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The Democratic Alliance on Sunday warned that South Africa needs to beware of falling into a “Chinese debt trap”. The DA says it will ask parliamentary questions to the presidency and Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene to provide full details of the terms and conditions attached to the “gift” of R370 …

Planning for licensing of Fifth Generation (5G) wireless technology in South Africa is under way, but no definitive timelines have been set, according to Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Siyabonga Cwele. Cwele was speaking at a media briefing on the first day of the International Telecoms Union (ITU) Telecom …

KwaZulu-Natal acting police commissioner lieutenant general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has welcomed the conviction and sentence handed down to a man who killed a mother and her child in Tongaat, Durban late last year. On Thursday, the Durban High Court sentenced Bongani Bhamuza Gumede, 30, to two terms of life imprisonment for …

A pedestrian, believed to be in his late 30s, died when he was knocked down by a car on Joe Slovo Drive in Johannesburg, paramedics said on Saturday. At about 9.30pm on Friday night, ER24 paramedics were on route to another emergency when they were flagged down by bystanders, ER24 …

Volkswagen announced Thursday it would end production of its iconic “Beetle” cars in 2019 after adding a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles. The move comes as Volkswagen emphasises electric autos and larger family-oriented vehicles, said Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America. But Woebcken opened …

Athol Trollip heads to court today to contest his removal as mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. Trollip was removed through a motion of no confidence lodged by the ANC, EFF and UDM. Former deputy mayor Mongameli Bobani was elected as mayor with no DA councillors nor any of …

The leader of South Africa’s radical opposition EFF party has vowed that his supporters will increasingly seize unoccupied land to put pressure on the government to redistribute land to black people. Julius Malema, head of the anti-capitalist Economic Freedom Fighters party, warned that poor, young South Africans felt abandoned by …

Former South Africa international Zane Kirchner joined Bristol Bears on a one month loan from Pro14 side Dragons on Wednesday as emergency cover with the Premiership side presently shorn of three backs through injury. The 34-year-old dashing utility back – who won the last of his 31 caps in the …

Beach communities in North and South Carolina emptied out on Wednesday as Hurricane Florence threatened to unleash pounding surf and potentially deadly flooding as the most powerful storm to make a direct hit on the southeastern states in decades. Florence had maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (215 …

South Africa’s murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 killed across the country — about 57 a day — as police admitted they were struggling to keep control. A total of 20,336 people were killed in the 12 months to March this year, up …