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More than three years after a company that later donated R380,000 to the Patriotic Alliance (PA) was awarded a nearly R50 million Johannesburg social housing contract, the building it was contracted to convert into 40 flats was still a construction site.
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#news #PatrioticAlliance #PoliticalDonations #ContractScrutiny #TenderControversy

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Raiding a Ramokokastad property, North West police seized 800kg of chemicals, five cooking pots, and over 100 buckets, arresting four suspects—including a 71-year-old woman—while a fifth suspect fled.
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#SunCity #Ramokokastad #Mogwase #SAPS #Hawks #DrugBust

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OPINION | Madlanga Commission Scorecard: Is the NPA being shielded from real scrutiny?

After whistle-blower Drushantha Ramsamy exposed political meddling by Minister Senzo Mchunu and Paul O’Sullivan within IDAC, critics question whether the Madlanga Commission will confront systemic rot inside the NPA.
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#MadlangaCommission #NPA #IDAC #SenzoMchunu

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Inspecting Bloemfontein's Ward 51 in Phase 7, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted internal rifts are resolved, praising visible cleanup gains while facing skeptical residents ahead of the local elections.
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#CyrilRamaphosa #Mangaung #ANC #Bloemfontein #LGE2026

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Decrying 10,000 Makotopong villagers forced to share water with animals, expelled ANC MP Boy Mamabolo launched his new party, Born to Win, pledging basic services ahead of the November 4 polls.
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#BoyMamabolo #BornToWin #Polokwane #Makotopong

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Rallying voters in Ohio and Michigan, 65-year-old Barack Obama blamed Donald Trump for surging living costs, calling the conflict with Iran an unnecessary war that triggered skyrocketing global oil prices.
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#BarackObama #DonaldTrump #USMidterms #SherrodBrown #Ohio

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Following a deadly blaze that destroyed 100 shacks and claimed one life in Bagdad informal settlement, Human Settlements MMC Aaron Maluleka coordinated emergency food parcels, mattresses, and church shelter.
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#SalvokopFire #Tshwane #BagdadSettlement #AaronMaluleka

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Honeydew police sergeant arrested for allegedly raping orphaned teenage relativeTaken in after losing both parents, a young woman was allegedly groomed and repeatedly raped from age 14 by her 49-year-old police uncle, leading to his arrest by IPID on Thursday.
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#HoneydewPolice #IPID #LizzySuping #SAPS #GBVF

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana unveiled plans to trim state payrolls via voluntary exit packages, projecting net savings of R4.4 billion annually to fund 7,101 critical frontline health and education posts.
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#EnochGodongwana #NationalTreasury #MTBPS #WageBill #PublicService

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Over 172,000 chase 5,500 SAPS trainee posts as online recruitment portal surges underlining South Africa’s desperate youth job search, Colonel Amanda van Wyk confirmed more than 172,000 hopefuls—over 95,000 of them women—applied for just 5,500 police trainee positions in three days.
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#SAPSRecruitment #SAPS #AmandaVanWyk #JobCreation #YouthEmployment

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Responding to UDM MP Thandiwe Nontenja’s warnings that up to 94% of offenders reoffend, Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald confirmed key rehabilitation reviews continue amid chronic prison overcrowding and healthcare pressures.
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#PieterGroenewald #CorrectionalServices #PrisonOvercrowding #UDM

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In an explosive draft affidavit, businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala claims politicians offered access to state properties—including a SAPS Tshwane hospital site—to position his firm for lucrative National Health Insurance tenders.
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#CatMatlala #NHI #BerniceSwarts #BhekiCele #SAPS #StateLeases

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Insisting nobody is above the law, the SAHRC has strongly condemned the separate killings of a police officer in Lichtenburg and a foreign national beaten by Durban protesters.
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#SAHRC #WisaniBaloyi #Lichtenburg #Durban #HumanRights

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Following their extradition, 32-year-old Tumelo Tsiu and 30-year-old Lineo Walatsa were handed life sentences by the Ficksburg High Court for a 2024 double murder at the Maseru Bridge border.
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#MaseruBridge #FicksburgHighCourt #CrimeNews #DoubleMurder

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Police seize narcotics worth R9.7 million in intelligence-driven Gqeberha raid

Cornering a 38-year-old suspect inside a garage vehicle, Operation Ukubuza officers executed a weekend search warrant in Rowallan Park, seizing illicit narcotics valued at over R9.7 million.
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#Gqeberha #DrugBust #OperationUkubuza #SAPS #RowallanPark #EasternCapePolice

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Former deputy minister Bernice Swarts dismissed Cat Matlala’s claims as baseless lies, denying ever meeting the businessman or brokering state properties to steer lucrative NHI healthcare contracts his way.
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#CatMatlala #BerniceSwarts #BhekiCele #NHI #SAPS #PublicWorks

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'Like it or not, ANC brought change': Ramaphosa defends 32-year record in Diepkloof

Knocking on doors in Soweto’s Ward 29 amid water cuts, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the ANC’s 32-year balance sheet shows far more positive transformation than failures, urging residents to keep trust.
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#CyrilRamaphosa #ANC #Diepkloof #Soweto #LGE2026

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Sassa dismisses 65 officials in misconduct purge as CEO exposes death threatsDespite investigators facing death threats while probing corruption, Sassa CEO Themba Matlou confirmed 65 officials were dismissed out of 134 disciplinary cases to safeguard vulnerable grant beneficiaries and taxpayers.
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#Sassa #ThembaMatlou #SocialGrants #FraudCrackdown #PublicService

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Mantashe rejects claims ANC has done nothing over past 30 years in governmentAddressing churchgoers in Free State's Thabong township, ANC chair Gwede Mantashe defended the party’s 30-year governance, citing RDP housing, NSFAS bursaries, and child support grants against claims of zero delivery.
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#GwedeMantashe #ANC #Thabong #FreeState #NSFAS #RDPHouses

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Knocking out portals from the Paris police to Pokémon sleep trackers, critical vulnerabilities discovered by AI in PHP—a language powering 70% of websites—sparked global shutdowns as developers scrambled to patch code.
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#PHP #CyberSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #AIHacking #WizResearch

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Raiding a Ramokokastad property, North West police seized 800kg of chemicals, five cooking pots, and over 100 buckets, arresting four suspects—including a 71-year-old woman—while a fifth suspect fled.
Read on: https://t.co/ZpETXWuNt0
#SunCity #Ramokokastad #Mogwase #SAPS #Hawks #DrugBust