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Arthur Frazer, the former head of Intelligence, has handed over voice recordings, videos, photos and even emails deeply proving President Cyril Ramaphosa’s hand in corruption, fraud, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice.
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Just in: Bangladesh, UAE and Egypt have just joined the #BRICS New Development Bank
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Home Affairs has reversed 553 fraudulent marriages this year
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Naidoo Twins make their family immensely proud after both siblings obtain nine distinctions each
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BREAKING: Ramaphosa found guilty on all 5 counts. The Phala Phala panel finds that Ramaphosa has a case to answer on #PhalaPhalaFarmGate .
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Action SA Leader Herman Mashaba wants the return of capital punishment
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Man wrongly arrested for Meyiwa's death sues state for R17m:
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Ramaphosa is too weak to lead, says Reuel Khoza
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Police commissioner confirms Ramaphosa did not open case
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JUST IN: ANC officials have this morning prevented the sheriff of the court from attaching assets belonging to the party in line with the recent court order. Picture: Itumeleng English/ Independent Newspapers.
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Political analyst Prince Mashele has called President Cyril Ramaphosa the most incompetent president since the dawn of democracy.
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‘Ramaphosa knew about Glencore corruption’ says Koko By: Itumeleng Mafisa
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A Gauteng woman has given birth to 10 babies, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cissé who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month:
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BREAKING NEWS: Limpopo and North West throw their weight behind Zweli Mkhize
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6 years
Watch: Security guard slaps a female customer at a North Riding Pick N’ Pay.
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The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has launched an urgent application against Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and his department in the High Court to stop the “mass deportation” of illegal immigrants in the country:
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"We are in the ANC’s darkest years. All our leagues have been killed. All that exists are small scattered units who cannot tell Ramaphosa that he must account for Phala Phala,” Dlamini said.
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Yengeni: Ramaphosa’s second term bid ‘nonsense’
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BREAKING NEWS : Under President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s consumer inflation reached a 13-year high in June, registering 7.4%. This is up from 6.5% in May. Watch IOL for details.
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Struggle veteran and anti-apartheid stalwart Lindiwe Sisulu will be honoured by the Russian equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, the LN Tolstoy International Peace Prize, as a jurist:
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You go girl! UKZN's oldest graduate bags PhD aged 71
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In #TheStarNews today: Family of stabbed patient blames hospital for lack of security, Wits seeks #coronavirus infected people for test study, #GroupFive to de-list from #JSE , @stonebwoyb connects the globe with new album, Njabulo is #SABC TV licence mascot and more:
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Suspended Public Protector husband has officially handed over all the WhatsApp messages between him and former energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson to support his claim that three Members of Parliament tried to extort a R600000 bribe from him
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The EFF has confirmed that it has spent over R746 000 in the Nancefield Retirement Village.
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3 years
OPINION: It didn’t take long for the Zondo Commission to expose the ugly side of Pravin Gordhan.
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Outgoing Eskom spokesperson says journalists should dig deeper into corruption at the power utility
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Former president Jacob Zuma has criticised Nato, which leads the expansion of the Western military alliance towards Eastern Europe, leading to the Russia-Ukraine conflict:
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UK Sunday Times writer calls Ramaphosa a ‘dreadful fellow’ following request for loans
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Tomorrow, she and her husband are expected to shock the nation and set the record straight in a bid to make public for the first time the audio recordings, which will confirm that three ANC MPs tried to extort a R600k bribe from Skosana:
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Following an investigation into President Cyril Ramaphosa's alleged dubious Shanduka tender with the Free State Department of Education, The Star has now learnt that the tender was never advertised.
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BREAKING NEWS: Former Police Minister Fikile Mbalula confirms to @TheStar_news that he has been fired. More details coming soon. #CabinetReshuffle
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EXCLUSIVE: Brian Molefe says Gordhan and Ramaphosa must take responsibility for Eskom crisis
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EDITORIAL: Pravin Gordhan’s persistent defiance and refusal to take responsibility for his illegal activities at SARS is an exhibition of disrespect to our country.
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Despite controversy over the origins of millions of dollars buried at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, it seems possible that Cyril Ramaphosa and those close to him violated aspects of the international money transfer laws of the US. #Farmgate
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[WATCH] Pupil's vicious attack on Soweto teacher caught on video:
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South Africa’s marriage laws could in the near future allow women to marry more than one husband, just as polygamous men can have many wives.
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Soweto-born Thokozane Dyosini, 26, PhD student and part-time lecturer at Wits started a campaign selling coffee mugs branded #SeeYouAtGraduation to encourage students to complete their studies.
