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Men have been ordered to stop traveling far to get tested for TB disease as they are the youngest among those tested.This call was made by the Deputy President of the country Mr. Paul Mashatile yesterday, in celebration of World TB Day, in the Western Cape. He said this disease is curable but it still destroys a lot of people in this country and around the world.”We are calling on men to be tested for this disease because they are the ones who travel far from being tested. In the past 11 months, statistics show that few men are tested…

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The Department of Corrections spends more than R11 million a day, to feed foreign prisoners kept in prisons in this country.The Minister of the Department, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, wants the law to be amended so that foreign prisoners will be returned to their countries. He said this in a video he posted on social media.Groenewald said that there are a lot of foreign prisoners in prisons in this country.”We have about 26,000 prisoners. These prisoners include those who have been sentenced and those who are still awaiting trial.”Groenewald said that the Ministry spends millions of dollars to feed foreign prisoners…

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March 25, 2026 Maroela editorial How would you like to share the article? Tiaan Barkhuizen was named Young Farmer of the Year in 2025. (Photo: TLU SA) TLU SA is expanding its Young Farmer of the Year competition by offering a Young Farmer of the Year competition for scholars in 2026 for the first time. The project gives young people the opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and sense of responsibility already at school level through practical agricultural and food projects. “The Young Farmer of the Year proves year after year that it is a powerful platform to show…

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We will be closed by a lady from Igagasi FM, replacing Ayanda Msweli, who had made a name for herself by presenting traffic on Ukhozi FM.It is a country it also found out from its sources that Ayanda Msweli, who was famous as Ngwenya, her contract was not renewed at this radio station.Nokwanda Tema, it turns out, is the one who will replace Msweli.”And Msweli is leaving, her contract was not renewed, instead a young lady was picked up from Igagasi radio station and she was the one to fill Msweli’s place. It is really difficult, everyone has been told…

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Michael Beaumont. (Photo: X) ActionSA has written to Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga requesting that Gareth Mnisi, Chief Financial Officer of the City of Tshwane, identify anyone from ActionSA allegedly involved in tender talks. The request comes after Sgt. Fannie Nkosi, alleged right hand of Lt. Gen. Shadrack Sibiya (suspended deputy national police commissioner), recently testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. It is alleged in mobile phone messages between Mnisi and Nkosi that individuals linked to ActionSA participated in discussions about alleged tender fraud in Tshwane. “ActionSA views these allegations with the utmost seriousness and we are committed to…

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There will be NO big celebration of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, which will be attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa of this organization.The ANC KwaZulu-Natal event to celebrate the day the organization was founded has been cancelled. The announcement was made by the ANC KwaZulu-Natal spokesperson, Mr. Fanle Sibisi, who said they canceled the event because they wanted to focus on preparations for the upcoming local government elections.The ceremony was supposed to take place at the beginning of the month but it was postponed because Ramaphosa was going to the funeral of an American pastor, Jesse Jackson.The event is scheduled to…

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AfriForum says the report will be used to convince the US government not to punish South Africa and its residents for Mbalula’s actions, but rather to act against him personally. (Photo: Marthinus Koekemoer) On Wednesday, AfriForum launched a comprehensive report, known as the Mbalula dossier, detailing various allegations of fraud, money laundering and corruption against Fikile Mbalula, secretary general of the ANC. The report also describes how, according to AfriForum, Mbalula recklessly exposes South Africa to possible American punitive measures through, among other things, his provocative and insulting statements against Western countries, his support for expropriation without compensation and his…

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One of the 12 police officers who appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning is Brigadier Rachel Matjeng, who said she and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala were in love and he was her blesser.Testifying before the Madlanga Commission in February, Matjeng said there was no money Matlala gave him as a bribe to get the R360 million police contract.He said he wooed her with gifts including Ozempic (an expensive weight loss drug). Asked about the R300 000 he received from Matlala, he told the commission that it had nothing to do with his work.The 12 officers were arrested when…

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