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Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe believes that it's high time a decision be made whether or not to implement proposed titanium mining at Xolobeni wild coast sand dunes in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape.

Former FirstRand CEO, Johan Burger says he was told to meet then ANC SG Gwede Mantashe at Luthuli House by Enoch Godongwana.

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The 52-year-old man was declared dead at the scene after unknown men ambushed him outside the a restaurant on Monday night in Tongaat town.

President Ramaphosa says having Jack Ma amongst the attendants will give impetus to what he wants to achieve.

Data released by Statistics South Africa indicates that GDP fell by 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2018.  This follows a decline of 2.2 percent in the first quarter.

The Soweto Marathon is the only race Old Mutual will sponsor. This is a major blow for the sport in the country.

Mpumalanga's Department of Community Safety has confirmed that the learners were on their way to school when the head on collision between a bus and a taxi at KaMdladla near Tonga in Nkomazi occurred.

Acting head of GCIS, Phumla Williams, has told the commission of inquiry into State Capture that the change from Themba Maseko to Mzwanele Manyi as the head of GCIS had a big impact on the morale of staff.

Six people are now reported dead and 25 injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a taxi on the D2940 road near Tonga in KwaDladla, Mpumalanga.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane says South Africans will have to choose between what he calls a coalition of corruption and clean governance.

Tempers have flared up in the Constitutional Review Committee between Congress of the People (COPE), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African National Congress (ANC) as members are deliberating on a preliminary report on the written submissions made to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation.

Kofi Annan has died on Saturday, 18 August 2018 in Switzerland after a short illness aged 80.

A recent study has found that 41% of nurses in Johannesburg are not willing to promote female condom use.

Zitumane says they will employ contingency plans.

The workers have accused management of enforcing an eight percent wage increase offer that excludes 2017 where they got zero percent.

Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba of the DA says their fight against corruption in the city is yielding positive results.

DA leader, Mmusi Maimane says their governance in Tshwane, Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay has improved the lives of people in those metros.

The Chairperson of the ANC’s Subcommittee on Economic Transformation, Enoch Godongwana says the introduction of stimulus package announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday night is a direct response to rocketing unemployment.

385 children will have a meal for every week of the year thanks to 600 people who each donated 67 minutes of their time for Mandela Day this month.

A top Russian diplomat has expressed hopes that the summit between the Presidents of Russia and the United States next month will be the beginning of a new relationship between the two countries.

The Gauteng Health department says it will release the test results it conducted on the water around Greater Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, after reports of suspected cholera outbreak in the area.

Buthelezi was addressing the lekgotla of the National House of Traditional Leaders underway in Durban. Land expropriation without compensation has taken centre stage at the lekgotla.

Members of the public share their views on whether section 25 of the constitution should be changed or not.

The National Director of the Black Sash Trust‚ Lynette Maart‚ confirms that CPS appears to have been trying to stall the processes