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Ramaphosa prepares for battle
Date: 17 Jan 2020President ditches WEF trip to attend ANC’s Monday meeting as pressure mounts over Gordhan, Mboweni’s SARB nationalisation spat Shareholders at SARB have absolutely no say on monetary policies Professor Bonke Dumisa KZN ECONOMIST THE issue of the South African Reserve Bank and ... See full details -
ANC in contempt of court, says member
Date: 17 Jan 2020THE ANC has been exposed by one of its own members for disregarding a high court order made against it more than three years ago. Lucas Ngobeni, an activist in Soshanguve, Tshwane, dragged the ANC to the North Gauteng High Court after he was mysteriously removed as its Ward 89 councillor candidate. He obtained the order ... See full details -
Tembisa school forced to relocate after allegedly being vandalised by EFF members
Date: 17 Jan 2020<img class="img-responsive" src="https://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vandal1-1-409x418.jpg" alt="Tembisa school forced to relocate aft... See full details -
Hunters association withdraws 2020 Firearms Amnesty legal challenge
Date: 14 Jan 2020The National Hunting and Shooting Association lodged a legal challenge in December, which sought to force minister of police, Bheki Cele, to halt the 2020 Firearms Amnesty. Gun Free SA has welcomed the decision by the National Hunting and Shooting Association (NHSA) to withdraw an urgent legal challenge lodged on December 11 last ye... See full details -
‘VBS millions’ funded Soweto restaurant run by Malema’s cousin – Pauli van Wyk
Date: 14 Jan 2020<img class="img-responsive" src="https://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/eff-4-627x418.jpg" alt="‘VBS millions&rsquo... See full details -
Four suspects arrested for drug possession
Date: 14 Jan 2020In their possession was a total of 20 full mandrax tablets, two half mandrax tablets and 315 quarters of mandrax tablets, which were seized. Four suspects were arrested for possession of drugs in De Aar and Douglas, Northern Cape. The information was received from members of the Community Police Forum about suspects dealing ... See full details -
Why we laid fraud charges against ANC councillors – Tshwane DA
Date: 14 Jan 2020<img class="img-responsive" src="https://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-13-at-1.04.51-PM-1-626x418.jpeg" alt="Why we laid fraud charges against ANC c... See full details -
Community member allegedly shot in protest against Mpumalanga mayor
Date: 14 Jan 2020<img class="img-responsive" src="https://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/maxresdefault-1-555x418.jpg" alt="Community member allegedly shot in protest against Mpum... See full details -
‘Mabuza paid me R2.5m to do his dirty job’ (Part 1)
Date: 13 Jan 2020DEPUTY President David Mabuza’s former messenger, Jan Venter, has denied that he laid criminal charges against him to settle personal and political scores at the behest of oth Insisting that he was not a hired gun out to discredit and destroy Mabuza, Venter told Independent Media on Friday that he laid charges against the former Mpumalanga premier of corruption, bribery and money ... See full details -
‘Mabuza paid me R2.5m to do his dirty job’ (Part 2)
Date: 13 Jan 2020 B/Fwd fm Part 1 Mabuza and Phosa are bitter rivals in the provincial ANC. Venter is also Phosa’s former butler, who was fired following a bitter falling out. Testifying for Mabuza in his defamation case against Phosa at North Gauteng High Court in June 2015, Venter said under oath that the former... See full details -
Heads must roll at Eskom, demand unions
Date: 13 Jan 2020Nehawu believes that failure to act decisively undermines the spirit of the Thuma Mina campaign. Amid fresh calls by two major Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) affiliates for the Eskom board to be disbanded and heads to roll, former chair of the embattled power utility Jabu Mabuza has gone to ground. After sev... See full details -
EX-SA man faces 99 years in jail
Date: 11 Jan 2020FORMER South African and suspected serial killer Brian Steven Smith, who stands accused of killing two women in two separate incidents in Alaska, in the US, faces a possible 99 years behind bars. Smith, who grew up in Queenstown (Komani), Eastern Cape, is facing 14 charges, including murder in the first degree and second degree, sexual assau... See full details -
Stage 6: shutdown of economy (Part 1)
Date: 11 Jan 2020National power blackout a ‘real threat’ Brace yourselves for the worst. Stage 6 load shedding, which the country experienced on December 9, is set to become more frequent as Eskom's plant breakdowns remain at dangerously high levels. Stage 6 means 6 000 megawatts need to be shed from the national grid to avert its collapse. In Gauteng, ... See full details -
Stage 6: shutdown of economy (Part 2)
Date: 11 Jan 2020B/F fm Part 1 Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl, editor of ESI Africa, an energy industry journal, said the electricity supply industry was likely to remain constrained for a number of years. “Commercial and industrial businesses and the p... See full details -
Scammers target cellphone users
Date: 10 Jan 2020Top broadcaster Bob Mabena latest victim MANY people, including celebrities, have recently been victims of a number-porting scam where their cellphone numbers are used in soliciting money from their contacts. Victims from several different service providers, including legendary broadcaster Bob Mabena, took to s... See full details -
BLOODY TRAIL OF TRAGEDY
Date: 10 Jan 2020BLOODY mops were used yesterday to clear the blood stains from a family house in Cosmo City, Joburg, after a man shot dead his wife and stepdaughter before turning the gun on himself. The families of the wife, Vita Ndlovu, 53, and the man, Alfred Ncube, 53, yesterday took out all the furniture from the kitchen where the deadly shooting happe... See full details -
Legalise it? Mboweni posts pics of dagga plants on farm
Date: 10 Jan 2020The finance minister says he will propose the legalisation of cannabis at a cabinet lekgotla later this month. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni took to Twitter to let his followers know he had discovered a large marijuana plant, using this as an opportunity to spark up a debate on legalisation. And, after the majority of his fo... See full details -
Mkhwebane’s office wins ombudsman complaint against Daily Maverick
Date: 08 Jan 2020<img class="img-responsive" src="https://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Public-Protector-Online-3.jpg" alt="Mkhwebane’s office wins ombudsman complaint agains... See full details -
Limpopo matriculant killed days before results released, 17-year-old suspect in court
Date: 08 Jan 2020The police say the suspect, a school drop-out, was out on bail for a rape charge. Police in Limpopo have said a 17-year-old suspect is expected to appear in court for allegedly killing a matric pupil. Police provincial spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the 17-year-old suspect, who was out on bail for rape, appe... See full details -
DA MP Mackenzie admitted to hospital following shooting
Date: 08 Jan 2020DA MP Cameron Mackenzie (... See full details