Beijing to suspend domestic, overseas Chinese group tours: state media
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Same-sex couple starts awareness campaign after wedding venue snub
Megan Watling and Sasha-Lee Heekes launched the Same Love Campaign this week after Beloftebos wedding venue rejected their request to hire the venue.
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Sacca ‘needs space’ to investigate Southern Cape plane crash
Three people died after the Cessna crashed minutes after take-off from George Airport this past week.
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Mantashe: Mining bosses shouldn’t chase profits at expense of workers
Gwede Mantashe presented statistics on mining safety on Friday, where he revealed there’s been a decrease in fatalities in the sector.
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Lesufi: District and head office did not approve Parktown Boys' trip to Nyati
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has released the findings into a preliminary report after Enock Mpianzi died at a school orientation camp near Brits last week.
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Police boss welcomes court victory against Nafiz Modack
Modack had brought an urgent application to the Western Cape High Court in November to restrain police in the Western Cape from arresting him, confronting him and searching his premises.
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Latest attack on Cape paramedics under investigation
The attack on a Metro EMS vehicle in Athlone brings to three the number of incidents involving ambulance crews over the past week.
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Motsoaledi applauds Diepsloot community for not taking law into their own hands
The minister addressed angry residents in the township earlier on Friday, alongside Police Minister Bheki Cele, amid heightened tensions over safety concerns.
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Neil Aggett: Ex-apartheid security officer surprised 'terrorists' well educated
An inquiry is underway in the High Court in Johannesburg into the death of Aggett in detention in 1982.
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Etzebeth, SAHRC agree to drop court review application
The commission laid a complaint with the Equality Court last year after Etzebeth was accused of attacking two men at a popular hangout in Langebaan.
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SAA assures staff January salaries will be paid
The embattled state-owned company is fighting for its survival after it entered a form of bankruptcy protection last month and cancelled some flights this week because of cash shortages.
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Don’t expect 'bag full of investments' from Davos, says Mboweni
Mboweni was speaking is Davos Switzerland, where he's leading a delegation of the country’s ministers and business people trying to sell South Africa as an investment destination.
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Ex-Transnet official lifts lid on millions spent on TNA sponsorship
Former Transnet brand and publicity coordinator Joseph Jackson said that he reported to Mboniso Sigonyela, who told him he should not recommend but should tell management that the SOE must advertise with the newspaper.
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Police officer dies after being shot in Berea, KZN
Paramedics said that they found the man alive but in a critical condition on the scene on Winter Avenue earlier on Friday.
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Justice Minister Lamola returns remains of Cato Manor 9 to families
Nine people were hanged in 1961 by the apartheid government after they took part in the Cato Manor uprising on 24 January 1960.
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DA wants public comment deadline on land expropriation draft law extended
Members of the public have exactly a week left to make submissions before Parliament finalises the process to amend the Constitution.
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Jacques Nienaber confirmed as new Springboks head coach
Mzwandile Stick has been reappointed as an assistant coach while in an innovative inclusion, Felix Jones will continue but in a new role as a European-based coaching consultant.
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Parliament Speaker says yes to motion to start proceedings to remove PP
The fresh calls for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s removal come after Parliament adopted new rules for the removal of a Public Protector.
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Zola Tsotsi: The Guptas said they had put me in position
Zola Tsotsi is testifying at the state capture commission of inquiry on Friday.
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Strandfontein Ratepayers angered by 'preferential treatment' of film crews
The Strandfontein Ratepayers and Residents Association is angered over bylaws which seem to apply to residents but not to the film industry.
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EC cop slapped with 9-year sentence for fraud
Mkhanyiseli Mashiyi was sentenced in the East London regional court on Thursday.
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Commission for Gender Equality ‘concerned’ over ukuthwala practice
In two separate incidents in the Eastern Cape this week, teenage girls were rescued after police found they were allegedly forced to marry older men.
