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Disgraced, Departed: The case against Markus Jooste #dailymaverick #southafrica
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- Disgraced, Departed: The case against Markus Jooste #dailymaverick #southafrica
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Disgraced former chief executive of Steinhoff Markus Jooste has reportedly shot himself just more than 24 hours after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority revealed that it was fining him a whopping R475-million and that it planned to pursue a criminal case. Read the full stories now on Daily Maverick.
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- Fact Check: Did the EFF’s Ekurhuleni finance head achieve a clean audit?
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The finance department of the city of Ekurhuleni is led by an EFF councillor, Nkululeko Dunga. When the city tabled its 2022/23 Auditor-General report in mid March, the EFF was quick to claim a victory for clean governance. But is that really what the Auditor-General reported?
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- Soweto and Johannesburg taps still dry #southafrica #water
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Pretoria warns residents to save water as it could be next with multi-day power cuts.
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- The Gathering 2024 #dailymaverick #southafrica
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Dr Rekgotsofetse Chikane speaking to Ray Mahlaka and Janet Heard on the panel “Coalition Nation” at Daily Maverick #TheGathering2024
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- The SA Youth Choir #southafrica #dailymaverick
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The SA Youth Choir at Daily Maverick #thegathering #thegathering24 #saelections
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- The Gathering 2024 #southafrica #dailymaverick
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Former minister of finance (Zimbabwe) and constitutional lawyer, Tendai Biti (@BitiTendai) addresses the audience at Daily Maverick #thegathering #thegathering24 #saelections
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- The Gathering 2024
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- President of the Inkatha Freedom Party Velenkosini Hlabisa speaking at Daily Maverick The Gathering, on the BIG debate panel, moderated by Stephen Grootes and Queenin Masuabi.
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
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- Mbali Ntuli
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Former politician, CEO and founder of Ground Work Collective, Mbali Ntuli (@mbalimcdust) says: "We can’t stop because we are tired, we will stop when done".
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- The Gathering 2024 - Crime and Corruption
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Michael Beaumont speaking on the panel 'Crime and Corruption' at The Gathering 2024.
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
Virtual platform: https://events.dailymaverick.co.za/
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- The Gathering 2024
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hear from the architect of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder. This could be the answer for South Africa in bringing foreign criminals to book (here's looking at you, Guptas!). But will any South African government ever be brave enough to pass this legislation?
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
Virtual platform: https://events.dailymaverick.co.za/
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- The Gathering 2024
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hear from the architect of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder. This could be the answer for South Africa in bringing foreign criminals to book (here's looking at you, Guptas!). But will any South African government ever be brave enough to pass this legislation?
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
Virtual platform: https://events.dailymaverick.co.za/
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- The Gathering 2024 #southafrica #dailymaverick
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hear from the architect of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder. This could be the answer for South Africa in bringing foreign criminals to book (here's looking at you, Guptas!). But will any South African government ever be brave enough to pass this legislation?
(Part 3)
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
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- The Gathering 2024
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Ever heard of the Magnitsky Act? It's kind of a big deal when it comes to fighting corruption. Hear from the architect of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder. This could be the answer for South Africa in bringing foreign criminals to book (here's looking at you, Guptas!). But will any South African government ever be brave enough to pass this legislation?
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
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- The Gathering 2024
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ever heard of the Magnitsky Act? It's kind of a big deal when it comes to fighting corruption. Hear from the architect of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder. This could be the answer for South Africa in bringing foreign criminals to book (here's looking at you, Guptas!). But will any South African government ever be brave enough to pass this legislation? (Part 2)
#TheGathering24
#SAElections24
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- Fact-Check – Can Jacob Zuma head the MK Party’s electoral list?
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A lot of people are asking: is it actually legally permissible for former President Jacob Zuma to head the MK Party's electoral list, given that
he has a criminal record? #southafrica #dailymaverick #factchecking
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- Fact Check | Did the Supreme Court of Appeal violate the South African Constitution?
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- An opinion piece on the IOL news website at the beginning of March bore the headline, presented as fact: “Supreme Court of Appeal violated Section 174 of the Constitution”. But is this accurate?
