Phalaborwa businesses fear collapse over water crisis

Tap with droplet of water 2 minutes As South Africa prepares for this year’s budget speech, some Limpopo communities hope that resources will be directed towards fixing water infrastructure, so that they can access clean running water. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver the Budget Speech tomorrow after it was postponed last month….

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Buying a fixer-upper property: 7 things every investor should check

Source: Supplied. So says Arnold Maritz, co-principal for Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, adding that it’s especially important for first-time investors to go in with their eyes wide open. “Do your homework thoroughly, researching the markets in various areas and look for neighbourhoods where there’s been an upswing, but which…

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Western Cape issues 200 speeding fines in one week

A car steering wheel. 1 minute The Western Cape Mobility Department says it has issued 200 speeding fines between the tenth and the 16th of this month across the province. Minister Isaac Sileku says the highest recorded speed reached 160 kilometres per hour in a 120 kilometre per hour zone. Sileku says speeding has continued…

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Policing union rejects 4.7% public sector wage offer

Police visibility at the Stilfontein mine area 1 minute The South African Policing Union (SAPU) says its members have rejected government’s proposed 4.7% wage offer for public services. The union has just concluded its mandate-seeking process. It will officially inform government this coming week during which it and other public sectors unions are seeking to…

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Percussionist Wowrae mourns best friend in song

The song features songstress Tahle WeDzinza, born Robin Ketahle Anesu Dawani. PERCUSSIONIST Kudzai Vincet Muwori, whose stage nameis Wowrae,  has released his debut song titled Alive When I’m Alone where he mourns the loss of his best friend. The song features songstress Tahle WeDzinza, born Robin Ketahle Anesu Dawani. “The song comes months after I…

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Concern over deaths of eight Eastern Cape initiates

FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute The Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs Department says the deaths of eight initiates since the start of the summer initiation season could have been avoided. It says six of the initiates died of dehydration. Their wounds had also become septic after being illegally circumcised. One was burnt beyond recognition in…

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