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Under new amendments, marketers will be prohibited from contacting any person who registers a pre-emptive block against such intrusive approaches. The question is whether companies will comply or stop spamming us, writes Wendy Knowler.
Instead of taking action against two government officials who allegedly aided a group of companies in a sophisticated R72 million fraud from 2006 to 2010, the KwaZulu-Natal department of social development (DSD) simply allowed the officials to transfer to provincial department of agriculture and rural development (DARD).
Despite having previously admitted to starting the August 2023 Usindiso building fire, which killed 76 people, Sithembiso Lawrence Mdlalose now appears to have had a change of heart and intends on pleading not guilty to the raft of murder, attempted murder and arson charges he is facing.
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau has published draft interim block exemptions in the government gazette, which effectively shield healthcare funders and providers from violating competition law if they work together to set tariffs.
Erin Lazarus was 23 when she lost her left foot due to a blood clot caused by lupus. She didn’t know it then, but her experience would spark a love for running and a bond with her dad as she runs all four races in the Balwin Sports Marathon series over the next month.
Amid simmering tensions between Pretoria and Washington, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he does not view the non-attendance of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s at the first meetings under South Africa’s G20 presidency, as a “boycott”.
Amid simmering tensions between Pretoria and Washington, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he does not view the non-attendance of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the first meetings under South Africa’s G20 Presidency, as a “boycott.”
A Department of Home Affairs official who testified in the bail application of Anabela Rungo, the mother of Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina, says allowing her to remain in the country after her illegal residence would send the wrong message.
A review of the Criminal Procedure Act is underway, and proposals include tightening the circumstances when police officers may use deadly force, the non-trial resolution of corporate corruption cases, and also strengthening protections afforded to victims of crime.
There is no evidence to show that two men – alleged to have flown in from Cape Town to Durban for a failed attempt on the life of a senior advocate acting for the South African Revenue Services – would interfere or endanger State witnesses if released on bail, their defence said.