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Redi Tlhabi shuts down Jimmy Manyi
Radio host and award-winning author Redi Tlhabi was among many South Africans who reacted in shock at President Jacob Zuma making a comment that “the wealthy are buying [ANC comrades] as if they are buying jackets. [They are] walking around with R1 million cash for bribes.” Zuma was giving a speech to his party’s KwaZulu-Natal cadres’ forum. Some, such as the EFF’s advocate Dali Mpofu took this as evidence of Zuma confessing to having known about bribes from businesspeople such as the Guptas. He was not alone, as Tlhabi also took to Twitter to ask whether the president had reported this. “Has he reported this? He is publicly confessing to knowing about the wealthy, bribing politicians. What has
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TB Joshua's many explanations for why his Clinton 'prophecy' was wrong
The leader of Nigeria’s Synagogue Church of All Nations, “Prophet” TB Joshua, has been involved in something of a frantic public relations scramble to explain how he appeared to have incorrectly prophesied that Hillary Clinton would win the US election. Before the election of Donald Trump, Joshua prophesied on Facebook that the winner would be a woman: “Ten days ago, I saw the new President of America with a narrow win. In the immediate aftermath of the election, he hastily deleted the Facebook post and released a statement attempting to explain that he had only meant the popular vote in the US, which Clinton did indeed win. Another Nigerian prophet, Emmanuel Ameh, had also prophesied that he saw “protests, violence and riots after the victory of Hillary Clinton.
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Zuma has confessed to his guilt – Mpofu
EFF national chairperson advocate Dali Mpofu started a debate on Friday afternoon with a tweet endorsing a damning implication against President Jacob Zuma contained in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report. Mpofu claimed that President Zuma had inadvertently confessed to breaking the law while giving a televised speech. He was probably referring to the fact that in Zuma’s speech he said that the wealthy were buying ANC comrades as if they were buying jackets. “They are walking around with R1 million cash for bribes.” Zuma also said that he had knowledge of who was stealing from the public purse – but instead of doing anything about it, he told the crowd that he was
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TRAINSPOTTER: Coffins and court cases – welcome to Malema’s next decade
You’ve probably heard of Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins. They’re the two safari-suit-clad cretins who have become South Africa’s latest social media sensations. Last week, a video appeared online, depicting a sausage-fingered heavy shoving a black man named Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa into a coffin. The clip, seemingly culled from Verwoerd-era SABC archival footage, was viewed wearily by an exhausted nation. I say “exhausted” because a) Willem and Theo are sociopathic assholes who belong in an underwater maximum security prison guarded by an enraged Aquaman, but are, sadly, by no means anomalies, b) over-sharing the clip would unnecessarily compound Mlotshwa’s misery, and c) national/global
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Four die in Hartbeespoort Dam ferry fire
Four people died when a ferry carrying 200 passengers on the Hartbeespoort Dam caught fire on Saturday afternoon. Three people drowned after they jumped off the ferry in an attempt to escape the blaze. Police Lieutenant Colonel Pelonomi Makau said search and rescue teams were searching for survivors after the party boat caught fire. Makau confirmed four people dead during the incident. “Three drowned and one died in the fire.” According to a witness, who could only be identified as Marlize, one person sustained fatal burn wounds. Other reports said the fourth person was trapped in the ferry’s toilet and burned to death. Marlize said her son was on the boat when it caught fire. “All he told me
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What landlords and tenants should know about the CPA
This article was first published in the third-quarter 2016 edition of Personal Finance magazine. This isn’t the first time it’s happened. Over the past five months, your tenant has paid the rent five, nine and 11 days after it was due. It has put a strain on your cash flow: the property is fully bonded, and there are levies and municipal accounts to pay. The good news is that your rental agency has a waiting-list of potential tenants who have passed its credit checks and are financially sound. The solution is clear: cancel the lease and instal a new tenant who will pay the rent on time. You ring up the agent who procured your tenant and explain the situation to her. She says that finding a new
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Brad Pitt 'storms out' of family meeting
LOS ANGELES - Brad Pitt is reportedly "angry" and thinks his children are being turned against him. Brad reportedly "stormed out" of a meeting with his children. The Allied actor is said to be concerned his estranged wife Angelina Jolie is trying to turn their six kids - Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - against him and have even stopped calling him 'daddy'. And Kris Herzog, a bodyguard who works for both the family and Angelina's father Jon Voight, admits the 52-year-old star's two supervised visits with his brood have not gone well. He said: "Brad is so angry. From what I've heard from Brad and Jon, even the kids are turning against him.
