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The DA says it will scrutinise the appointments and work of the City of Johannesburg’s so-called “Bomb Squad” — a unit the metro says will assist in arresting crime, combating lawlessness, and unlocking service delivery.
African authorities and citizens expressed shock and dismay on Thursday over the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to impose travel bans on people from a string of countries on the continent.
The new-high tech plates are fitted with a QR code, track and trace feature for vehicle identification and registration, and a tamper-evident security decal which prevents cloning.
A scammer duped college managers by promising their students nine-month employment contracts at a mine and then disappeared after they arrived to start work.
Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died on Thursday in a hospital in South Africa at the age of 68, his party and family announced.
The rand was trading below R17.74/$ on Thursday afternoon, the local currency’s best level since December last year. It has gained almost 3% over the past month.
The IFP has welcomed the arrest of two suspects linked to the murder of its MP Khethamabala Petros Sithole, who was shot dead at Buyafuthi Hostel in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on Saturday.
Mluleki Nkosi, the man accused of killing his sister and burying her in a shallow grave in their Mpumalanga home, has told the Kabokweni magistrate’s court that he will represent himself.