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METRO BOSSES COIN IT
● City managers and chief financial officers in South Africa’s metros are earning millions in salaries, bonuses and car allowances with total packages rivalling the private sector as cities crumble under residents’ feet. Despite their impressive...
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Inside Cat’s taxi wars
A police investigation has blown open a violent power struggle in Gauteng’s taxi underworld, revealing that Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s alleged attempted assassination of Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni was linked to the so-called Big Five cartel — an alleged...
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ANC muscles SABC to axe ‘harsh’ show
● The SABC has canned its popular Face the Nation political talkshow — allegedly because ANC and government bigwigs don’t like the grilling they get from the show’s host, Clement Manyathela. Manyathela confirmed that his prime-time show will not be...
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Scoring without tankers
● Despite not owning a single water tanker, two companies linked to ANC Tshwane heavyweights Eugene “Bonzo” Modise and Rhulani James Shelenge, pictured, scored R31.7m for water trucking services during the city’s R777m emergency water supply...
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Moms in IVF baby race row
● In a heartbreaking battle over an eight-year-old boy, a black couple from Ballito have gone to court to compel an Indian woman to allow a DNA test on the child, claiming he was born from their embryo — which a fertility clinic mistakenly gave her...
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MK fighters’ Russia hellhole
● Two of the 17 South African men lured to Russia under false pretences have been severely wounded in drone attacks on the front line in Ukraine, while another is missing, presumed dead or captured. The Sunday Times can reveal that a 39-year-old man...
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CLUELESS!
● As the government scrambled to put a Band-Aid on the national water crisis, the sheer scale of ineptitude and incompetence in Johannesburg told the story of a city drowning in broken promises. President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged the enormity of...
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Feast for brass, famine for troops
● While even prisoners get three nourishing meals a day, soldiers patrolling South Africa’s borders complain of being hungry and sick, with severe food shortages and no medicine. Several have told the Sunday Times that their tents are torn and...
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Saved by a twist of fate
In a bizarre twist of fate, all four children of the man who owns the minibus taxi involved in a collision in which 14 school pupils were killed this week survived. Jimmy Vinger’s son, Ayanda Dludla, 22, who was driving the minibus, and his schoolgirl...
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Scramble to bring generals to heel
● South African Navy chief Monde Lobese is expected to face repercussions at the Union Buildings over Iran’s participation in Exercise MOSI (Will for Peace), which began last Friday off the Western Cape coast near Simon’s Town. The Sunday Times has...
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