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Eastern Cape education department’s R500m tablet contract illegal

The Eastern Cape education department broke the law when it signed a contract worth hundreds of millions of rand to lease 55,000 tablet devices and provide a virtual ...

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Staff on edge as EC Covid-19 patients roam hotel

The five-star Radisson Blu hotel in Summerstrand is being used as a Covid-19 quarantine site and staff are not happy about it, claiming “stubborn ...

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Mthatha boss rewards loyal employee with own business

An Mthatha employee’s loyalty has paid off in a way he could never have imagined: his boss has given him the shuttle service business where he ...

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R30m and 13 years later, Mdantsane swimming pool ...

At least R30m has been pumped into supposedly revamping a swimming pool in Buffalo City Metro but it remains closed, with little to show how taxpayers’ money was spent. More money, possibly running into more millions, will be ploughed into the ...

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Security beefed up as Eastern Cape beachgoers defy Covid-19 rules

The two metros in the Eastern Cape have deployed law enforcement officials, including soldiers, to ensure the national ...

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Mqanduli PhD student puts ancient plants in science spotlight

Aviwe Matiwane will be the first in her family to achieve a doctorate. While this is a source of pride, it is not what ...

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Thieves target yachts at Buffalo River club

A spate of thefts from yachts at the Buffalo River Yacht Club in East London has skippers hot under the collar. Three ...

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SA records 9,909 Covid-19 related deaths

SA has recorded 9,909 Covid-19 related fatalities since the first case was detected in the country on March 5.

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Motorist 'disarms and shoots' traffic cop in face with her service pistol

A motorist who responded to a routine inspection on the Garden Route by overpowering a traffic officer and shooting her ...

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South Africa tries to recover over R400m from German software firm SAP for 'unlawful' ...

South African investigators are seeking to recover more than 400 million rand from German software firm SAP for two ...

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Fikile Mbalula confident new RAF CEO will turn the agency around

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the appointment of Collins Letsoalo as CEO of the Road Accident Fund ...

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'Ace Magashule is out of order': Zanu-PF scolds ANC secretary-general

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party says ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule is "completely out of order" for entertaining ...

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SA's front-line nurses are suffering severe psychological distress: survey

SA's front-line nurses are suffering psychological distress, lack confidence in their knowledge of Covid-19 and are ...

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Jacob Zuma loses Constitutional Court bid in Hanekom defamation case

SA's highest court says there is no prospect of success for Jacob Zuma's appeal case

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Scam alert on Facebook ad: 'Even after cancelling, I was still billed'

In this weekly segment of bite-sized chunks of useful information, consumer journalist Wendy Knowler summarises news ...

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Live animal trade cruel and 'illegal', court told

A lawyer for the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has accused two Kuwaiti animal export companies of building their ...

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‘King’ Diko raises ire of AmaBhaca by blocking access road to extend his land

Nkosi Thandisizwe Diko, who together with his presidential spokesperson wife Khusela Diko is embroiled in a R125m ...

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EL demolitions: Government ordered to find accommodation for Greydell Covid-19 patients

The East London high court has ordered the national government to find alternative accommodation within 10 days for ...

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Expedite testing and contact tracing to win war against Covid-19

On March 5, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed South Africa's first patient to test positive for Covid-19. Three weeks later the ...

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East London law firm celebrates fourth ...

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The JSE failed to open on Wednesday morning after being closed on Monday for Christmas and Tuesday for Boxing ...

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Entrepreneurs gather in EL to map their ...

The “I am an entrepreneur” business summit was in East London for its fourth session over the weekend, connecting over ...

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) should not be bogged down by investigating promotions‚ appointments and salary ...

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The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Gauteng is 13,023, with 3,716 recoveries and 87 deaths.

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SA's biggest non-food retailer Edcon has served 22,000 of its employees with notices of retrenchments as it blames ...

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Two Brazilian pastors face expulsion from Equatorial Guinea after the pair held unauthorised masses in contravention of ...

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Despite a close under-skin relationship with the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and the Lamborghini Urus, the Volkswagen ...

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2020 Audi S6 is low-key but high-flying

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The cobwebs of five months inactive tripped the two teams to a clumsy display as Bloemfontein Celtic displayed the ...

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Bottas pips Hamilton to 70th Anniversary ...

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Cholera outbreak lurks in province’s ...

Parts of the Eastern Cape may be on the brink of a cholera outbreak as a result of local government’s abuse of the ...

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Eastern Cape rivers are becoming deadly sewers.A Daily Dispatch team investigated three vital rivers in the province ...

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Eastern Cape education department’s R500m tablet contract illegal

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SA's front-line nurses are suffering severe psychological distress: survey

Jacob Zuma loses Constitutional Court bid in Hanekom defamation case

Scam alert on Facebook ad: 'Even after cancelling, I was still billed'

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