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Ramaphosa’s assurances on land ‘cannot hold true anymore’
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 9, 2019
Farmers’ organisation Agri SA has warned that tampering with property rights could lead to ‘high levels of divestment in the economy, food inflation and regional
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Branson to the rescue of SAA?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 9, 2019
British tycoon Richard Branson says he would be open to buying a stake in struggling state-owned airline South African Airways (SAA). He was speaking at
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Too high for Halloween?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 9, 2019
A family in Cape Coral, Florida, were woken on Halloween night to find a man on their roof dressed only in his underwear A woman
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Two options for State to take land without paying for it
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 8, 2019
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution has been given two options for amending the Constitution to
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No surprises in latest round of by-elections
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 8, 2019
In seven by-elections this week, five wards were retained by the African National Congress (ANC) and two by the Democratic Alliance (DA). Although some of
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Momberg back in jail
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 8, 2019
Vicki Momberg, sentenced to prison last year for calling police officers the k-word in a 2016 altercation, was being sought as a fugitive until she
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BLF deregistered – for good?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 7, 2019
Black First Land First (BLF) has failed in its application to appeal against its deregistration as a political party. This appears to end, for the
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Peaceful demonstrations down, violent protests up
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 7, 2019
The total number of crowd-related incidents in South Africa has dropped steadily since 2014/15, but protests have become increasingly violent. According to the latest statistics
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‘Extinct’ Cape plant last seen 200 years ago rediscovered
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 7, 2019
Brian du Preez, a PhD student in botany at the University of Cape Town, stumbled on the Psoralea cataracta near a river on a Tulbagh
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Financial woes for COPE
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 6, 2019
The Congress of the People (COPE) is reportedly having to close its Gauteng head office because of financial problems. Staff at the party’s offices would