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Israeli Army Shells a Refugee School, Killing Ten and Injuring 35
In the unprecedented war between Israel on the one side and the Hamas on the other side, the latest news is that a school which was set up by the United Nations to house displaced people in the south of Gaza St... Read more »
Oscar Pistorius’s Brother Carl Fractures Limbs in N1 Accident
Carl Pistorius, the elder brother of the murder-accused athlete, Oscar Pistorius, was on Friday seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident along the N1 Freeway. Carl was apparently traveling from Polokwane, ... Read more »
Zuma Considers Suspending NPA Head Mxolisi Nxasana
President Jacob Zuma has communicated his intention to suspend the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Mxolisi Nxasana. According to presidential spokesman, Mac Maharaj, Zuma is considering suspen... Read more »
Near Fatal Shootout in Fourways
The level of crime in South Africa will once again be the focus of attention for many following the shoot-out that happened in the early hours of Thursday morning in north western Johannesburg, in Fourways. Wit... Read more »
Operation Clean Audits Still a Pipe Dream as AG Presents Report
It appears that the idea of clean audits for municipalities and municipal entities by the year 2014 will still remain just that, an idea based on the Auditor General’s report that was presented in Pretori... Read more »
Unemployment Rate Increases to 25.5%
Statistic South Africa has released their analysis of the unemployment figures of the second quarter of 2014 and they indicate that the unemployment rate has increased by 0.03%, up from the figure of the first ... Read more »
Numsa Accepts Government-Brokered Wage Deal of 10% Increase
The National Union of Metalworkers South Africa (Numsa), a union that represents engineering workers, has agreed to end a month long strike after it accepted a 10% wage increase offer from employers, a union le... Read more »
Numsa Consulting Members on New Wage Deal
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said on Sunday it is consulting its members on the wage offer in the metal sector. Speaking after the national executive committee (NEC) special meetin... Read more »
Shakes Mashaba Appointed as the New Bafana Bafana Coach
It was described by the Sports minister, Fikile Mbalula as coming back for a ‘second bite’ when the South African Football Association president, Danny Jordaan, announced that Ephraim ‘Shakes&... Read more »
