Teachers to be vetted before being appointed
By Ali Mphaki
Picture: Boxer Ngwenya
It’s going to be difficult for teacher with a sexual offence to be admitted to any school in the country. On Thursday Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education commended efforts by the South African …
Picture by: Boxer Ngwenya
Questions still rage at how she was appointed
to head the institution
By Ntwaagae Seleka
ntwaagae.seleka@abaphenyi.co.za
She came, she saw, and left the hospital in a critical condition. This is how employees at the Bertha Gxowa hospital in Ger…
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Shareholders urged to review unseemly bonuses
By Staff Reporter
Former Steinhoff Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Markus Jooste, has been subpoenaed to appear before the Standing Committees on Finance, Public Accounts and Trade and Industry. This is after Jooste via…
Picture above shows the house used as Business Address by Mr. Mongwe
Dubious payments to suppliers at Bertha Gxowa hospital come under scrutiny
Ntwaagae Seleka and Dumisani Dube
Picture: Dumisani Dube
ntwaagae.seleka@abaphenyi.co.za
Introducing Cha…
Bill proposes to make private donations transparent
By Staff Reporter
news@abaphenyi.co.za
The National Assembly approved the Political Party Funding Bill at its sitting Tuesday and it will now go to the National Council of Provinces for consideration. The Bill proposes, among oth…
Cartoon by: Wilson Mgobhozi
South Africans may never know the full scale of looting during those dark days
By Ali Mphaki
Ali.mphaki@abaphenyi.co.za
The Johannesburg High Court’s decision last week to deny non-governmental organisations access to various records related to suspected f…
Snakes and monkeys are getting the blame for corruption in Nigeria
Tolo Olarewaju, Standfordshire University/The Conversation
There is something strange afoot in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy. Animals have been making away with huge sums of money. No, this is not a euphemism.
When a …
Out goes the X1 in comes its new subcompact
crossover elder sibling
By Ali Mphaki
You bet it amagents in the townships will definitely not miss a chance to re-baptize any new car model that tickles their fancy.
And of all the motor manufacturers it is BMW in particular tha…
No voice recordings available of the late
PAC president
By Ali Mphaki
Fifty eight years since he died, there is still no voice recording of the late Robert Sobukwe, the founding president of the PAC. Sobukwe’s PAC is largely credited for the events of March 21, 1960, which led to…
No recognition for leader of that fateful march
By Ali Mphaki
The Soweto uprisings of 1976 had their own Tsietsi Mashinini. In Ficksburg they had Andries Tatane. Down in Marikana they had Mgcineni Noki. As for Sharpeville, it has to be Ntate Nyakane Tsolo. Little is known about Tsolo.…
EFF's leader renders half apology for incident
Abaphenyi Reporter
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News Photojournalist Adrian De Kock will on Tuesday lay criminal charges against Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu.
This is after a scuffle broke out between the politician…
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The SAPS must do their work, says arbitrator justice Moseneke
Staff Reporter
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The R1,2-million settlement ordered by retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke for government to pay to each family of the more than hundred mental…
Arbitrator Justice Moseneke orders Government to pay R1.2m for each family
Staff Reporter
news@abaphenyi.co.za
Retired justice Dikgang Moseneke has ordered government to pay R1.2-million for each of the families who lost their loved ones in the failed marathon Life Esidimeni proj…
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“The nation has moved on” says country’s new leader
By Staff Reporter
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe tendered his resignation in terms of Section 96, Sub Section 1, of the Constitution of Zimbabwe contrary to his claims that he was deposed through…
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Former President to face corruption charges
Staff Reporter
news@abaphenyi.co.za
It took a mere nine minutes and three seconds for National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams to announce that former president Jacob Zuma will finally have his day in court…
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BERTHA GXOWA TO LAUNCH PROBE INTO CLAIMS OF NEPOTISM
Ntwaagae Seleka
ntwaagae.seleka@abaphenyi.co.za
GERMISTON: Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston has promised to launch an investigation into allegations that some senior staff members were employing their relativ…
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FORMER CHIEF OFFICER FOR BUSINESS TAX JONAS MAKWAKWA NOT OFF THE HOOK
Staff Reporter
Boxer.Ngwenya@abaphenyi.co.za
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South African Revenue Services (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane is expected to provide the Parliament Standing Committ…
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Minister Nomvula Mokonyane could be summoned in parliament to answer hard questions
Staff Reporter
news@abaphenyi.co.za
PARLIAMENT: The former Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane could be summoned in parliament to answer questions relating to …
By Ali Mphaki
Hot on the heels of the recently launched VW Polo Vivo, enters the new Toyota Yaris in a bolder, bigger and more modern interpretation. With a total of 1 000 new parts, the sight of the newcomer is likely to bring a cheer on Yaris lovers who will no doubt appreciate the new wide…
What led to world’s worst listeriosis outbreak in South Africa
By: Lise Korsten
South Africa has had the biggest listeriosis outbreak in the world that resulted in more than 180 deaths to date. The Conversation Africa’s health editor Candice Bailey spoke to Prof Lise Korsten about the chal…
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