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Manuel v Malema – defamation law in the Supreme Court …

[ad_1] The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema. (Photo: Gallo Images / Thulani Mbele) / Former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. (Photo: EPA / JEON HEON-KYUN) Last week, on Thursday, the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) ruled in such defamation cases in the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) request for permission to …

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Xenophobic Tensions Increase As Covid-19 Hits SA’s Economy

[ad_1] Alexandra Township cityscape with Sandton City skyscrapers seen in the distance. Anti-immigrant groups have held demonstrations in Johannesburg in recent months, demanding the mass deportation of foreigners. The Gauteng provincial government wants to pass a law to limit business ownership in municipalities to fully legalized South African citizens and …

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Minister defends decision to spend R1.2m on bulletproof vests for SABC

[ad_1] By Zingisa Mkhuma, Loyiso Sidimba 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg – The SABC spent almost R1.2 million on 100 bulletproof vests for its journalists and the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has defended the purchase as necessary. Ndabeni-Abrahams was answering parliamentary questions from IFP …

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Will the PIC rescue the sick Eskom?

[ad_1] DEAL South Africa’s largest available cash deposit, 1.91 trillion rand in civil servant pensions and unemployment funds managed by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), looms as the key to bailing out the Eskom energy company, that is in debt. The money manager has approached the National Treasury with a …

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