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Was McKenzie’s disclosure legal in terms of Popi Act? – Experts weigh in
Did Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie violate people’s legal right to privacy when he released a list this week of artists and creatives who received funding from the government. Comments on social media by some of those on the list accused McKenzie of violating the Protection of Public Information (Popi) Act in making…
US election’s impact on SA minimal, experts say
With US President Joe Biden set to leave the White House if Donald Trump wins the November elections, the result is unlikely to have a significant impact on South Africa-US relations, say experts. And that’s because, when it comes to foreign policy, there is little difference in the agenda between the Democratic and Republican parties…
Choice of Rise Mzansi’s Zibi as Scopa chair raises heckles
The appointment of Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi as chair of parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) is stirring up the EFF and ActionSA. Zibi was elected unopposed to the position at a Scopa meeting on Wednesday. ActionSA and EFF objected to Zibi’s election ActionSA and the EFF objected to Zibi’s election, arguing that…
Family awaits court ruling on mining giant wanting to remove bodies from burial site
A Mpumalanga family is patiently waiting for the outcome of the court case in which it is trying to stop a mining giant that allegedly wants to exhume the remains of a relative buried at its homestead. The squabble between the Bhuda family and the Mafube Coal Mine started in 2019, when the mine bought…
R4.5bn project to quench Giyani thirst
Jubilation was the order of the day in Giyani, Limpopo, yesterday when a R4.5 billion bulk water project was unveiled. The Mopani district municipality and residents confirmed nine of the 24 intended villages were getting clean running water daily from the project. At the launch, the district confirmed the waste water treatment plant in Nandoni…
Gruesome murder of mother and son shock Northcliff community
A 44-year-old woman and her 12-yearold son were brutally murdered in their Northcliff cluster house last week. The bodies were discovered by a neighbour who called local firm SCP Security for assistance just after midday on 4 July. The woman had been stabbed multiple times in the back and her son was also stabbed multiple…
Daily news update: Zuma’s U-turn on Zwane | Numsa calls off strike at Ford | Cricket SA taken to court
In today’s news, MK party leader Jacob Zuma has not accepted the resignation of secretary-general Arthur Zwane, Numsa has called off a strike at Ford SA after an agreement was reached that each worker will receive R20 000, and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says there is gross inequality in the health sector. Also, singer Zandie…
Stats SA dismisses concerns over Census 2022 results
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says concerns by demographic experts that the results of Census 2022 cannot be relied upon are “unfounded and misleading”. It was reacting to a report by the Centre for Actuarial Research, reported in The Citizen yesterday, in which Tom Moultrie, professor of demography at the University of Cape Town, and…
Ex-convicts fail to reintegrate because of stigma
Our government of national unity has the potential to usher in a dispensation of transparency and renewed confidence in the authorities. With this in mind, I have compiled a wish list for Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald. 1. It is well known that South Africa has one of the highest and most unsustainable recidivism…
Will this be the year for England?
The fanatically loyal supporters of the England cricket team – many of whom followed their heroes around the world – came to be known as the Barmy Army because for a long time, they seemed to be backing a lost cause. These days, England cricket is back on top, or thereabouts. The country’s football fans…