The steel plant in Saldana, Western Cape will close its doors and 900 workers will be unemployed this Christmas. ArcelorMittal announced in a statement on Monday that as part of the first phase of its strategic review, it will scale down its operations at the Saldana plant and indicate that the plant will be put..
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Steel plant in Saldanha closes, 900 employees retrenched
Vergadering gehou in Kimberley word oproerig na diamantdelwers en zama-zama goud myners met wapens opdaag
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Die wêreldbekende diamantstad Kimberley se projek om die sogenaamde zama-zama goud myners en diamant delwers in ’n wettige struktuur saam te bind, het klaarblyklik nie goeie resultate gelewer nie. Die vergadering wat in Kimberley gehou is, het oproerig geword nadat delwers met wapens en al by die vergadering opgedaag het. Die optrede van tientalle diamant..
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Automotive giant VW is in a bid to keep ex-staff and EFF from entering its premises after the dismissal of 1,386 former employees back in 2001
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Volkswagen South Africa has headed to the Port Elizabeth High Court to interdict its former employees and EFF member Khanya Ngqisha from entering its premises. In September, the EFF picketed outside the gates of VW in Uitenhage demanding answers for the automotive giant’s dismissal of 1,386 former employees back in 2001. The EFF said many..
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Chaos is once again the order of the day in Cape Town – Protesters stone cars, block roads
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Protesters blocked roads and stoned cars in Cape Town on Monday morning. City of Cape Town traffic services spokesperson Richard Coleman said PG Drive was closed in both directions between Military Road and Sonnet Way. Coleman said protest action had also been reported in Khayelitsha. Mew Way Road was closed in both directions between Pama..
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Female students shamelessly showing of their naked breast during Black Monday and say they are living in fear at CPUT campuses
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Students picket during Black Monday at CPUT Bellville Campus. Black Monday was declared at CPUT in support of victims and survivors of Gender-based violence. Cape Town – Female students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) are living in fear because of weak security on campuses. This follows several attempts by students to address..
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Cash-strapped Dikgatlong’s municipal to pay R700k for municipal games at council’s expense
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WHILE the cash-strapped Dikgatlong Municipality is struggling to pay off its growing mountain of debts that have risen to about R83 million compared to the outstanding amount of R61.5 million as of May last year, a delegation of councillors and employees were sent to Durban to attend the inter-municipal games, at council’s expense. It is..
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Human trafficking a fast-growing industry – Horrors of human trafficking hit CPUT as students are warned to stay alert
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students are warned to stay vigilant, as possible sex traffickers allegedly tried to strike at its District Six campus. According to the Weekend Argus, CPUT experienced an attempted abduction of a student, at its District Six Campus. It is reported that the student was walking out of the campus..
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Verenigde Vryheidsalliansie vra dat Wes-Kaap nie meer deel moet wees van SA
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AS DIE Verenigde Vryheidsalliansie (VVA) sy sin kry, is die Wes-Kaap een van die dae nie meer deel van Suid-Afrika nie. Nee, die VVA is nie ’n modern times vlieënde piering nie. Hy is ’n organisasie wat hom al die afgelope ag jaar daarvoor beywer om die Wes-Kaap en ander dele van die land af..
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Wes-Kaap herstel na erge droogte – damme se gemiddelde inhoud behaal 82%
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Die goeie reën van die afgelope maande het die Wes-Kaap uit die wurggreep van ’n erge droogte gekry wat landbouers, toerisme en eiendom agentskappe weer op dreef laat kom. Die droogte wat die ergste is in die afgelope 100 jaar, is in die grootste deel van die provinsie gebreek en opgaardamme se watervlakke is die..
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East Cape farmers under siege: New crime figures indicate an attack in province every two weeks
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An attack every two weeks – that is the frightening reality for farmers in the Eastern Cape. And those in the Sundays River Valley and Nelson Mandela Bay area have the most to fear, with the majority of recent incidents occurring in these two areas. There have been at least 96 attacks and 26 other..
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