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WATCH: Women carry dead body into Old Mutual after ‘failure’ to pay out funeral claim

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Two women have left social media users in both shock and admiration after taking a family member’s dead body to an Old Mutual branch after the company allegedly refused to pay out the funeral claim.

Unconfirmed reports say the incident took place in KwaZulu-Natal.

In a video that has been doing the rounds, two women can be seen picking up the body, in a blue bag.

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The women can be heard saying that they only took the body to the branch because the bank “refused” to pay out the funeral claim.

Social media users were left in shock and angry with the bank for leaving the family in a position to resort to such actions to be heard.

Responding to the incident, Old Mutual said it had paid out the funeral claim and could not go into much detail as to what led to the situation. The bank sa
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Standerton water crisis – poor management and incompetency of municipality costing millions

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South Africa’s largest poultry farm, Astral Foods, which is seeing its profits wane, is powerless due to water shortages in Standerton.

Due to the severe water crisis, the poultry farm became obliged to exploit its own water source by sinking boreholes in order to survive.

The poor management of the municipality to fail to supply water has driven the company out of millions of Rand.

The costs incurred, amid a poor economic situation in the country, as well as the ever-rising cost of fodder to be purchased, have left the company behind.

Economists point out that the water crisis not only causes great economic consequences in Standerton, but also in the Vaal Dam and other larger water storage ponds are serious problems, and the hope is that the Katsedam in Lesotho is in a position to water to provide when the tunnel maintenance is completed by the end of November.

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Joburg’s Park Station chaos – Total shut down after security workers vandalise property

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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on Tuesday was forced to close Park Station in Johannesburg after security staff allegedly damaged property because they had lost their jobs.

No trains were entering or leaving the station and platforms 10, 11 and 12 were damaged.

Prasa spokesperson Nana Zenani said: “Some of our shops were looted even though there was security stationed in the area. I suspect that if we did close the railway station, it would have been the worst situation. Security gates with glass were broken as well as a ticket office and the stoning of one of our trains, which was removed from the line for safety.”

Metrorail apologised to commuters for the inconvenience saying the circumstances were unforeseen.

It’s understood security workers vandalised Park Station because their contracts were terminated.

The contracts of the security companies that employ them were terminated last month, but the High Court
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State attorney fatally wounded in court case after firearm filed as evidence goes off

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State Attorney Addelaid Ferreira-Watt fell victim during a court hearing after a firearm went of and the bullet fatally struck her.

Addelaid Ferreira-Watt is a senior prosecutor who was killed by the freak accident while on duty in court on Monday.

The court hearing took place in the regional court in Ixopo, Natal, and she was immediately transported to a hospital where she later died.

It was later reported that the weapon had fallen, and at that time the shot went off and hit her.

The 51-year-old lawyer, Addelaid Ferreira-Watt, was hit in the hip, and the hospital spokeswoman did not want to reveal any further details.

Former Natal Hawks chief Johan Booysen expressed his shock over the fatal incident.

The firearm is a shotgun, and left a large wound due to the short distance.

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Only 11 shortlisted candidates applied for Transnet CEO post

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Only 11 candidates have submitted applications that qualify to be shortlisted for the post of major boss for Transnet, three of whom are CEOs of the rail service.

The state-controlled entity, whose finances are also not too rosy, apparently has 11 candidates from which a new CEO will be appointed.

The appointment comes after the previous chief, Siyabonga Gama, was fired, and is only expected to be finalized in a week or more.

In addition to Transnet’s board of directors, an outside agency’s expertise was apparently used to interview and make a final decision.

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Farm owner behind bars after killing intruder in car – How corrupt is the SA legal system!

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A man caught in a car on a farm has been shot dead, but now the farm owner is in jail. The incident occurred on the farm Eensome near Roossenekal.

Mr. Willem Daniel Ackermann apparently saw a light inside his Honda CRV vehicle, which was parked on his premises.
He approached and saw an unknown man inside the car.

According to Mr. Markus Basson, who chaired the Roossenekal Farm Safety Forum for five years, said Ackermann asked the man who he was and what he was looking for.

According to police, the suspect got out of the vehicle and went to Mr. Moving to Ackermann.
Police say five shots were fired in total and the suspect was fatally wounded.

According to Mr. Basson was also given a knife at the scene.

The ambulance services declared the suspect dead at the scene.

