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WANTS to achieve her dream of becoming one of the most respected women in the country, Mrs Sinempilo Ngubane (40), who is one of those who advanced to the penultimate position in the Mrs South Africa event.Mrs Ngubane from Pietermaritzburg but now based in Durban, said it was her dream to be one of the ladies who won the title of Miss South Africa, while still studying.But he says that did not happen as there were strict rules that had to be followed.This lady, who holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, says she is one of the five left…

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(Photo: Border Management Authority/X)The DA has welcomed the dismissal of 50 officials from the Border Management Authority (BMA) and says it shows that a new anti-corruption initiative in the immigration and border management system is starting to produce results.Adrian Roos, DA MP and the party’s spokesperson on internal affairs, says the dismissals follow after the anti-corruption forum for border management and immigration, which was established last year under Minister Leon Schreiber, began to “show its teeth”.According to Roos, the forum brings together various role players to combat corruption in the immigration and border management system. This includes the Department of…

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The local men’s cricket team will be humbled by the millions of injuries they received by reaching the knockout stage of the T20 World Cup.The Proteas were knocked out by New Zealand in the semi-finals of the tournament in India and Sri Lanka after going through the two group stages undefeated.By reaching this stage, the local team will receive a little more than 1 million USD (approximately R16.5-million).New Zealand will benefit from 1.4 million USD (R23.3 million) by entering the finals, while the champions India will receive 2.6 million USD (R43.million).Meanwhile, the governing body of cricket in the world, the…

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There is something wrong with Kaizer Chiefs players whose contracts expire in June.The Chiefs, who are struggling these days due to the results that leave the fans disappointed, must decide on the future of the players whose contracts expire in the next three months.Among these players there are pillars like one of the best goalkeepers in the league this season, Brendon Petersen who is said to have been given a new contract, Pule Mmodi and Dillan Solomons who seem to have a future in Chiefs because of what they have done this season if they are given games.Among these players…

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The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has been accused of tampering with Mamelodi Sundowns’ plans for the first leg of the Caf Champions League match against Mali’s Stade Malien, on Friday at 6pm, at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria.These serious accusations against the organization that supervises football in South Africa, came from the mouth of the coach of Sundowns, Miguel Cardoso, after his team’s 2-0 victory over Orbit College FC in the Betway Premiership match on Tuesday.Instead of being happy to ensure that Sundowns climbed to the top of the log before playing the Champions League, Cardoso lashed out at the…

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Ian Cameron. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) The problems facing the South African Police Service (SAPS) have nothing to do with incompetence, believes Ian Cameron, a DA MP and chairman of the parliamentary committee on police. He believes incompetence is a “secondary issue”. The primary cause? State looting. “We have incredible people still working in the police force. These police officers work in extremely difficult conditions,” Cameron told the online business newspaper this week. Biznews said his conference in Hermanus. “They often have to work with colleagues they don’t trust. Then they are expected to confront sophisticated crime networks, even though…

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KwaDukuza’s man, who has caused the blood of many people, keeps guessing who will leave the showBig BrotherWanda Gumede, who was known as King Wanda, says that he is not a prophet, but watching this show for years in a row made him realize who is being hanged.King Wanda was still in love with the viewers of this program because he always said or said he dreamed about who would go every week and what he said finally happened.In this house, he said that it is not easy to live there because of the presence of people from different families,…

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Archive photo of prisoners for illustration purposes only. (Photo: Wikus de Wet / AFP). Four more men deported from the US as part of Washington’s plan to deport undocumented migrants have arrived in Eswatini, the government and a lawyer said on Thursday. The small country already took in 15 men last year as part of agreements between the US and several African countries to accept migrants in terms of a third-country deportation program. Human rights groups have widely criticized this program. Two of the newly deported are from Somalia, one from Tanzania and one from Sudan, Alma David, a migration…

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Army members. (Photo: SANW)Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa said in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the South African army is being deployed to support the police in the fight against gang violence and illegal mining in several provinces.Ramaphosa answered questions from members of parliament, after questions arose about the authorization and steps taken when the army was deployed in Gauteng.Ramaphosa explained that the army serves as a “force multiplier” for the police in operations in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng, as well as against illegal mining in Gauteng and North West.”The deployment of the army is necessary to complement…

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