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Bad Threat and Rise Mzansi. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) The parliamentary impeachment committee requested a legal opinion to gain clarity on the inclusion of John Hlophe. Makashule Gana, Rise Mzansi MP and chairman of the impeachment committee, said at a media conference in Johannesburg on Monday that Hlophe’s inclusion in the 31-member committee does not depend on the chairman, but on the speaker of parliament. Hlophe, a former judge,’s inclusion led to a lot of public debate because he himself was placed in a state of accusation and removed as a judge. Gana says the sub-committee on the review of…

RECOMMENDING people who admire the beauty of his work, and who are encouraged by the way he seems to stand for what he wants and desires, has encouraged actor Shine Madela to strive to raise the level in the area he acts inHomecoming.Shine from Wyebank, west of Durban, is one of the prominent actors in this show which is shown on Mzansi Wethu Monday to Friday at 6:30 pm, where he plays the role of Mabuyi MaNkwanyana Kubeka.Talking about this place, she said that it was a big challenge to portray it as she is a married woman and lives…

Photo for illustration. (Photo: iStock)TLU SA welcomes and supports Sakeliga’s recent submission to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on the future of the Agoa agreement.Sakeliga’s proposal follows amid increasing uncertainty about South Africa’s future participation in AGOA, a trade advantage system that offers South African companies and producers preferential access to the American market.Sakeliga suggests in the submission that the current all-or-nothing approach be reviewed.TLU SA says, instead of companies and producers bearing the consequences of decisions made at government level, according to Sakeliga, there should be room for companies, farmers and even provinces that meet international trade requirements…

There will be courts that will only focus on prosecuting people who are in the country illegally in order to speed up their return to their countries.These courts are established to deal with the problem that is bothering many people in this country who are in this country illegally. This is one of the efforts to deal with the problem of illegal immigrants.It was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night, in his address to the nation, about this problem.”We are the government and we have taken up the issue of people who are in this country illegally. People must…

The United States has denied entry to a top Somali referee who was set to participate in the FIFA World Cup, raising concerns about Washington’s travel restrictions and their impact on the tournament.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Al Jazeera on Monday that Omar Artan was not allowed into the country after arriving in South Florida on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listArtan, who is listed as one of FIFA’s 52 World Cup referees, was “determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns and was denied entry”, a DHS spokesperson said in an email, without providing…

(Archive photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) On Wednesday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) successfully opposed the bail applications of seven accused accused of allegedly intimidating long-distance bus operators and blackmailing them for money. Bonke Makalala, Simphiwe Mtshala, Mzuvukile Mbiyo, Siyanda Dyantyti, Gwendoline Mazele, Siphelele Kwaza and Simphiwe Gxumayo are facing 156 charges, including extortion, attempted extortion, intimidation, money laundering, kidnapping, interference with infrastructure, violations of the Organized Crime Prevention Act and failure to file tax returns. The charges against them follow after they were arrested between 27 and 29 March after they allegedly disrupted more than 150 long-distance buses traveling between…

KOHLISANA is armed in the coalition government of the parties in the country, GNU and GPU as the Secretary General of the ANC, Mr. Fikile Mbalula, says they are not friends.Mbalula said they want to succeed in the elections so that they don’t have to persuade other parties when they have to make decisions.”Do you think we are friends with the DA, or the IFP? Do you think they want us? They don’t want us. There is nothing we can do, we need to work together but they don’t want us and they are not our friends,” said Mbalula.He said…

JUDGMENTS The High Court of Pietermaritzburg sentenced each person to life imprisonment, the relatives of those convicted of murder are comparing him to another.The convicts, Mthokozisi Ngwane (34) and Sanele Mqondisi Ngwane (37), were convicted of shooting and killing Mr. Nduduzo Ndlovu in Himeville, Mgungundlovu, on February 2, 2023. According to Mrs. Natasha Ramkisson-Kara of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), those who were convicted, went to this place to search for a certain person they intended to kill but ended up killing the deceased.It is said that although the convicts were able to successfully escape from the scene of the…

Agricultural exports during this quarter amounted to $3.30 billion (R59.4 billion), while imports decreased by 10.6% to $1.76 billion (R31.68 billion). (Photo for illustration/iStock) In the first quarter of this year, South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded the largest trade surplus ever for a first quarter, despite challenges such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and falling exports to the USA. According to AgriSA’s latest trade report, the sector achieved a trade surplus of $1.55 billion (more than R28 billion) from January to March this year. This is 16.1% higher than in the same period last year and the highest first quarter trade…

It is NOT known where the body of the leader of the Nyonini church, the Christian Catholic Holy Spirit in Zion, Dr. Thamsanqa Nkonyane, who was the president of the church who passed away two weeks ago, was buried at his home in Durban.The day passed on Saturday, the issue of the suspension of the funeral service of this leader which was going on at the headquarters of this church in Jakkals Span in Sizweni, in Newcastle, is still in the headlines.This comes after the service was about to end and the police who were accompanying Nkonyane’s wife, MaNgcobo, who…