Mr. Ackermann was arrested on the charge of murder and has already appeared in Groblersdal’s Magistrate’s Court.

The case has been po
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What a load of bull! – According to Stats SA, whites earn three times more than black people! – What do our readers say about this?

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Times Live recently published an article that about Stats SA’s latest report saying that the country is still one of the most unequal in the world. Inequality Trends in South Africa, released on November 14, showed that white people earned three times more than black people on average, two decades after apartheid.

The report also found that the wage gap between SA’s groups increased between 2011 and 2015.

It said black households faced the highest level of unemployment and earned the lowest wages, while white people’s salaries were higher.

The earnings of white people were about three times more than those of black people. Whites also had the highest annual median expenditure.

The average monthly earnings among black people were R 6,009 in 2006 and R9,186 in 2015, while the figures for the white population were R77,308 in 2006 and R100,205 in 2015.

Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke said income earnings in SA remai
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BEE now a must for real estate – No BEE certificate no fidelity fund certificate!

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In terms of the Real Estate Practice Act, Black economic empowerment (BEE) participation will soon be an obligation in the real estate industry.

Piet Le Roux, CEO of the business organization Sakeliga, is not in favor of the new legislation. He explains that those who previously met the necessary requirements could act as real estate professionals but with the new developments they will now have to have a BEE certificate as a prerequisite.

Le Roux believes that disguising participation in BEE processes as a professional requirement is blatantly harmful, unconstitutional and unfair. He points out that this is unacceptable political interference with the freedom of the industry and the prosperity of the industry for clients as well as the economy.

The new legislation provides that the Real Estate Practices Regulatory Authority may not issue a Fidelity Fund Certificate to any person who does not have a valid BEE certificate. No person may, therefor
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SAA strike costing R52 million a day and with a bankruptcy record it could mean the end of the entity

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More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52 million a day.

The interim chief financial officer of SAA Deon Fredericks, said the strike was pushing the struggling airline to unsustainable levels. “If this strike continues, we are running the risk of putting SAA out of business,” Fredericks said.

Even though they are working with Mango Airlines to accommodate as many customers travelling on domestic services as possible and refunding passengers their flights or travel with other airlines.

SAA is facing a crippling onslaught by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca). The national air-carrier is threatening the unions with legal action if they fail to retract comments that the safety of passengers cannot be guaranteed.

Over the weekend, Numsa said any
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Another waste of taxpayer’s money! – Millions down the drain as Tshwane houses will have to be demolished and rebuilt

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Greater Pretoria’s municipality is in trouble but denies that many homes will have to be demolished and rebuilt.

An abandoned multimillion-rand housing project in Ga-Rankuwa Unit 10 in the City of Tshwane will be demolished and rebuilt at an extra cost after contractual disputes with the contractor who abandoned the project in June this year.

However, according to informed sources, the multi-million Rand housing project in Ga-Rankuwa area is already being demolished to be rebuilt.

According to Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile, who was responding to written questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, an amount of R34,170,591.36 has been spent so far in building these houses. which will go down as waste.

“This is a waste of taxpayers’ money and we can no longer tolerate such abuse,” said Kate Lorimer, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng shadow MEC for human settlements and COGTA.

She said the hous
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Farm attack, man hospitalized after violent assault, by unknown number of attackers, Mpumalanga

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A farm attack took place on the night of 17 November 2019, in Carolina near Ermelo, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The man was assisting his father working on a vehicle on their farm when they were attacked by an unknown number of attackers. The man suffered serious injuries during the assault.

The man was admitted to hospital for urgent attention. There is no other information available at this stage. Police are investigating. There have been no arrests.

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Warning! SAA Strike will intensify – Talks between National carrier and striking unions collapse

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JOHANNESBURG – Talks between South African Airways (SAA) management and striking workers have collapsed.

Union leaders briefed the media and workers after the parties met on Saturday in an attempt to resolve the strike which began on Friday.

Workers are demanding an 8%wage increase while SAA is offering 5.9%.

According to the National Union for Metalworkers of South Africa’s (Numsa) Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, unions and the national carrier have failed to find each other.

Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) have warned they will intensify the strike across all SAA departments.

“If you have workers at the Civil Aviation Authority on strike, it means that none of the planes are going to fly. It’s not just SAA, its all planes”, said Hlubi-Majola.

The struggling state owned airline says its working around the clock to introduce additional capacity on the domestic network.

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