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Expresso Removes Katlego Maboe from Morning Show Pending Investigation

By SAPeople Contributor 23-10-20 12:52

Popular Expresso Morning Show host Katlego Maboe will not be appearing on the show until legal proceedings have been fully investigated, and pending the outcome,  Cardova Productions said in a statement on Friday. The statement said: “Certain serious allegations have been posted on social media about Mr Katlego Maboe and, last night, a video was leaked […]

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No Housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for Now

By Guest Contributor 23-10-20 11:22

The City of Cape Town has granted in-principle approval of the Rondebosch Golf Club lease renewal, stating that the area is “not suitable for housing purposes at this point” and that it has “severe development constraints”. The decision by the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee was made on 20 October, with a final decision […]

WATCH Song for South Africa: ‘My Home’ by Edward Smith

By SAPeople 22-12-20 17:01

A young South African expat living in Los Angeles, California, has written and produced a song with a voice that will tear at your heart and lyrics that will stir your soul, set to a backdrop of visuals highlighting the spectacular, heartbreaking beauty of South Africa. Edward Smith – whose real name is Dewald Smit […]

Whistleblower Agrizzi Has Heart Attack in Hospital

By SAPeople Staff Writer 24-11-20 21:27

The Bosasa whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi, who was denied bail only last week (for reasons that will be covered in this Sunday’s Carte Blanche), has suffered a heart attack while in a private Johannesburg hospital. Agrizzi who was denied bail last Wednesday, as he was deemed a flight risk, was moved to a private hospital earlier […]

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WATCH ‘Rolex Robbery’ at Restaurant in Sandton, South Africa

By SAPeople 22-10-20 18:38

A brazen ‘Rolex’ robbery took place yesterday at a Turkish restaurant in Sunninghill Village shopping centre, in Sandton, Johannesburg. In a video which has gone viral in South Africa, at least two suspects can be seen, pointing their guns at a table of six diners. One suspect, dressed in dark clothes, can be seen jumping […]

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Four Senior Gauteng Health Officials Arrested for Alleged Tender Irregularities

By SAPeople 22-10-20 13:18

PRETORIA – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) has arrested four former senior state officials on Thursday morning for alleged tender irregularities committed at the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), in 2007, Haws announced in a statement today. The long-drawn-out case by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation emanates from February 2007, when the State […]

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Husband Among 5 Arrested for Murder of 2 Women in Polokwane

By SAPeople Staff Writer 22-10-20 12:10

Five people were arrested early today for the execution-style killing of two women in Polokwane ten days ago, including the husband of one of them, who had apparently tried to commit suicide. Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane, 46, and Tebogo Mphuti, 35, were shot while sitting in a car in Polokwane on 10 October. Reports at the time […]

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Free State Premier Needs to Declare State of Disaster in Fire-Swept Areas

By SAPeople 21-10-20 10:16

The DA in the Free State, South Africa, has requested that the Premier declare the fire-swept areas a State of Disaster, in order to facilitate the allocation of vital resources. The veld fires this week ravaged about 100,000 hectares around and between the towns of Dealesville, Boshoff, Hertzogville, Hoopstad and Bultfontein… destroying livestock, game, grazing, […]

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31 Fort Hare Students Test Positive After Partying at Tavern

By SAPeople 21-10-20 19:00

Thirty-one students from Fort Hare University’s East London campus in South Africa have tested positive for COVID-19, apparently following a night out partying… similar to the recent ‘super-spreader’ incident in Cape Town where 89 tested Covid-19 positive following a gathering, which included several matric students, at the Tin Roof in Claremont. According to a joint […]

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Now SABC Wants TV License Fees if You Watch Netflix on a Laptop

By SAPeople Staff Writer 23-12-20 22:35

The constantly cash-strapped and facing bankruptcy South African Broadcasting Corporation now wants people to pay TV license fees not only if you don’t watch their television programmes but also even if you watch streaming services like Netflix on your laptop. In a presentation to the parliamentary portfolio committee for communications, the deputy minister of communications […]

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Pastor Bushiri and Wife Arrested in R102 Million Fraud in South Africa

By SAPeople 14-11-20 21:35

The Malawian pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary were two of four suspects who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth R102 million. It was reported late today that Mary Bushiri was arrested first and then her husband, after trying to evade the Hawks, handed himself in to […]

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The World’s Going Mad for This Fabric Map of Africa

By SAPeople 20-10-20 12:52

Mia Kora has been “honoured and humbled” by the impact of its ‘Fabric Map of Africa’. The company, which usually offers a collection of scarves and shawls centred around the concept of ‘wearable art’ has this time created art centred around a collection of fabrics from each of the continent’s countries – from Egyptian cotton […]

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