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President Ramaphosa set to visit flood-stricken Limpopo

Nine room house in Mbaula Village totally destroyed by flooding in Limpopo President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday afternoon visit flood-stricken parts of Limpopo, to assess the extent of the damage and the response of government.   The Presidency says via a statement that Ramaphosa’s thoughts are with families who have lost loved ones, people…

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Mbalula weighs in on future of GPU in KZN

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has weighed in on the future of the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU)in KwaZulu-Natal. The National Freedom Party (NFP), which has been described as a kingmaker pulled out of the GPU, subsequently threatening the stability of the multi-party pact in the province. But Mbalula…

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Global central bankers defend Fed’s Powell after Trump threat

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell Central Bank chiefs from around the world lined up in support of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday, issuing an unprecedented statement of solidarity after the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment. Powell has been threatened with indictment over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about…

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NW Agriculture denies reports of recruiting youth from other provinces into learnership pgm

[FILE] North West youth at the Fresh Produce Market The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the North West has dismissed reports that it has recruited young people from other provinces into a learnership programme to be held at Kgora Farmers Training Centre in Ramatlabama outside Mahikeng this year.   The department says there is a recording of this effect on social media.   MEC…

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SAPS marred by political interference for a long time: Phahlane

Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane at the Ad Hoc Committee Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has acknowledged that political interference in the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been prevalent for a long time. Phahlane says it began after the ANC Polokwane Conference in 2007. He is testifying before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating wide-ranging allegations of…

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