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A South African labor union called on its members working across the nation’s gold, platinum and coal mines to down tools in support of a strike at Sibanye Gold Ltd.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for "equitable representation" of women in decision-making bodies within traditional leadership systems

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South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Lindiwe Sisulu has disclosed that President Cyril #Ramaphosa will visit Zimbabwe next month

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South Africa’s rand fell on Tuesday, with investors staying on the sidelines ahead of the annual budget where the financial crisis at state power utility #Eskom is set to be addressed

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South Africa is not planning to privatise embattled power utility #Eskom after the firm is split into three separate entities of generation, transmission and distribution, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday
#EskomLoadshedding

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South African power utility #Eskom needs a cash injection by April to survive, the country’s public enterprises department warned on Wednesday
#EskomLoadshedding

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Eskom aims to end power cuts by end of this week
#EskomLoadshedding

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Sibanye Gold Ltd. is considering shutting unprofitable shafts and cutting jobs at its South African gold mines amid a three-month-old wage strike that’s curbing output

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South Africa’s manufacturing output rose by 0.1 percent year on year in December, following a revised 1.3 increase in November, the statistics agency said on Tuesday

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Six people have been killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in South Africa. About 20 others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria

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#BOSASAArrests comes a day before President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to deliver his annual #StateOfTheUnion speech, and will add weight to his promise that he’s committed to clamping down on graft
#SONA

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Lack of decisive action in dealing with corruption and maladministration is weighing on business sentiment. An index measuring business confidence retreated to 95.1 in January from 95.2 the previous month, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said.

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The Hawks on Wednesday arrested six suspects on allegations of corruption, money laundering and fraud relating to Bosasa. A warrant of arrest has been issued for a seventh suspect
#BOSASAArrests #StateCaptureInquiry

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The stalwarts of the #ANC and Veterans have called upon all politicians, officials and members of businesses in the private and public sector to provide the #StateCaptureInquiry any information to help it in its mission to rid country of corruption

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The head of a judicial panel probing corruption in South Africa directed the authorities to investigate allegations that almost 1 billion rand was paid to services company #Bosasa to provide catering in the nation’s prisons without it doing the requisite work

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At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said on Friday, and 23 were injured

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#SABC has scrapped a plan to lay off nearly 1,000 staff, and will find other ways to save money after the government said it was reducing financial support

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The South African government will soon debate whether to split up state power firm #Eskom to make it financially viable

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Gwede Mantashe, South Africa’s minister of mineral resources and chairman of the #ANC, is facing allegations that he took bribes from #Bosasa

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Three power plants operated by South Africa’s #Eskom have below 10 days of coal stockpiles