[ad_1] By Staff Reporter 14h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare LONDON – McLaren’s Lando Norris publicly apologized on Tuesday, but without naming anyone, after the Briton downplayed compatriot Lewis Hamilton’s 92nd Formula One victory at Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The 20-year-old, the youngest driver on the grid, had also been …
Read More »Here’s how the government plans to spend tax money better and who gets the extra money
[ad_1] The National Treasury is adopting zero-budget processes in which government departments have to justify from scratch each program they spend on, to determine if it offers value for money or should be phased out. Learning and culture continue to receive the highest government consolidated spending allocations of R2.1 trillion …
Read More »6,140 state officials obtained fraudulent R41m from the Covid-19 aid scheme: SIU
[ad_1] More than 6,000 government officials fraudulently benefited R41m from the Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Plan (Ters) Benefit from the Unemployment Insurance Fund, parliament heard on Wednesday. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) told parliament’s permanent public accounts committee (Scopa) that 6,140 government officials claimed a total of just over R41m …
Read More »‘KwaSizabantu saved me from my abusive father’ – mission master speaks
[ad_1] Manfred Stegen, brother of KSB leader Erlo Stegen, testifies in the CRL Rights Commission investigation. A teacher from the KwaSizabantu Mission has come out in defense of the religious organization. She said the mission saved her from her father’s abuse. She told the CRL Rights Commission The mission never …
Read More »Father arrested for raping his youngest daughter
[ad_1] A 40-year-old father and his daughter’s alleged boyfriend are behind bars after Limpopo police detained them Tuesday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl. The father is the biological father of the victim, according to police. The alleged boyfriend is 25 years old. Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said it is alleged …
Read More »A woman receives the keys to the council house after 26 years of waiting; they throw them an hour later
[ad_1] By Velani Ludidi 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – Gertrude Williams, 57, thought her 26-year wait for a house was over when she received an SMS from the municipality telling her to pick up the keys to a house from the Belhar-Pentech Housing Program. He ran …
Read More »Coronavirus: South Africa May Have Developed A Degree Of Herd Immunity Against Covid-19, Scientists Say
[ad_1] South Africa may have developed a form of herd immunity to Covid-19, the country’s scientists have speculated, after authorities reported an unexpected drop in cases after the first spike. At the height of the pandemic, South Africa was ranked as the fifth most affected country in the world, but …
Read More »Denel awarded the contract to Duduzane Zuma, Gupta’s VR laser, for $ 100 million MORE than the next bid
[ad_1] Salim Essa, a man now credited with having successfully stolen public funds from Eskom and Transnet, set his sights on Denel in 2015. Essa’s modus operandi was simple, partner of a powerful family with political connections, in this case, the Guptas and Jacob. Zuma’s son, Duduzane. Then take over …
Read More »New genetic research reveals how Africans are protected from disease and viruses
[ad_1] By Tebogo Monama 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare New research by African geneticists has given them insight into how migration has changed DNA and protected Africans from disease and viruses. Researchers have identified about 62 genes associated with viral immunity, DNA repair, and metabolism in Bantu-speaking populations. The …
Read More »Taxes will increase as the government needs an additional R5 billion in 2021/22
[ad_1] The biggest risk to overall financial health is not containing the rising public sector wage bill. The government is fighting in court with public sector unions over their refusal to implement the final leg of a costly wage deal signed in 2018. The government has proposed moderate wage increases …
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