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All eyes on Mboweni tomorrow

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As financial pressure mounts on the cash-strapped government, all eyes will be on finance minister Tito Mboweni when he delivers his emergency supplementary budget tomorrow.

Lesufi planning ‘anti-racism police’: Freedom Front Plus

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Gauteng education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, has indicated that he would like to see a body established that would monitor racism in the province’s schools. Louw

Election rerun in Malawi today

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Malawi goes to the polls today to redo a 2019 election which the country’s constitutional court found invalid due to rigging. In May 2019, incumbent

Probe into alleged multi-million rand Covid-19 relief fund theft

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Nearly R5.7 million in Covid-19 relief funds, intended for 200 workers at risk of starvation, were allegedly diverted to just one man in what Asset

De Klerk address in the US cancelled

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The American Bar Association (ABA), in the face of protests, has cancelled an event at which former president FW De Klerk was to speak. The

SA fugitive apprehended in Brazil

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A South African wanted for murder has been arrested in Brazil after being on the run for seven years. Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren was last

Illegal cigarette trade reduces ‘adverse economic impact’ of ban – Dlamini-Zuma

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Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma argues in court papers that the flourishing illegal trade in cigarettes spurred by the lockdown ban on

Debt crisis warning from Kganyago, Mboweni

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Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni have both raised warnings about South Africa’s economic trajectory, especially regarding unsustainable levels of debt.

R1bn not enough – taxi owners

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A day after the government announced a R1 billion aid injection for South Africa’s taxi industry, the South Africa National Taxi Council in Gauteng said

Pandemic entering ‘new and dangerous’ phase – WHO

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The World Health Organization warned yesterday that the Covid-19 pandemic was entering a ‘new and dangerous’ phase. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were some