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City Press | 07 March 2021
NEWS
Why does Cele want Sitole to be eliminated?
As the national police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, seems increasingly likely to lose his post, City Press has established that the chief police officer allegedly met with President Cyril Ramaphosa recently in a last-ditch effort to clear his name. At that meeting, he allegedly accused Police Minister Bheki Cele of “protecting corrupt generals”.
North West premier’s job is up for grabs
Today is D-Day for Northwest Prime Minister Job Mokgoro as his political opponents are counting on a meeting scheduled between the top six of the ANC and the interim provincial committee to seal his fate by sanctioning his dismissal.
License discs can be held until your electronic toll bill is paid
The national highway agency Sanral has warned motorists with pending electronic toll payments that when they renew their vehicle licenses, the discs can be held until they have paid their outstanding bills.
Battle to overthrow Busisiwe Mkhwebane
A statement from the ANC Women’s League on Friday and comments from ANC MPs have given the first indications that the impeachment process of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will involve a tumultuous battle in the legislature. The leader of the United Democratic Movement, Bantu Holomisa, also told City Press yesterday that his party would not support movements to impeach and remove Mkhwebane.
Inquire into the self-proclaimed man of God
Police are investigating self-proclaimed prophet Sbu Mokoena, leader of Changing Lives Healing Ministries, for fraud and money laundering. This comes from questions about the popular man of the true identity and nationality of God.
With cash problems and stranded
Generations: Legacy actress Letoya Makhene-Pulumo was reportedly stranded next to a gas station after she and his wife Lebo Keswa-Pulumo went out for the night in Montecasino on Fourways last month. City Press learned that the celebrity couple were unable to pay a bill for R2,000 they had accumulated at the Fireroom sushi restaurant.
A long journey in small steps
It has been almost two years since Mnqobi Nhlanhla’s parents left to try to do the almost impossible: raise R3 million for their son to undergo life-changing surgery and the opportunity to take his first steps.
Controversial appointment of housing officer is defended
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) has defended its appointment of controversial executive Nkululeko Poya as its chief operating officer (on July 1 with a five-year fixed-term contract) and his subsequent promotion to interim CEO last month, despite allegations that he tried to defraud the agency out of 22 million rand.
Top DJ living a double life
Prominent Ukhozi FM breakfast host Khathide “Tshatha” Ngobe has allegedly fathered a child out of wedlock.
The move to level 1 in alcohol sales was impulsive
The phrase “the throats are open” may well be true now for many South Africans following the easing of restrictions on the sale of alcohol under level 1 closure. still being ignored.
Launch of the vaccine: 100,000 completed and counting …
After a week of milestones and some setbacks in the national Covid-19 early access vaccination program, the big challenge on the horizon is the expansion to phase 2 of the vaccination program, in which health authorities aim to vaccinate at least 6 million people in the South. Africans in June.
Covid-19 reaches the local electoral race
With local government elections only a few months away, the ANC has lamented how little time the parties have left to collect votes. The district attorney, on the other hand, says he will run his campaign virtually after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for political gatherings. Political parties now have to find unique ways to prepare for elections and continue the campaign without putting communities at risk.
‘Individual conscience must inform the step aside’
The stepping aside guidelines that have been adopted by the ANC’s national executive committee have been formulated in a way that encourages members of the ruling party to admit that they have transgressed.
Kruger Park needs to get rid of its racist past
The Kruger National Park, South Africa’s world-renowned wildlife conservation estate, is the centerpiece of Jacob Dlamini’s extraordinary book on the famous park and its associated people, present and past. Titled Safari Nation, the book has a formidable bibliography of 140 authors and researchers, and a reference to no less than 14 laws to reinforce its content.
Sisulu orders forensic audit of EAAB
The Real Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) and Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu have removed their gloves for funding a proposed forensic audit of the board’s affairs.
Police lose 8 million evidence
Police “lost” about 8 million pieces of evidence after the computer system that helped detectives track forensic samples collected at crime scenes was shut down due to a dispute over non-payment.
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