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I'm watching the real thieves, says Zuma
Addressing an ANC cadres forum in Pietermaritzburg on Friday night, Zuma said he was well aware of who was stealing public money and that he was "watching them", but not acting on the knowledge. Speaking mainly in Zulu, Zuma said: "It's like those who steal today - they say Zuma steals while they are the worst thieves. They have investigated me all over but they are finding nothing because I'm not doing anything. "If they have found it, it would be over [for me]. Those are the thieves and I know they are stealing. I'm just watching them. I know them," he said. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said it was "embarrassing that a head of state" was boasting about failing to act against criminal and corrupt
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African Champions Mamelodi Sundowns muscle out classy 2-1 victory against Chiefs
Kaizer Chiefs gave everything they had, but were just not quite on the same page as African Champions Mamelodi Sundowns in Saturday’s Premier Soccer League match-up at Loftus Versfeld. Ramahlwe Mphahlele lobbed in a cross-cum-shot to put Chiefs ahead in the 39th minute of this big showdown. But Sundowns’ class shone through with answers by Tebogo Langerman (41st) and Sibusiso Vilakazi (53rd). The kickoff was delayed from 3.30pm to 3.45pm to allow fans in peacefully. Shockingly, for such a big match, access to the stadium was disorganised, resulting in a gate being pushed down by supporters, and in dangerous crushes. Once the action started the match-up between the new African champions, sporting
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SABC board’s professor sings for his supper
SABC chair Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe blindly endorsed ex-COO to please minister, writes Lesiba Seshoka. Johannesburg - Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe, chairperson of the SABC board, is a highly decorated man. I mean educationally. He is an associate professor in the Department of Inclusive Education at my alma mater Unisa. He holds, among others, a diploma in special education and a Master’s degree in education with distinctions. His Doctor of Philosophy degree with specialisations in curriculum and instructional design and development was completed at the University of Pretoria. The title of his dissertation was: “A study of inclusive education and its effects on the teaching of biology to visually
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Why a radical land solution is whites' surest guarantee
The colonial question is first and foremost the question of land. This question is: who does South Africa's land belong to? The colonial answer to this question is that it belongs to white Europeans who discovered it in the 1600s. The first generation of colonial settlers believed in conquering the land precisely because those found living on it already did not have title deeds. Thus, it was "discovered". Central to the lack of title deeds was precisely the idea of the commodification of land. Title deed was really the proof, not of belonging as such, but of ownership, which means our people could not show that they owned the land through a piece of paper. Thus, they did not own it. If they did
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All the pics from MTV MAMA 2016
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised US President-elect Donald Trump and said he expected greater engagement in the Middle East from his administration, in an interview with Portuguese media.
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Could Julius Malema be SA's next president?