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- Poisoned waters: the shocking state of Johannesburg's rivers
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Some of the issues affecting rivers such as the Klip, Jukskei and Braamfontein Spruit include sewage spills from failing wastewater treatment works, the dumping of waste into rivers and uncontrolled development on wetlands that are meant to naturally purify the rivers. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-02-08-its-ugly-its-completely-sickening-says-water-expert-on-joburgs-rivers/
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- Fact Check: Did Jacob Zuma end load shedding?
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- 3:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Former president Jacob Zuma reportedly told a rally for the new MK party in KwaZulu-Natal in late February that load shedding was a thing of the past on his watch. According to News24, Zuma told his audience that he “totally ended load shedding”.
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- Daily Maverick: The Gathering
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Daily Maverick‘s flagship event, The Gathering is back. The focus this year: the 2024 elections (what else?!).
Join us for this full day event where we will bring together South Africa’s most influential leaders from all sectors of society. We’ll cut through the noise and you will leave knowing more and knowing better about the future of South Africa.
Daily Maverick journalists will be asking the tough questions and seeking the practical solutions. The full programme will be published at the beginning of March. In the meantime, scroll down to see a selection of our already-confirmed speakers.
To read more about the event and book your thickets: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/thegathering2024/ #dailymaverick #southafrica #thegathering
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- Inside the stinking ship at Cape Town harbour carrying 19,000 cattle to the Middle East
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- On 19 February, Capetonians living close to the Waterfront woke up to a foul smell permeating the air.
The source? A livestock carrier ship, the Al Kuwait, which arrived the day before with 19,000 cattle on board, some reportedly dead.
Since then, SPCA teams have assessed the welfare of the animals, who have allegedly endured appalling conditions during their voyage from Brazil. Aboard, they found dead and distressed animals, with inadequate medication and sanitation.
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- Fact Check: How much support does Zuma’s MK party actually have?
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- 3:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A video published on TikTok in mid-February purports to show thousands of supporters of former president Jacob Zuma’s MK party flocking the streets wearing green. That video subsequently racked up hundreds of thousands of views after being shared across social media platforms.
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- Fact Check: Is it true that load shedding will end in 2024?
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- President Cyril Ramaphosa in his recent State of the Nation Address (Sona) said that he was “confident that the worst is behind us and the end of load shedding is finally within reach”. A few months ago, on several occasions, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula was adamant that load-shedding would be a thing of the past by December 2023. Mbalula was then joined by electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who previously said load-shedding would end within a year, meaning in 2024. Daily Maverick's Ray Mahlaka takes a closer look and checks the facts
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- Fact Check: If you don’t vote, does your vote automatically get assigned to the ANC?
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- If you have seen almost any social media posts relating to the 2024 South African general elections, chances are that you’ve seen someone eventually join the conversation to say one thing in particular.
That is the claim that if you, as a South African citizen, do not cast your vote in an election, your vote is automatically assigned to the ruling party: in this case, the ANC.
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- Fact Check: Will social grants and NSFAS disappear if the ANC loses power?
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- 3:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In January, President Cyril Ramaphosa was reported to have told an ANC rally in Mpumalanga that only the ANC could be relied on to keep supporting South Africa’s poor via social grants and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). According to The Citizen, Ramaphosa said that there were no guarantees that other South African political parties would continue with these poverty-alleviation programmes if the ANC was voted out of power.
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- 2024 State of the Nation Address
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Western Cape premier Alan Winde outlines his province’s expectations with a focus on health and education cuts. Video: Suné Payne #southafrica #dailymaverick
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- 2024 State of the Nation Address
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Guests attending Sona 2024, City Hall, Thursday 08 February 2024. Video: Shelley Christians
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- Chester Missing, Puppet Political Analyst
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Chester Missing, Puppet Political Analyst, at the State of the Nation Address, at the City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday 08 February 2024. Video: Queenin Masuabi
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- A Daily Maverick Roll of Honour of journalists killed while covering the Israel-Gaza war
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Daily Maverick condemns the killings of scores of journalists since 7 October in the Israel-Gaza war and the targeting of the eyes of war, regarded as requiring special protection under the Geneva Conventions. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-24-daily-maverick-roll-of-honour-of-journalists-killed-in-israel-gaza-war/
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- Williams’s goalkeeping heroics in high-stress game sneak Bafana into Afcon semis
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Celebrating after a stressful game, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos described his team’s 2-1 win on penalties against Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals as the worst performance they have put on in the tournament. 'We won via penalties and we’re happy.' Read the full story by Yanga Sibembe now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-02-04-bafana-bafana-into-afcon-semis-despite-worst-game-of-tournament/
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- Fact Check: Are recent Cape Town fires the result of a concerted arson campaign?
