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New Ekurhuleni mayor takes over at troubled metro

Rubbish piling up on the streets, sewage spillages, damage to infrastructure and a ratings agency downgrade.

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SOWETAN | Inject new blood into Banyana

Banyana Banyana’s failure to qualify for the 2024 Olympics is obviously heartbreaking given how close they came to securing the ticket to Paris.

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Msibi vows to fight 'unjust' suspension by the ANC

Mpumalanga ANC strongman Mandla Msibi has vowed to fight his three years suspension from the party after a provincial disciplinary committee handed him the sanction yesterday.

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KPMG official accused of fraud has six companies

Arrested former bursaries specialist at KPMG, Fidelis Moema, is a director of six companies, two of which have been deregistered for noncompliance.

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SOWETAN | Court rulingboost for MK party but...

The Electoral Court yesterday set aside a decision by the IEC to bar former president Jacob Zuma from standing for election in the upcoming general poll.

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Lawbreakers should not be lawmakers – IEC counsel

"Serious lawbreakers should not be lawmakers." These are the words of the Electoral Commission of SA's (IEC) counsel Adv Tembeka Ngcukaitobi in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's appeal against the commission's decision to bar Jacob Zuma from being one of its candidates to parliament.

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Moema remains in custody after case postponement

Former bursary specialist at KPMG SA made a brief appearance in the Specialist Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge magistrate's court on Tuesday.

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Tom to drag Fort Hare to CCMA over 'unfair dismissal'

The president of the National Tertiary Education Union, who claimed he was kidnapped and tortured by police a year ago, says he will challenge his dismissal from the University of Fort Hare.

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SOWETAN | Efforts by police welcomed

Police minister Bheki Cele’s public message to cops across the nation yesterday was clear – no police officer should die with a gun in their hand.

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Criminal defamation law repealed, but organisation expresses fear over hate speech bill

The law relating to crimen injuria and civil remedies for defamation still applies

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