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Daily news update: Thabo Bester in court | South Africans linked to Isis | Prasa reinstates fired CEO
In today’s news, the judge said Thabo Bester’s lawyer was leading the court in circles by asking for more time with the accused despite this already being provided, two South Africans have been sanctioned by the United States for allegedly helping expand Isis, and Prasa has reinstated fired CEO Zolani Matthews after a court ruling.…
Court declares sections of health act unconstitutional in major blow to NHI
The National Health Insurance (NHI) has been dealt a major legal blow after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria declared sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act that force doctors to register for a “certificate of need” are unconstitutional. Judge Anthony Millar delivered the judgment on Wednesday, which ordered the Minister of Health…
Economy-crushing policies: SA’s three swords of Damocles
Three policies, all in various forms of implementation, threaten the livelihoods of all South Africans, faltering growth and development and ensuring that unemployment, crime and corruption flourish. If the government of national unity (GNU) is to usher in a brighter future, it must do all it can to end the oncoming threat of expropriation without…
Republicans must embrace political realities
You just gotta lurv Murrican politics… okay, you have to love American politics. Particularly of the Republican Party kind. Supporters of Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again campaign once attacked Barack Obama for his foreign roots in Kenya. So, how on earth are they going to process the fact that Trump’s presidential running…
Why the Presidency needs dedicated oversight
We have to admit that disgraced former judge John Hlophe – now leader of the official opposition in the National Assembly – raised a good point about why there was no specific portfolio committee overseeing the office of the Presidency. It’s more than keeping an eye on President Cyril Ramaphosa, much as Hlophe and the…
Vital Chinese lessons for South Africa
When Mao Zedong declared the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, little did the world expect that decades later, China would emerge as the second largest economy on the globe. What followed Mao’s Marxism-Leninism was Deng Xiaoping’s Theory of Three Represents and Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New…
Rich are flourishing, poor are losing
There is one thing we’ve learnt about VBS Mutual Bank: the corrupt in our society act without consideration of the ones who would be affected. There is something deeply sad about VBS: the faces of the elderly victims who deserved more, but were left reeling, are worlds apart from the faces of those who benefitted…
Search goes on after Ethiopia landslides kill 229
Rescuers aided by drones were continuing a desperate search on Wednesday for possible survivors of devastating landslides in an isolated area of southern Ethiopia that have killed 229 people and affected thousands more. Humanitarian agencies were also scrambling to rush emergency relief aid to the stricken community, the deadliest such incident recorded in Ethiopia, a…
Maintenance Work Scoper (Waltloo, ZA)
Purpose of the Job To execute the maintenance mechanical task in a safe, efficient, and effective way according to the job package. Who You Are: You are – Driven. You have built a vast experience base. You are passionate about being successful. You have excellent interpersonal skills. You have a reputation to do the right…
Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor
A passenger plane crashed on take-off in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes…