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(Photo: Metro) The Tshwane metro may be on the brink of a large-scale technical collapse while a critical shortage of qualified tradespeople is crippling the city’s power grid. While the metro’s official reports try to paint a picture of brisk service, some say the figures actually show that only a handful of technicians keep the lights on in the capital. Nick Pascoe, a FF Plus councilor in the Tshwane metro council, says the latest figures point to a disturbing reality that is not in line with the metro’s public image. He says the customer relationship management report (CRM) aims to…

IMOTO: OMODA C4THE Omoda family in South Africa will soon be expanded with the C4 which was unveiled for the first time at the Beijing Auto Show, China, last week.The C4 will go under the C4 which has become a favorite, not only in this country, but also in other countries as it is the car that Omoda introduced to the public.It is expected to compete with other similar SUVs including VW T-Cross, Chery Tiggo 4 Pro and Kia Sonet.It looks like it will attract many with its attractive exterior as it has beautiful curves on the body.On the outside…

The Minister of Higher Education, Mr. Buti Manamela, PROMISES that the benefits of students will not be affected after he placed under the control of the National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).Manamela, who announced this move yesterday afternoon, said that he has put the fund under a regulator so that there will be stability in it. This follows the sudden resignation of two members of the board that controls the fund, including the acting chairman, Dr Mugwena Maluleke, who said she resigned because she wanted to focus on her studies.”I decided to put NSFAS under the administrator. This decision was…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – With a weary expression, Saja arranges her few belongings inside the tent her fiance, Mohammed, has prepared for their wedding in just a few days.There are two thin mattresses instead of a proper bed, a small cooking corner fashioned from wood and tarpaulin, and a makeshift bathroom that Mohammed also built from scraps of wood and plastic sheets.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe couple, Saja al-Masri, 22, and Mohammed Ahliwat, 27, got engaged a year ago while their families were displaced. They are still living in a camp in Deir el-Balah in central…

The Beitbrug border wire. (Photo: Phill Magakoe/AFP)Deur Tania Broughton, GroundUp The Constitutional Court refused to hear appeals by two construction companies against a special tribunal ruling that they must pay back all profits they made from the Beit Bridge border fence project.The country’s highest court said the appeals by Profteam CC and Caledon River Properties (trading as Magwa Construction) did not affect the court’s jurisdiction. The verdict finally brings an end to a protracted court process.The R40 million contract was awarded for the construction of a 40 km long razor wire fence on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.…

SHIPPED to IFP, a recorded speech has been leaked which is believed to be that of a member of the Legislature party who is heard inciting the beating of his colleagues in a conversation where he was talking to a woman who is heard swearing that she will never wear a t-shirt with the face of the party leader, Mr. Velenkosini Hlabisa.The recorded speech, which is believed to be that of a member of the Legislative Assembly who is also the chairman of the youth wing of the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Mncedisi Maphisa, has caused a stir within the…

Fadiel Adams, leader of the National Colored Congress, was arrested on Thursday. (Photo: Fadiel Adams/Facebook)Fadiel Adams, leader of the National Colored Congress (NCC) and a member of parliament, has been arrested and is believed to be on his way to KwaZulu-Natal.Adams is accused of interfering with the police investigation into the assassination of Sindiso Magaqa at the time. Magaqa, a former secretary-general of the ANC’s youth league, died in September 2017, after he was shot in Umzimkhulu in KwaZulu-Natal in July that year.Adams was handcuffed at his home in the Pelican Park parliamentary village on Tuesday afternoon.His arrest came shortly…

AN ACTRESS, Rosemary Zimu, says that even though she is married, being in a drama about trauma in love has opened her eyes, as the drama that started yesterday Strings Attachedwhich is shown at 8 pm on Mzansi Magic.In this play, Rosemary plays the main role of Lethabo, a woman who is in love with a man who tortures her by making her do things she doesn’t like.Rosemany said that the role of Xolani played by Melusi Mbhele shows how a woman can find herself in love with a lying man who does everything to make it look like he…

(File photo: AFP) The Iranian community in South Africa says serious human rights violations by Iran ‘s government continues, while the international community remains silent. The South African government’s lack of response was particularly sharply criticized. “We ask for moral clarity… Silence, in moments like this, is not neutral.” Some members of the Iranian community in South Africa sharply condemned the Iranian regime and at the same time accused the South African government of “looking the other way” while serious human rights violations were being committed by the Iranian regime. According to a media statement by Shervin Ghorbani, a member…

Members of Parliament WANT answers to reports that they are being paid huge amounts of money by suspended government employees.Groups including the DA and the EFF, want the Minister of Public Works and Administration, King Mzamo Buthelezi, to explain the reports that these workers are paid R800 million, per year.The Parliamentary committee wants Buthelezi to explain what he called the exploitation of taxpayers’ money.The DA said that they have written to the Chairman of the Parliamentary committee, because they want Buthelezi to explain in detail about the money.It complained that a lot of money is being spent by the government…