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Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:01:45 +0200
Zuma arms deal judge, Piet Koen considering recusal
The judge presiding over former president Jacob Zuma’s arms deal-related trial has indicated he is considering recusing himself.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:36:17 +0200
Media’s exposure of wrongdoing plays vital role in society: Press Council
The Press Council of South Africa has paid tribute to the media for “robustly defending and growing press freedom” in the country.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:07:44 +0200
Top of the range cars, art collection and jewellery: Markus Jooste’s R1.2bn attached assets
A silver Mercedes-Benz SL600, a green Land Rover Defender, a white Lexus LX570, jewellery, a mansion in Hermanus and the exclusive Lanzerac Wine Estate outside Stellenbosch are some of the assets linked to former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste which th...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0200
WATCH | Woman arrested on suspicion of killing 12-year-old girl in Paris
French authorities have arrested a 24-year-old woman on suspicion of killing a 12-year-old girl whose body, covered in cuts and bruises, was found in a plastic trunk outside her home in Paris, in a case that has shocked the country.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:45:00 +0200
US sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak
The United States sent Gilead Sciences' remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that has infected 60 people and killed 44, ...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:42:18 +0200
Mali threatens to defend against French sovereignty violations
Mali's foreign affairs minister on Tuesday said the military government would exercise its right to self-defence if France continued to undermine the West African country's sovereignty and national security.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:30:00 +0200
Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'
Illegal gold-mining is destroying tracts of pristine rainforest in Congo's Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site meant to be a haven for the endangered mammal nicknamed Africa's unicorn, environmental organisations warned on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:24:12 +0200
Indonesia reports 99 child deaths from acute kidney injury this year
Close to 100 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury (AKI) so far this year, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, as a team of experts investigates the spike in cases.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:21:52 +0200
‘I didn’t know him’, says murder accused in Prince Lethukuthula case
An accused in the Prince Lethukuthula Zulu murder case has claimed she was assaulted by police officers several times when she was arrested for the murder in 2020.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:29:57 +0200
IN PICTURES | ‘Snow’ hailstorms hit parts of Gauteng
Several parts of Gauteng experienced snow-like weather on Tuesday afternoon after warnings about hailstorms.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0200
DA to take Zuma’s backer Louis Liebenberg to Equality Court over viral ‘racist’ rant
The DA said it would lay a complaint with the Equality Court to ensure Liebenberg "is held to account for his despicable utterances”.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:51:00 +0200
Transnet's port, rail operations normalising after strike
Employee attendance was up across the board, averaging between 70% and 80%, with more employees expected to return over the next two days, Transnet said on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:45:00 +0200
Steinhoff ex-CEO Markus Jooste’s assets frozen, including his wine farm
The assets include a wine farm in Stellenbosch and a property in Hermanus where the 61-year-old is understood to have been living, according to the papers filed at the High Court in Cape Town.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:57:00 +0200
Doctor murdered after being kidnapped in front of family
A well-known Free State doctor was kidnapped in front of his family on Monday and later found dead with gunshot wounds and his hands tied behind his back.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:30:06 +0200
Tribunal sets aside SABC decision to pay music legends but says R2.4m debt has become prescribed
The Special Tribunal on Tuesday found that the 2016 decision by SABC executives to award R50,000 each to 53 music legends was irregular and unlawful.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:14:00 +0200
Rock stars: how a group of scientists in SA rescued a rare 500kg chunk of human history
The patterns on the recovered rock are likely between 143,000 and 91,000 years old

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:13:00 +0200
MPs slam Seta bursaries for the dead, pensioners and schoolchildren
More than 10,000 individuals got financial aid from ‘multiple’ Setas for different programmes at the same time, according to AG’s findings

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:13:00 +0200
EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa’s backtrack shows how out of touch he is
For the president, in these tough economic times, to make ministers’ cushy jobs even cushier beggars belief

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:54:34 +0200
We'll afford King Misuzulu the same respect as his father: KZN cabinet
The KwaZulu-Natal legislature will afford King Misuzulu kaZwelithini the same respect that was afforded to the late King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:58:12 +0200
Hillary Gardee’s family demands R18m from JCS minister for trauma and constitutional damages
The law firm representing the family has been instructed to pursue damages of R2m each for nine family members

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:26:39 +0200
Private healthcare in Zimbabwe takes a knock
The largest private healthcare provider in Zimbabwe shuts some departments

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:54:22 +0200
German prosecutors search Deutsche Bank HQ in tax fraud probe
German prosecutors have searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in connection with an ongoing investigation of the multibillion-euro tax fraud scheme known as “cum-ex”, Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:41:52 +0200
No special visits for Block, says prison official after Sisulu turned away
The department of correctional services on Tuesday responded to allegations by tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu that she and reverend Alan Boesak were unfairly denied access to prisoner John Block at a Northern Cape prison.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:13:05 +0200
Oudtshoorn deputy mayor in custody after ‘sexual assault’ case is postponed
The deputy mayor of Oudtshoorn municipality in the Western Cape appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge related to an alleged sexual assault.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:54:33 +0200
Ethiopia says army has captured three towns from Tigray forces
The Ethiopian army has captured three towns in the northern region of Tigray, one to the northwest and two to the south of the regional capital Mekelle, the government said on Tuesday as one senior official said the conflict was being "extinguished".

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:48:10 +0200
Germany dismisses cybersecurity chief on worry over Russian ties
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has relieved the country's cybersecurity chief of his duties on allegations of having excessively close relations to Russia, a ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:30:53 +0200
WATCH | Sex workers join protest against alleged serial killer as state says six victims remain unidentified
A sex worker who conducts her business in downtown Joburg can only hope the man charged with premeditated murder is not granted bail at his next court appearance.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:23:21 +0200
Ukraine moves to cut diplomatic ties with Iran after drone attacks
Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday he was submitting a proposal to President Volodymyr Zelensky to formally cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after a wave of Russian attacks using what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:36:42 +0200
We didn’t cause irregular expenditure at SABC, say Motsoeneng and Aguma
Two former heads of the SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng and James Aguma, have absolved themselves of any wrongdoing which led to R2.8bn in cumulative irregular expenditure at the public broadcaster.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:18:34 +0200
On-and-off week ahead as Eskom releases latest load-shedding schedule
Load-shedding is nowhere near over as Eskom on Tuesday announced a fresh schedule of power cuts for the week.



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