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Just in: Arthur Fraser lays serious criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa
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ICYMI: Koko says he raised several red flags about Ramaphosa-linked Glencore
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BREAKING: The ANC Women’s League to be disbanded. The ANC’s National Working Committee has taken the decision to disband the women’s congress. The league is a large voting block of an ANC conference.
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Former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party is way ahead of the ANC in terms of political strategy, political analyst Professor Andre Duvenage says.
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Documentary details persecution of hundreds of military cadets over failed 2016 coup
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. @bonang_m Queen of style shows how it's done #MissSouthAfrica #MissSA
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Billionaire calls Ramaphosa ‘useless, spineless’, must resign
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The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) movement has scored its first councillor in the by-elections held in Walter Sisulu Municipality in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape.
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Breaking News: Mashaba considers leaving ActionSA after party members engage in talks with the ANC
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is alleged to have persuaded the Free State Department of Education to give Shanduka a contract to build schools in the Free State six years ago.
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#OPINION : Ramaphosa is a rented president who is dangerous for South Africa:
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TV personality Nimrod Nkosi sells sanitary pads from the back of his car for extra cash
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The majority of ANC members from the Fezile Dabi District in the northern Free State allegedly used the party’s manifesto launch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday as an opportunity to visit the Durban beach.
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EFF says Ramaphosa is indeed a money laundering president
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An investigation by The Star has revealed that President Cyril Ramaphosa is behind a move to have Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane arrested.
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ATM welcomes impeachment process against Ramaphosa
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Former attorney and EFF leader accused of R700k theft from six injured RAF claimants to stand trial
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The memorial service for award-winning hip-hop artist Linda Mkhize, better known as #ProKid will be held at the Newtown Music Factory today. #Pro
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UDM’s Holomisa wants new state capture inquiry
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CR17 campaign funder Paul Ekon was investigated for smuggling millions of rand worth of gold out of South Africa decades ago:
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Thousands of people sign petition calling for justice for AKA
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#RamaphosaMustGo Marchers at the King Dinizulu Park, Durban and will move to the Hawks and Court at John Ross building.
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Ramaphosa’s lies have come back to bite him, with still no solution in sight to Eskom’s woes amid empty promises
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Tourism minister and Presidential hopeful Lindiwe Sisulu is seen sweeping some Jakaranda outside of the front door of her Pretoria home. Could this be a sign of her “sweeping off the competition” towards the ANC’s 55th Elective Conference in December?
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Numsa and ANC KZN calls on clueless De Ruyter to step aside
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Kabza De Small dominates Spotify Wrapped 2022 as the most streamed artist in SA
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African Transformation Movement’s Vuyo Zungula told The Star that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments about ’ethnic mobilisation’ had the potential to start a major conflict among South Africans.
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WATCH: The full council of the eThekwini municipality was caught exchanging heavy blows at the Durban International Convention Centre in a video that has surfaced on social media. It is not yet determined where the physical spat emanated from.
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Phala Phala scandal continues to dog Ramaphosa despite Nasrec re-election triumph
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ANC leadership can’t avoid the Phala Phala matter any longer, says Mbeki
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[WATCH] Three Chinese men play and sing the RnB version of King Monada's popular #Idibala song:
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High Court judgment on PP matter didn't make sense - Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
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EXCLUSIVE: Phala Phala Farmgate - Where Ramaphosa’s stolen dollars came from
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Ramaphosa’s Constitutional Court bid is an act of desperation, says ATM leader Zungula
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The Jacob Zuma Foundation has called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the deaths of over 200 people in the country during days of unrest and looting of businesses.
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The Rational Youth Movement has accused National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of trying to sweep allegations of fraud, corruption and extortion levelled against Section 194 committee chairperson Richard Dyantyi under the carpet:
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Should Chief Justice Zondo hand over a corruption report to a president riddled with corruption allegations?
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Interview of spy head Mondli Gungubele resurfaces, opening up old wounds of struggle icon Chris Hani
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Cope calls on Arthur Fraser to report death threats to the police
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The ANC in Mpumalanga has suffered a blow with the announcement by the newly registered Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party that one of the ruling party’s former heavyweights in the province, Andries Gamede, would be one of its provincial co-ordinators.
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Black businesses haemorrhaging under Ramaphosa
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AfriForum Youth lays criminal charges against UCT professor for over child porn distribution claim
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The African People’s Convection (APC) has called for the removal of Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan from Cabinet; the party blames him for longer stages of load shedding and poor performance:
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Watch: Expelled ANC Member and Former Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association spokesperson Carl Niehaus explains ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa's relationship with the Nupen family #ANC55
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