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• News24.com | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Probing why eThekwini's taking the nuclear option in Eskom divorce plan
  This week SA Money Report tries to understand eThekwini's surprising plan for nuclear power, and whether the ANC's RET faction has a hand in things.
• News24.com | Coolio, rapper behind hit Gangsta's Paradise, dies at 59
  Coolio, the US rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song Gangsta's Paradise, has died, his manager said Wednesday. He was 59 years old.
• News24.com | STOCK TAKE | Oceana in calmer waters – and why the UK doesn't deserve to be an emerging market
  Our view on the business stories of the day.
• News24.com | More organisations call on Thabo Mbeki to apologise for 'discredited' HIV/Aids comments
  More organisations have joined the call for an apology from former president Thabo Mbeki for his comments on HIV/Aids.
• News24.com | Unlikely Proteas batting hero reflects on top order calamity: 'We need to address new ball'
  Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj has always been handy with the bat, but on Wednesday in Thiruvananthapuram, he was much more than that.
• Businessinsider.co.za | SA's CemAir eyes African expansion – with flights to Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Mauritius
  CemAir wants to expand into the rest of Africa and has applied for flights to the DRC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Mauritius.
• News24.com | Here are your Daily Lotto results
  Here are your Daily Lotto results for Wednesday's draw.
• News24.com | Attitude over structure as Bok legend Jaque Fourie sees '100% better' Lions defence
  Lions defence coach Jaque Fourie is starting to see green sprouts in terms of the team's marking, believing they're already "100% better" than last season.
• News24.com | Govt introduces 'new system' to improve UIF transparency after TERS crisis
  FTMG provided the Unemployment Insurance Fund with I-Track, which allows the fund to track the progress of its performance and audit plans online in real-time.
• News24.com | Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results
  Here are the winning Lotto and Lotto Plus numbers from the Wednesday, 28 September draw.
• News24.com | 'Review of stability of millions of Pfizer vaccines set to expire under way' – health department
  The health department says there is an ongoing review on the stability of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines ahead of their expiration in December and January next year.
• News24.com | ANC blocks ad hoc committee to investigate Phala Phala
  The ANC blocked the establishment of an ad hoc committee to investigate the scandal surrounding a break-in at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Limpopo game farm Phala Phala.
• News24.com | Cosatu condemns rape allegation levelled against 'popular union leader' at its elective congress
  Cosatu said the alleged rape implicating a delegate was appalling given that it happened at a time when one of the issues under discussion at the gathering was the scourge of gender-based violence.
• News24.com | Chiefs coach Zwane responds to Broos' plea for PSL coaches meeting: 'I'm available any time'
  Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has given his verdict of DStv Premiership coaches meeting with Bafana Bafana mentor Hugo Broos.
• News24.com | Life in prison for Pretoria man who repeatedly raped stepdaughter
  The Pretoria Magistrate's Court sentenced a 49-year-old man from Pretoria East to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter.
• News24.com | Vrede dairy farm corruption: Zwane, 2 co-accused granted bail
  Mosebenzi Zwane was granted bail of R20 000 in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court after he was charged with fraud and corruption.
• News24.com | Karpowership aims for environmental ruling in SA by April
  Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1 220 megawatts of power to South Africa, will refile an application to the environment department in a bid to move its project forward at a time when the nation is suffering its worst-ever power cuts, a person familiar with the situation said.
• News24.com | Cape Town mayoral committee member steps down amid accusations of tampering with electricity meter
  City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for water and sanitation Zahid Badroodien has denied allegations he tampered with an electricity meter on his property.
• News24.com | TAC slams Mbeki for repeating his 'HIV denialist' views, demands apology
  The Treatment Action Campaign has called on former president Thabo Mbeki to offer an apology to the public for the “dissident” views he expressed about HIV/Aids while delivering a speech at the University of South Africa last week Wednesday.
• News24.com | Man hailed a 'hero' after saving 3 teens from drowning at the cost of his life
  A Cape Town man has been hailed a hero after he lost his life while saving three children from drowning at Mnandi Beach in False Bay.