anchors forgotten why Godongwana, our new Finance Minister resigned as Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise in 2012? The much publicized Canyon Springs Insolvency Inquiry..the lies & misappropriation of factory workers' pensions? Richard Kawie ring a bell?
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Happy birthday to former president Jacob Zuma and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.
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Precious Banda appears to have used another woman's ID number to secure a spot on the ANC’s youth structure.
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Hugh Masekela: I don't have anything to regret. I think people who have regrets are people who think they can relive their lives. You only see each day once.
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Ramaphosa Education Trust withdraws Catherine Michelle Reynders' bursary after video of her expletive-laden racist rant emerges.
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In 1983, Nigeria expelled two million undocumented West African migrants, half of whom were from Ghana. The sturdy, checked bags into which they packed their belongings have become a symbol of exclusion and intolerance.
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Model Naomi Campbell speaks at the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. #WinnieMandelaFuneral (Reuters/Mike Hutchings)
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The National Prosecuting Authority has “dragged its feet” in prosecuting Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane due to his close proximity to President Cyril Ramaphosa. It has been five months since the Hawks handed over the docket to the authority.
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President John Magufuli has been widely criticised for his lacklustre response to the coronavirus pandemic, even as case numbers in Tanzania increase. Mwanahamisi Singano says that Tanzanians have a right to expect more.
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Pilots are among the highest-paid employees at SAA, with annual salaries ranging between R900 000 to as much as R6-million a year — and William Chandler, who's been flying since 1994, will have to pay it all back.
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Over on Instagram: Former president Thabo Mbeki and @EFFSouthAfrica CIC @Julius_S_Malema at the #MbekiOnPower event.
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