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Banks could survive an SOE default, says Reserve Bank
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 2, 2019
A default on their debt by South Africa’s State-Owned Enterprises would be harmful to the banking sector, but would not derail it. This was the
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Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill Signed
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 2, 2019
It was announced this week that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. According to a statement by the Presidency the
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Black Friday plot foiled; supremacist leader arrested
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 2, 2019
Specialist police unit arrested white supremacist activist Harry Johannes Knoesen, leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement (NCRM). A tip off suggested that he had
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Former Sudan ruling party to be banned
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 1, 2019
Draft legislation approved by the Sudanese cabinet would seek to remove vestiges of the ‘Al-Ingaz Regime’, as the rule of former President Omar al-Bashir was
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Starvation hits Zimbabwe
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 1, 2019
The United Nations (UN) has warned that up to 60% of Zimbabweans are unable to meet their basic food needs. However, this food shortage was
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Water plan unveiled
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Dec 1, 2019
The government’s National Water and Sanitation Master Plan has been released. Speaking at the launch in Tshwane on 28 November, Minister of Human Settlements, Water,
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More than 40 Cape trains lost to arson, but no arrests
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 30, 2019
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato complained this week that more than 40 train sets, with at least 140 carriages, had been destroyed by fire over
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Heating up Down Under
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 30, 2019
Australia’s fire- and drought-ravaged east will continue to suffer hot and dry conditions this summer, increasing the chances of severe weather events. The Bureau of
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SAA on the brink
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 30, 2019
The embattled state-owned airline, South African Airways (SAA), suffered another blow on Thursday when a major ticket retailer stopped selling tickets to fly on the
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Govt urged to step in to curb foot-and-mouth disease risk
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 29, 2019
The government has been urged to gazette – or declare as a crisis – the latest Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Limpopo as