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'Drive Slow' Protest To Go Ahead

Cosatu plans to go ahead with a go-slow against etolling on Friday despite failed attempts at getting permission.

Zuma Condemns Use Of His Name
President Jacob Zuma has condemned the practice of using his name and that of Cabinet Ministers to secure privileges or flout government procedures.
Vavi: Mining Wage Demands Justified
The wage demands submitted to the Chamber of Mines are justified and reasonable, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
Alleged Police-Gang Collusion 'Serious'
Reports of collusion between police and criminals in the Western Cape are a serious allegation, the police ministry said on Thursday.

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Crime

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Police Wounded In Shootout

A Johannesburg metro police officer was wounded in a shootout near the Marlboro Gautrain station on Wednesday, said the metro police.

Court Update

Sangoma Killer Back In Court

A man linked to the murder of a Marikana sangoma appeared in the Bizana Magistrate's Court on Thursday, the NPA said.

Politics

IFP Steals Ward Seat Away From ANC

The IFP has narrowly won a ward seat from the ANC in Albert Luthuli (Elukwatini/Carolina) municipality in a Mpumalanga by-election, Independent Electoral Commission results showed on Thursday.

National Conversation

Kleinfontein “Nothing To Do With Race”

The Afrikaners-only community Kleinfontein outside Rayton, east of Pretoria, insisted in a debate with the DA on Thursday that the criteria for its residents were not based on race.

Strange World

Contractor Uses Sewage Water To Build

Labour inspectors have clamped down on a Free State contractor using sewage water to suppress dust while building a new road, an official said on Wednesday.

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