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What you can expect in your City Press newspaper this week:
Will Cyril blink on wage bill?
As unions slam the state’s intention to renege on their three-year remuneration deal, a showdown is set for this week that may force the president’s hand.
Malema sues Mamabolo for R2 million
EFF leader Julius Malema and his wife Mantoa Matlala will this week urgently seek the intervention of the courts as the pair drag ANC MP Boy Mamabolo to the Limpopo High Court.
A climate of fear at Acsa
It took eight bullets to finally silence Absalom Njoni, the Airports Company SA (Acsa) employee working at OR Tambo International Airport.
He was killed last May in Tembisa amid allegations linking his death to entrenched corruption at the airport management company.
Coronavirus alert raised to highest level, says WHO
Governments have no excuses for not being ready, warns world health body while economists revise growth forecasts downwards as impact hits.
Accused was ‘sexually involved’ with dead farmer
A farmworker and her lover appeared in the regional court in Ficksburg this week on charges of murdering the farmer she worked for and with whom she was allegedly sexually involved.
Women blow lid off non-consensual sterilisation
“The doctor insulted, shouted and told me that I could not get pregnant again because it would be unfair for working citizens to be the ones responsible for paying for our children’s HIV treatment with their tax money.”
Official denies role in R24m lecturers’ scam
More than R24 million was allegedly stolen from the coffers of the department of higher education, science and technology by a syndicate headed by a top official in the department.
Failing to provide medicinal notes in isiZulu
Explain in isiZulu why I must take your medicine. This is the challenge that could face the pharmaceutical industry in court soon.
Gloves off in wild ANC North West
Rustenburg mayor Mpho Khunou has given the strongest indication so far that he is ready to step up and lead the ANC in North West.
Failed Tshwane council referred to national leadership
After six failed council meetings in the embattled City of Tshwane, the MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) Lebogang Maile has decided to take the matter to the national leadership.
Life in the dark
Siyamthanda uses newspapers to make fire for cooking. She only cooks once a day because of the drawn-out process. Leftover food is eaten in the morning to prevent it from becoming rotten.
Nomzamo is among the few townships in Soweto that have had no electricity for the past eight months. Some residents have adapted to living without electricity
There’s a mine on my doorstep
Residents shocked to discover illegal mining which threatens to destroy their homes as council denies granting company permission to mine there
Battle for control of Mambazo
Barely a week after Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala’s burial, trouble has reared its ugly head in the camp.
Human error to blame for crash
The SA Civil Aviation Authority has released a report that strongly suggests that the pilot was at fault in the events leading to the fatal crash, but some experts are convinced that the ageing aircraft may have malfunctioned
MKMVA, MK Council to hold unity conference
Kebby Maphatsoe, president of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA), says the upcoming “all-inclusive” elective conference involving former ANC combatants should look at ways to create access to economic opportunities for the former liberation soldiers.
Great dancing that makes you feel alive
You have two minutes. You have just two minutes to convince the audience and viewers that you’re The Greatest Dancer. How many minutes, hours … years did it take to prepare for that performance, though?
