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Mar 16, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Gcina Ntsaluba |Aphiwe Ngwenya |Adamu Andrew Michael |Vashnee Yaman
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, says former president Thabo Mbeki is a political “flip-flopper” after his announcement on Wednesday that he would campaign for the ANC in the general elections, having previously said he wouldn’t. “You are not saying he [Mbeki] is a flip-flopper but if it was me who had said that because I am not your favourite, you would have called me names,” Malema said on Friday.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Gcina Ntsaluba |Aphiwe Ngwenya |Adamu Andrew Michael |Vashnee Yaman
The cut-off date for voters who will be voting outside their registered voting district on voting day, 29 May, is Sunday, 17 May, at midnight, according to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The Commission says a voter may vote outside of the voting district where they registered. Still, they need to notify the IEC through a submission form within the timeframe specified in the Election Timetable between 15 March and 17 May this year.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Gcina Ntsaluba |Aphiwe Ngwenya |Adamu Andrew Michael |Vashnee Yaman
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have launched a brand new state-of-the-art National Operation Centre for the 2024 Elections to monitor the work of ground forces to ensure victory in the upcoming May General Elections. The party said the “Nerve Centre” is where that all submissions from the EFF door to door campaign in every ward of South Africa will be verified, and all results across the country will be verified on voting day.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Aphiwe Ngwenya |Adamu Andrew Michael |Vashnee Yaman |Nozibusiso Mazibuko
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) confirms it will investigate the Gauteng online school admissions system. With less than a week till the first term ends, the SAHRC says its provincial office is inundated with complaints from parents whose children are yet to be placed in school. “The Commission has continued to monitor the admission programme and has noted large numbers of unplaced learners in various districts within Gauteng Province”, the statement read.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Vashnee Yaman |Nozibusiso Mazibuko |Marilynn Manuel |Nicholas Pawson
Kanye West (Ye) and Kim Kardashian’s eldest daughter, North West announced the release of her debut album at her dad’s listening party over the weekend, raising concerns over how young she is to be entering the realm of music. At just 10-year’s old the avid content creator already has 18.8 million followers on TikTok, and the title of her first album has raised some concern.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Khanya Mavata |Ray Leathern |Mimi Mfundisi |Vashnee Yaman
UMzinyathi District Municipality will be renamed after IFP founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The council gave the idea of renaming the district a nod. IFP-led uMzinyathi District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal propels forward with renaming proposal honouring late founder, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Sunday World reported that during an interview with mayor Petros Ngubane he said the decision had already been approved by the council.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Ray Leathern |Khanya Mavata |Mimi Mfundisi |Vashnee Yaman
A new South African Post Office scam is doing the rounds in 2024. And here’s how you can protect yourself against it. SAPO’s joint Business Rescue Partners (BRPs), Mr. Anoosh Rooplal and Mr. Juanito Damons, say they’re concerned about its prevalence. Specifically, they’ve seen an increase in reports of fraudsters claiming to represent the Post Office and attempt to mislead the public. These take the form of emails and SMS messages which appear to originate from the Post Office.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Mimi Mfundisi |Ray Leathern |Vashnee Yaman |Arnold Charles
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it is not in a position to reveal whether or not Longwe Twala will be a state witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. According to Sunday World, NPA regional spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said that the agency cannot disclose the list of witnesses, as it has a responsibility to protect those on it. Mahanjana said this after Longwe’s father, Chicco Twala, told 702 on Thursday, 14 March, that his son has turned state witness.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Ray Leathern |Mimi Mfundisi |Vashnee Yaman |Arnold Charles
Europe’s largest art fair closed its doors on Friday with organisers saying that sales, including a rare Vincent van Gogh and works by Pablo Picasso and Kees van Dongen, fetched “record prices”. Although a total figure of sale for some of the world’s most sought-after artworks could not be given, organisers of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) said that sales ran up to “tens-of-millions of euros”.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
sapeople.com | Vashnee Yaman |Arnold Charles |Gcina Ntsaluba |Garrin Lambley
Afro-pop singer Kelly Khumalo has been implicated once again as the mastermind behind the brazen murder of her former footballer boyfriend Senzo Meyiwa. The startling confession by Ntanzi, and a second by another accused, Muzi Sibiya will be entered into the Pretoria High Court as evidence after Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng made the ruling on Thursday, 14 March that the confessions are admissible.
