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PARLIAMENT, May 25 (ANA) – A market inquiry into high data costs in South Africa is on the horizon.Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel on Thursday announced he would be asking the Competition Commission to the conduct the probe.Tabling

An East London businessman has appeared in court on a charge of fraud after being arrested on Thursday by the Hawks.Hawks provincial spokesperson, Captain Anelisa Feni, said that 67-year-old Mxolisi Klaas is accued of fraudulently selling vehicle

** Strong language alert, para 6 *** The first witness in a trial-within-a-trial was called to testify on Thursday in the case against 22-year-old triple murder accused Henri van Breda.Henri’s defence counsel wants Western Cape High Court

JOHANNESBURG, May 25 (ANA) – Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane was prevented from entering Zambia on Thursday, the party said.DA national spokesperson Phumzile Van Damme said that Maimane was stopped at the Lusaka Airport and said that

The South African army was continuing to lose some of its essential capabilities and was hamstrung from dealing with infrastructure problems, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said as she again advocated for a doubling of the defence budget

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown on Thursday announced a probe into procurement at Eskom dating back to 2007, stressing that she wanted it to get to the bottom of allegations of corruption involving the utility’s coal contracts.Brown

JOHANNESBURG, May 25 (ANA) – The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) on Thursday left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at seven percent per annum, a seventh time in a row since May last year.Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago announced that

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday said while numerous landmarks have been recorded across Africa, particularly in democratising the continent, the economic front was not a success story yet despite the several interventions.“Africa has made a

Triple murder accused, 22-year-old Henri van Breda sat with his head bowed throughout the testimony of a forensic pathologist who had conducted the post-mortem examinations on his father, mother and brother.Judge Siraj Desai gave Van Breda