Speaking at at the Discovery Leadership Summit on Monday‚ Ferguson said populism explained the British and American electorate's choices of Brexit and Donald Trump as US President this year. Brexit and Trump's win in American elections surprised pollsters and mainstream media but could be understood by populism and a backlash against globalisation he explained. He said there was a feeling that not everyone benefits from globalisation. History and studying South America's populist presidents could predict the rise of populism and what happened next. ‘I will lock up De Klerk if I become president’: Malema The four points that can predict populist electorate decisions such as Trump are: - Increased
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Zimbabwe: First Lady's Rise to Vice President 'Put On Hold'
First Lady Grace Mugabe's ambition of becoming Zimbabwe's deputy president has been "put on hold" after Mashonaland West Zanu-PF women's league said the issue of quota system in the presidium should be avoided, a report said on Sunday. According to The Standard, the women's league provincial chairperson Angeline Muchemeyi said they came up with the resolution after Grace said that she did not want any position higher than her current one. Grace is currently the Zanu-PF women's league secretary, a position she has held since 2014. The report said that the development was a huge blow to one of the ruling party's faction which allegedly had been pushing for Grace to take over from President Robert
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Shaun’s bid to rescue his reputation - Politics
Unlikely hero or cunning villain: that is the question prompted by the exchange of letters between prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams and the head of the Hawks, Berning Ntlemeza. The letters became public this week when Abrahams included them in his answering affidavit in the application by Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation to enforce his suspension pending an inquiry into his fitness for office. The North Gauteng director of public prosecutions, Sibongile Mzinyathi, and the head of the priority crimes litigation unit, Torie Pretorius, the NPA officers fingered by Abrahams as having taken the decision to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former Sars officials with fraud,
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Zimbabwe retailers adopt survival strategies or close
This comes as the government is preparing to introduce local bond notes at month-end, although this has been challenged in court by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. Zimbabwe's annualised inflation (essentially deflation) rate for October improved by 0.37 percentage points to minus 0.95%. Some businesses such as wholesalers and petrol stations are offering discounts for cash purchases as the country battles a cash shortage. "When you want to import, the bank asks you to bring hard cash ... to deposit before they can make the transfer. Some businesses have resorted to 'buying' cash at a premium that is then passed on to consumers [thus pushing up prices]," Denford Mutashu, president of the Confederation
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Spotlight! Cassper Nyovest's success is a story of sacrifice and dedication
Even though Cassper fell short of filling up the 40 000 seater stadium by just a few ticket sales, that did not dampen the rapper's accomplishment and Mzansi has been celebrating him. The show Cassper produced for the 30 000 strong crowd, who came out to support him, was also nothing short of world-class and spectacular. It was an emotional moment for Cassper as he stood up on that stage and took in the mammoth accomplishment. WATCH: Pearl Thusi's daughter breaks down in tears over her mom's surprise visit to SA And the moment surely made all the sacrifices he's had to make completely worth it. Speaking to TshisaLIVE just days before the iconic show, Cassper opened up about the cost of being
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Van Rooyen's men wasted no time 'leaking confidential info' – report
Two days into his four-day stint as finance minister in December last year, Des van Rooyen’s newly appointed advisory team reportedly took it upon itself to share confidential Treasury information with close associates of the Gupta family. This revelation is contained in the Sunday Times, which says it has seen “shocking details” revealed in a “string of e-mails”. They claim Van Rooyen’s advisers Ian Whitley and Mohamed Bobat were trying to take over Treasury “almost immediately”. Whitley is ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte’s son-in-law. The emails emerged in the ongoing court battle between Gupta-aligned businessman Eric Wood and his former partners at Regiments Capital. At the centre
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Chris Hani's house to be turned into a museum
The house‚ which was previously privately owned‚ will be turned into a museum to depict the life of the anti-apartheid hero and South African Communist Party (SACP) leader. WATCH: Why Chris Hani had to die - Derby-Lewis speaks in last interview "The house has been bought. It has been transferred to our name‚" said Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina on Thursday. "As we were buying the house‚ we asked ourselves 'why are we buying the house?' We immediately then directed our officials to apply to the South African Heritage Resource Agency to declare this house‚ a heritage [site]." The ANC-governed metro has purchased the property in Dawn Park‚ Boksburg and mayor Masina said the house will undergo
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Tom Moyane gets a secret unit of his own
An internal memo seen by the Sunday Times reveals that the unit has been mandated to conduct undercover operations, set up agent traps and intercept the communications of SARS employees thought to be involved. The unit has raised eyebrows in SARS as it was authorised by commissioner Tom Moyane - even though he complained about a similar unit that existed during Pravin Gordhan's tenure as head of SARS. Moyane's complaint sparked a Hawks' investigation against Gordhan, Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg and others. In the memo, senior manager Yegan Mundie details the operations of the new unit, including that its members be seconded to the Hawks as part of the "anti-corruption and security" special projects team.
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