Johannesburg – The EFF is taking President Jacob Zuma to court in its bid to have him repay some of the money spent on his private Nkandla home, the party said on Thursday.
“The case number [CCT143/15] of the #EFF application to the Constitutional Court to force Zuma to #PayBackTheMoney #Asijiki,” read a tweet from the EFF official account.
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Mbombela – A young Mpumalanga mother whose 18-month-old daughter died under mysterious circumstances has been found guilty of culpable homicide.
The accused, Nomcebo Mahlalela, 19, of Tsambokhulu Trust near Komatipoort, appeared in the Tonga Regional Court on Thursday.
Magistrate Edgar Moletsane told the court that the murder charge against Mahlalela was changed to culpable homicide when the State failed to produce evidence proving that she had deliberately strangled her baby, Faithful Masinga.
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Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma emphasised the importance of unity in the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) when he addressed their long-awaited conference on Thursday night.
Zuma called on delegates not to focus on the leadership battle, which had become a trend, but on policies affecting women.
“Why are we doing it? We are changing the organisation to be something else so when you come to [the] conference, the outcome is poorer because delegates are busy in the lobby sessions,” he said to loud claps and cheers.
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Pretoria – Axed Prasa CEO Lucky Montana allegedly threw a brick at a journalist in Pretoria on Thursday night.
It left a dent in Rapport journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh’s work car as he sped off, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision, he said.
“He flung the brick with what seemed to me the intention of getting it through the open passenger window, but because the car was already moving away, it hit the back left door.”
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Johannesburg – The Nkandla ad hoc committee has officially adopted Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko’s report that President Jacob Zuma will not have to pay back public money spent on his Nkandla home.
Nhleko’s report contradicted that of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. She found Zuma had to repay a reasonable portion of the R246m spent on upgrades to his home that were not related to security.
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Johannesburg – Former DJ Donald Sebolai, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, is expected to continue testifying in his trial on Friday.
This after his testimony, which was due to continue on Thursday, was delayed.
It had been love at first sight and he thought his fights with Rachel Dolly Tshabalala were a normal part of a relationship, he told the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in Palm Ridge on Wednesday.
He is accused of stabbing Tshabalala in his flat in Jabulani, Soweto, on June 29, 2014. The Jozi FM DJ was arrested in Dube on July 8 after being on the run.
Investigating officer, Constable Oupa Khubeka, told the court during Sebolai’s bail application last year that Tshabalala’s wounds were horrific.
“She was stabbed in her private parts. The stab wounds start from the genitals to the right thigh. These were deep wounds that showed the amount of violence that took place.”
He is out on R10 000 bail.
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Pic: ( ANCWL president, Angie Motshekga)
Pretoria – Men in the ANC had the “audacity” to instruct women who to elect as leaders, ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) president Angie Motshekga said on Thursday.
She was delivering her political report to the conference in Pretoria.
“It cannot be [that in] the ANC… as women are currently subjected to… male leaders have the audacity to instruct us on who to choose, as recently happened in some regions and provinces. That was nothing but abuse of office and relationships, and should be condemned in the strongest terms,” she said.
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Johannesburg – When I first set eyes on Archbishop Desmond Tutu‘s youngest sister Gloria Radebe my mouth drops.
She is wearing a purple robe and for a moment I think it is the ”the Arch” himself – the wide smile, the twinkly eyes, the same body language. They could have been twins.
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Ramahlwe Mphahlele of Mamelodi Sundowns during the 2015 MTN8 Quarter Final match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Bloemfontein Celtic at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa on August 05, 2015 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is confident Ramahlwe Mphahlele has the qualities to lead the Brazilians this season.
‘Rama’ has taken over the armband from Alje Schut, who returned to Holland recently after skippering Sundowns to League and Nedbank Cup honours in a three-year spell at Chloorkop.
Mphahlele started his reign in Downs’ 4-2 loss on penalties to Bloemfontein Celtic in the MTN8 quarter-finals last night.
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Football fans can expect to be treated to more entertaining football in this year’s MTN8, following the draw for the semi-finals of the competition that was conducted earlier today (Thursday).
The draw for the semi-finals of the MTN8 for the 2015/16 season was conducted at the Premier Soccer League’s headquarters in Johannesburg this afternoon.
The semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the teams playing against each other at home and away.
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