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The deputy president reiterated President Cyril Ramaphosa's stance, making it clear that the country was not going to succumb to global pressure to close down coal power supply in South Africa.
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Nkomo-Ralehoko and the Electricity Minister met with officials from the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Saturday to assess the impact of power cuts on the facility.
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Krassimir Kamenov, known as Karo was charged in absentia by Bulgarian authorities for his alleged involvement in the killing of a government official in early 2022.
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The Department of Health said the latest two people who succumbed to the waterborne disease are from Gauteng.
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The utility said its 59-hour water shutdown is to allow it to tie in a new pipe to its existing pipeline to ensure continuous future water supply.
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The former president said Africans should unite and not succumb to tactics used by external players whose intent is dividing Africa.
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Speaking on the sidelines of an oversight visit at Bara Hospital on Saturday, Ramokgopa said he would be working with all ministers in the energy sector to address the country's energy crisis.
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Izindaba zesiZulu no-Kwazi Kwaza.
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The deputy president began his Eastern Cape visit on Friday in Lusikisiki where he provided feedback to communities on government's progress on the District Development Model.
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The 62-year-old Rwandan national made a brief appearance in court on Friday. He faces two charges of fraud and another of contravening the Immigration Act.
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Airports Company South Africa explained that the fire system detected smoke from one of its retail shops on Friday, triggering the alarm.
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Speaking on the Hammanskraal cholera outbreak, the Minister of Water and Sanitation said his department had been aware of the issues at the Rooiwal plant for a while but couldn't intervene as Tshwane municipality was not placed under administration.
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The department said it hoped this would alleviate some of the pressure on the nearby Jubilee District Hospital that's been inundated with people complaining of vomiting, stomach cramps, nausea and fever.
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The king's decision to change the Ingonyama Trust board appeared to have soured Buthelezi's relationship with the king, but the latter claims all is well.
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Ramokgopa, after his visit to the hospital on Saturday morning, is expected to provide an update on how his department will address the load shedding crisis in healthcare facilities.
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He becomes the third mayor of the Eastern Cape metro since the 2021 local government elections.
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Our Eyewitness News Politics Associate Editor Tshidi Madia is in Conakry, Guinea for former President Thabo Mbeki's annual Africa Day lecture. Ahead of the lecture, Madia caught up with the former president on matters relating to Russia.
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The Eyewitness News bulletin with Jane Dutton.
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Earlier on Friday, the DA's Retief Odendaal was also removed as mayor through a motion of no confidence.
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Zulu traditional prime minister Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi said that King Misuzulu kaZwelithini had contradicted himself over the Ingonyama Trust board matter.