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In December 2023 alone, the City of Cape Town’s emergency services responded to 2425 vegetation fires.
Is it possible that all these fires are occurring organically – or is the real cause some kind of concerted arson campaign?
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- Mbali Ntuli on why you should register to vote | Part Two
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The country’s 23 296 voting stations will open from 08h00 to 17h00 on Saturday 3 February and Sunday 4 February 2024 to allow new voters to register and existing voters to inspect and if necessary update their registration details. Citizens aged 16 years and older can register to vote. All they need are a South African identity document (ID), either a green barcoded ID book, smartcard ID or a valid temporary ID certificate.
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- Mbali Ntuli on why you should register to vote | Part One
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The country’s 23 296 voting stations will open from 08h00 to 17h00 on Saturday 3 February and Sunday 4 February 2024 to allow new voters to register and existing voters to inspect and if necessary update their registration details. Citizens aged 16 years and older can register to vote. All they need are a South African identity document (ID), either a green barcoded ID book, smartcard ID or a valid temporary ID certificate.
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- Competition Commission’s currency manipulation case against most commercial banks collapses
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Competition Appeal Court has dismissed the inclusion of 23 of the 28 commercial banks implicated in the commission’s case. Only five commercial banks, mostly foreign banks, will now proceed in the case for possible prosecution. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-08-competition-commissions-currency-rigging-case-against-most-commercial-banks-collapses/
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- Palestinian Deputy Ambassador to South Africa expresses gratitude after ICJ ruling
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Palestinian Deputy Ambassador to South Africa, Bassam Elhussiny, expresses gratitude after the International Court of Justice ruling. For more in-depth stories and analysis, follow #DailyMaverick
#Southafrica
#ICJruling
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- No ceasefire, but SA wins substantive rights measures in the Gaza genocide case
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The World Court orders that Israel stop killing and harming people in Gaza and that it report provisional measures to the ICJ and South Africa by 26 February. Read the full story now on Daily Maverick.
#southafrica #middleeast
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- Fact-Check: Did Iran fund South Africa’s approach to the ICJ over Israel?
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- 5:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The allegation is essentially as follows: the ANC, which for years has been teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, announced in early January that it had managed to stabilise its finances. It didn’t really give any specifics on how this had been accomplished. In the same week, South Africa approached the International Court of Justice in the Hague to ask that Israel’s actions in Gaza be classified as genocide. To some people, the timing of these two events is suspicious.
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- Economist Thabi Leoka’s PhD appears to be a figment of her imagination
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- South African economist Thabi Leoka, who has been exposed for allegedly not holding a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) as she claims, previously testified under oath before the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training that she had a PhD from the institution. A Daily Maverick investigation could find no evidence that Leoka has been awarded a PhD from the LSE. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-17-economist-thabi-leokas-phd-appears-to-be-a-figment-of-her-imagination
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- Fact Check: Did Helen Zille tweet unconditional support for Israel?
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- “We will support Israel without holding back.” - That is the content of a viral tweet currently doing the rounds which appears to have been posted from the Twitter account of DA chairperson Helen Zille in 2010. #southafrica #Democraticalliance #politics
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- Israel asks the ICJ to throw out South Africa’s "curated and inaccurate" genocide case
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- 4:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In a packed Peace Palace watched by the world, South Africa took Israel to the World Court, arguing that it is committing genocide in Gaza.
With a top global legal team of nine and a delegation led by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, South Africa has argued that Israel has genocidal intent in Palestine and asked the Court to order six specific actions to end the carnage. These include ending military action, stopping the killing, opening up humanitarian corridors to prevent a coming famine and allowing the free and safe birth of Palestinian babies. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-12-israel-asks-the-icj-to-throw-out-sas-curated-and-inaccurate-genocide-case/
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- Fact Check: Is Woolworths going cashless – and do they have the legal right?
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- It was the first great scandal of 2024 on the South African internet: the news that one of the country’s most beloved supermarket chains would be going cashless. But as is so often the case, the idea that Woolies would soon only accept cards turned out to be only a tiny bit true.
