Loyiso Sidimba
Multimedia Journalist, IOL Politics at Independent On Saturday
Father. Brother who fights back! Sobukwe's other heir. Books. Music. Royal House of Sidimba Deputy Chairman. Ndinithanda nonk'emakhaya.
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4 days ago |
dfa.co.za | Loyiso Sidimba |Mayibongwe Maqhina
The Housing Development Agency is facing a Special Investigating Unit probe into widespread corruption in several projects across the country. Image: Nokuthula Mbatha / Independent NewspapersThe Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing widespread corruption in several projects across the country funded by the Housing Development Agency (HDA).
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Loyiso Sidimba
3minDescribed as US President Donald Trump's top pastor, Mark Burns, is visiting southern Africa and said he is convinced that there is no genocide against white Afrikaner farmers. Image: Timothy Bernard / Independent NewspapersUS based Pastor Mark Burns, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump believes the EFF and its leader Julius Malema should not be taken seriously and are attention-seekers for chanting the “divisive” “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” chant.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Loyiso Sidimba
3minAs unemployment rates soar, the government is considering introducing quotas limiting the number of foreign nationals in various sectors. Image: Ron Lach/PexelsTHE government appears not to know the number of foreign nationals in the country’s labour market and is considering introducing quotas to limit them from competing for the few available technical and low skilled jobs.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Loyiso Sidimba
5minDescribed as US President Donald Trump's top pastor, Mark Burns, is visiting southern Africa and has already been convinced that there is no genocide against white Afrikaner farmers in South Africa. Image: Timothy Bernard / Independent NewspapersTelevangelist Mark Burns, described by Time magazine as US President Donald Trump's top pastor, is convinced that widespread claims that there is genocide of white farmers under way in South Africa are absolutely untrue.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Loyiso Sidimba
3minCity of Johannesburg debated the R89.4 billion budget for the 2025/26 financial year on Thursday at the council chambers in Braamfontein. Image: Nhlanhla Phillips / Independent NewspapersCity of Johannesburg opposition councillors on Thursday were critical of several aspects of the R89.4 billion budget for the 2025/26 financial year, saying it ignored the crisis facing the municipality.
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😂🤣😂🤣😂 be serious. The page profiles historical figures, activists not askaris. A surname is passed on to the younger generation, which cannot possibly reject it under normal circumstances.
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Dr Alfred B Xuma and his wife Madie Hall Xuma, 1955 https://t.co/Zhf8NQf0mq
