Limpopo seeing progress in poverty and unemployment fight: Premier

File | Unemployment graphic. Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba says the province is recording encouraging progress in the fight against poverty and unemployment. She was speaking during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate under way in Parliament. Ramathuba points to declining poverty levels and falling unemployment figures. She says Limpopo is leading nationally in…

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Commission hears recorded call of Gen Sibiya & Gen Senthumule

Divisional Commissioner for Detective and Forensic Services Hilda Senthumule. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, has furnished the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry with recordings of a conversation between him and Divisional Commissioner for Detective and Forensic Services, Lieutenant-General Hilda Senthumule. General Sibiya says he recorded the conversations to avoid allegations…

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Mkhwebane refutes Sibiya’s ‘cleared of wrongdoing’ claim

Impeached Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane at a MK Party event. Impeached Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has sought to clarify suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s claims at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. On Wednesday, he said Mkhwebane had cleared him and the City of Johannesburg of wrongdoing over his appointment as head of…

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Dirco details complexities in bringing SA men home from Russia

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola speaks during SONA debate. International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has detailed his department’s difficulties in the process of returning four South African men from Ukraine. The men arrived at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport on Wednesday. They are among 17 men who had allegedly been lured…

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