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• Netcare lauds Phaahla's steps to lessen power cuts at health facilities
  Phaahla's department says it's been trying to get health facilities exempt from Eskom's load shedding.
• Pit bull federation holds owners, breeders accountable fo mauling incidents
  The federation said while it doesn't blame the dogs, it does hold owners and even some breeders accountable.
• Section 89 impeachment panel could start work by next week
  Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula announced on Thursday that Parliament should be ready to enter into contracts with the three appointed jurists by Friday.
• Convicted murderer 'Station Strangler' must speaks out, suggests SAHRC
  The former Mitchells Plain teacher was accused of murdering 22 young boys between 1986 and 1994.
• Surgical backlog at over 175,000, Health Dept tells MPs
  The Health Department told Parliament on Wednesday that plans were in place in all the provinces to catch up.
• Two men arrested in connection with 4-year-old Paarl girl's murder
  Tamia Botha's family reported her missing at the Paarl East Police Station on Sunday.
• Treasury bans Bain & Co from tendering for public sector contracts for 10 years
  The restriction has been published on the Treasury website and database and is effective from this month.
• Romay van Rooyen murder accused 'a close relative'
  Wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans, Cassidy Hartzenberg, a relative of slain Magistrate Romay Van Rooyen, appeared in the dock at Simon's Town Magistrates Court on Thursday morning.
• 'Happy Birthday Ouma Honderd!' WC woman celebrates 116th birthday
  Margaret Maritz, a resident of the AGS Old Age Home in Touwsriver, celebrated her 116th birthday this week.
• Delays in Krugersdorp gang rape case puts spotlight on forensic backlog
  Fourteen alleged illegal miners made a brief appearance in the magistrate's court on Wednesday, in connection with the rape of eight women in July.
• WC police confirms death of one of the five people shot in Khayelitsha
  Police said that the 23-year-old man succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Wednesday night, after the shooting at the corners of Cosa and Dika Street.
• Corruption-accused ANC MP Zwane to step aside, face party's integrity commission
  Mosebenzi Zwane was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection to the Vrede dairy farm scandal during his time as an MEC in the Free State.
• Scopa raises issues with Nzimande's handling of alleged corruption at NSF
  Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa rejected a request by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande this week to keep the report under wraps.
• Netcare lauds Health Minister's steps to lessen power cuts at health facilities
  National and provincial health bosses are finalising an assessment focusing on how power cuts are impacting operations at the country's hospitals and clinics.
• Suspected arrested for Magistrate Romay van Rooyen's murder due in court
  Romay van Rooyen's body was discovered by family at her house in Marina da Gama earlier this month.
• Badroodien steps down over alleged electricity meter tampering on property
  Zahid Badroodien, the City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for water and sanitation, has agreed to give his full cooperation with the investigation.
• Phalatse's future as Joburg mayor on the line after new Speaker voted in
  Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse's statements that the coalition government has never been more stable will be put to the test sooner rather than later.
• Judgment expected in common assault case against EFF's Malema, Ndlozi
  Both Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Julius Malema have pleaded not guilty.
• Cosatu makes recommendations against delegate accused of rape
  The shop steward was arrested on the second day of the congress and has since appeared at the Randburg Magistrates Court.
• ANC's parliamentary caucus expects corruption-accused Zwane to step aside
  Member of Parliament, Mosebenzi Zwane has been arrested in relation to the R280 million Estina dairy farm project.