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- How South Africa seeks an order to stop the carnage in Gaza and prevent a genocide
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- South Africa says a court preventive order will force the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to stop the sale of arms to Israel. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-09-how-south-africa-seeks-an-order-to-stop-the-carnage-in-gaza-and-prevent-a-genocide/
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- Take action to alleviate hunger: Daily Maverick holiday appeal
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Holiday isn’t just a time of joy. For the poorest amongst us, especially children, it’s a time of suffering and deepening hunger. Schools are closed, meaning the National School Nutrition Programme which feeds 9 million children is not operating, shutting off the one source of a regular meal for millions of children. Daily Maverick is partnering with SA Harvest, one of the biggest and best food redistribution organizations in SA on an appeal to raise funds and simultaneously distribute the foods it can buy through the Lusikisiki office of SA Harvest in the Eastern Cape. Reporting for Daily Maverick by Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase.
If you would like to help, click here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/take-action-to-alleviate-hunger-daily-maverick-holiday-appeal/
Donation details:
SA Harvest NPC
Bank: FNB
Account Number: 62693490478
Branch Code: 255955. DM
#southafrica #fund #help
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- Fact Check: Is Iqbal Survé one of the main funders behind the new uMkhonto Wesizwe party?
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Mid-December, former president Jacob Zuma announced that he was throwing his weight behind a new political party called Umkhonto we Sizwe. It didn’t take long for rumours to start circulating about who else might be involved. It has been suggested online that one of the funders of this party is the owner of Independent Media, Iqbal Survé. According to one widely viewed tweet, Surve has pledged “hundreds of millions” to this party.
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- Four months’ leave no longer restricted to new mothers only
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A groundbreaking judgment in the case of Van Wyk and Others v the Minister of Employment and Labour and Others handed down last month means that all parents, regardless of gender or birthing status, now have the right to share in the four months of parental leave. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-07-four-months-leave-no-longer-restricted-to-new-mothers-only/
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- Simon’s Town blaze rips through 450ha, firefighters continue battle and residents evacuate
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The devastating fire that began on the slopes of Simon’s Town mountain edged near homes on Tuesday evening. Around 1am on Wednesday, residents from Simonskloof and Harbour Heights were evacuating.
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- Fact Check: Did the ANC stage a fake event for EFF supporters rejoining the ruling party?
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- On Sunday 10 October, the ANC tweeted that its branch on the West Rand was welcoming home former EFF members who were returning to the ANC. It posted a number of photos showing probably around 50 people in a hall wearing EFF t-shirts getting ready to symbolically swap those for ANC T-shirts. Just one problem: the EWN journalist on duty happened to notice, and film, a white BMW arriving at the event venue to drop off EFF t-shirts for the supposed EFF members who were defecting to the ANC. In the video it is quite clear that these people are receiving the t-shirts and putting them on on the spot.
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- How safe are South Africa’s popular holiday beaches ahead of the festive season?
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- With holidaymakers due to descend on popular beaches in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape during the holiday season, officials 'pull out all the stops’. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-12-02-how-safe-are-south-africas-popular-holiday-beaches-ahead-of-the-festive-season/
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- Fact Check: Did a top State Security official accuse South African judges of corruption?
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In late November, a document started circulating via WhatsApp. It was titled JUDICIAL CORRUPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA INTELLIGENCE REPORT, looks pretty official, and is a meaty 54 pages in length. It also purports to be authored by Thembisile Majola, Director-General of the State Security Agency, and it is addressed to President Cyril Ramaphosa. What it contains is a bunch of allegations about a handful of South African judges: the author accuses them of perjury, lying under oath, of defeating the ends of justice by interfering with judicial proceedings, of delivering dishonest judgements, and of sexual misconduct.
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- Five ways to maximise your bonus
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As tempting as it is to head straight to the mall to spend that year-end bonus on gifts, accessories, clothes, appliances and furniture, there are better ways to put the money to use. Read the full story now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-12-12-spend-that-valuable-bonus-wisely-if-you-are-lucky-enough-to-get-one/ #southafrica #money #finance
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- Fact Check: UAE’s COP-28 president claims ‘no science’ behind calls for fossil fuels phase-out
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Original claim as published on ABC News (Australia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGEY2xc220
