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WEBT20 Cricket Festival – Oakdale will function as a united team,... Danie van der Lith - Oct 2, 2024. Oakdale’s cricket coaches, Andre Bester and Tjaart Naude, have expressed their optimism and long-term vision for the school’s cricket programme as they prepare for...
Ramaphosa calls for support of BELA Bill, emphasising its role in ...
WEB8 hours ago · President Cyril Ramaphosa urged for collective efforts to support teachers nationwide at the National Teaching Awards celebrated 24 years of honouring excellence in education. President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for strong support of the Bela Act to transform South Africa’s education system. File Picture: Phando Jikelo / Independent Newspapers PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa this week emphasised the […]
SAPS graduation: 1 000 fresh faces join the police ranks - DFA
WEB8 hours ago · MORE than 1,000 SAPS trainees who were part of Project 10 000, graduated in Bishop Lavis on Friday. Provincial police commissioner, Thembisile Patekile, said it was his honour to stand in front of the new constables. “As we bring close to the 2024 Project 10 000 recruitment drive, I am honoured to preside over this significant occasion.
166 suspects nabbed across Northern Cape - DFA
WEB13 hours ago · The relentless efforts of Operation Shanela, a weekly high-density, multi-disciplinary law enforcement operation, led to the arrest of 166 suspects in the Northern Cape between September 30 and October 6. The operation included various disruptive actions such as vehicle and person searches at checkpoints and …
SA’s BEE policy could be bypassed to finally get Elon Musk’s Starlink
WEB9 hours ago · Those who have been accessing Starlink in SA through outside internet service providers (ISPs) have been paying around R1,299 since December 2023. Mozambique-based StarSat Africa noted that its price was R1,799 but has since been dropped. A Starlink kit will cost you R14,999, with a deposit of R1,999. IcasaSePush, another ISP that offers ...
Drug mule crisis: Paraguay national hospitalised after OR Tambo …
WEB8 hours ago · POLICE have confirmed that the 14th drug mule nabbed at OR Tambo International Airport had to be rushed to a hospital amid a health complication. On Monday, the Deputy National Commissioner responsible for policing, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, confirmed that the drug mule aged 43, from Paraguay, arrested on Sunday, has been rushed to ...
Middle East crisis hits SA markets - DFA
WEB14 hours ago · Several black swans occurred in financial markets. The 1987 crash on stocks represents a black swan event in financial markets. On Monday, October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial shares dropped 22.6% — the biggest single-day loss. The dot.com crash in 2000 saw the Nasdaq index lost 78% of its …
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Millions waiting for Home Affairs to unblock their IDs - DFA
WEBJan 10, 2024 · In December 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs revealed that the department had nearly one million cases. It said at the time that the department was investigating close to a million “blocked” IDs that were found to be suspicious, duplicate or fraudulently issued with falsified supporting documents. Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
DFA 145 years: Message from the Editor
WEBMar 31, 2023 · The corner of Permanent Way and Woodley Street became its home in 1961 before the newspaper relocated to Northern Cape Printers, on the corner of Bean and Villiers streets, in 1985. We have faced many challenges over the past 145 years. The Great Spanish Flu, the Anglo-Boer War, two world wars, fighting apartheid and the demise of great diamond ...