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Plans to relocate herd of elephants after Phongola poaching incidents (News24)

If a new home can be found for the, the elephants will be relocated within the next six months, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said. Ezemvelo said the relocation was a ...

Realising that they were being watched, the poachers opened fire on the boat. The private game reserve was authorised to introduce elephants in 1997 by the then Natal Parks Board, Mntambo said. We will donate the elephants," he said. It may take more than a year to translocate them outside of the country if no suitable space is available within the country," Mntambo said. Almost 70 elephants are now roaming the reserve. I also appeal to protected areas with extra space for elephants to contact us.

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Metro police arrest 21 undocumented people in Springs, Crystal Park (News24)

It followed action by taxi operators who chased away alleged drug dealers. The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) arrested 21 undocumented foreigners in ...

They claimed the homeless were nyaope addicts, who sold items stolen from their minibus taxis to buy drugs in town. "This caused a conflict between the taxi operators and alleged drug dealers. Nine of them were male, and four were female. "We were not violent because we don't want to be arrested. "Then there was another operation in the Springs CBD, where officers stopped and searched undocumented foreigners. They have arrested several foreign nationals— ntwaagae Seleka (@ntwaagae)

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Former GOOD councillor slams party amid fraud allegations (News24)

Former Drakenstein councillor Edgar Arendse's membership was terminated by the party following a disciplinary hearing last month. GOOD general-secretary Brett ...

"He's no longer a member of GOOD, or a GOOD councillor. Every ward candidate in Drakenstein received 100 posters and backing boards each, which was not paid for by the party," he said. The Hawks are investigating him. "GOOD has never asked for any membership fee, which everyone is well aware of. The party alleges Arendse had illegally solicited "membership fees" and "funding" from GOOD members and "donations" from members of the public. - The party alleges Arendse illegally solicited "membership fees" and "funding" from GOOD members and "donations" from members of the public.

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Bloemfontein pair who tried to sell elephant tusks arrested in police ... (News24)

Jan Marthinus Blomerus, 44, and Susan Carol Blomerus, 43, were arrested on Wednesday after trying to sell the tusks to the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime ...

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WATCH | Man steals Joburg traffic light to sell at scrapyard (News24)

The Johannesburg Roads Agency bemoaned the theft and vandalism of infrastructure in response to a video of a man carrying a traffic light pole.

"On [stolen] traffic signals, we find that everything is stripped. Everything that can be stripped is stripped ... The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) bemoaned the theft and vandalism of infrastructure in response to a video of a man carrying a traffic light pole.

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Remains of man kidnapped 6 months ago found cemented in pipe ... (News24)

Police say their investigation into the motive for the killing was ongoing. Limpopo police have arrested a suspect in connection with the kidnapping and murder ...

Even though it took some time for the police to crack this case, the family can take solace in the fact that the remains of their loved one have been found and the suspect arrested," said Hadebe. "The motive for the incident will be determined through ongoing police investigations. "On Wednesday, Mokoka's remains were found cemented in a pipe next to a river.

News24 and KFM Games Competition Terms & Conditions (News24)

Abuse of the News24 platform and attempts to deceive the judges will result in disqualification. Prizes are limited to readers who have an active News24 ...

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North West MEC put Schweizer-Reneke teacher's life in danger ... (News24)

Former North West Education MEC Sello Lehari's successor has been instructed to apologise for Lehari's conduct after he was found to have falsely accused ...

The written apology should be printed in at least one national newspaper and posted on the website of the department for at least one month." Thanks to her, populistic politicians and the media will now think twice before ruining ordinary people’s lives with false allegations of racism," said Solidarity chief executive Dirk Hermann. It was originally posted to a WhatsApp group for the childrens’ parents to see how they were settling in on the first day of school. The photo went viral on social media at the time and sparked wide outrage. The commission further found that the publication of the photograph in the media and on social media platforms had violated the pupils' right to privacy. "Within 14 days of this report, the current MEC for Education of the North West Province must issue a public written apology to Ms Barkhuizen for the manner in which she was treated by the department and the former MEC for Education in the North West province," it ruled.

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Govt plans 3 000MW of gas-fired electricity as part of new power push (News24)

Government is planning to launch a procurement process for 3 000MW of gas-fired energy generation - after a 3 000MW gas-to-power proposal to Nersa was ...

The committee also named a significant list of interventions that would make a difference to the energy supply. Burning diesel is the only immediate way of increasing the energy supply. It is suspected that the tender was designed to enable an easy win by Turkish company Karpowership. Government is now interested in exploring a short-term power ship contract. Eskom's open-cycle gas turbines, which run on diesel, can reduce load shedding by two stages. Government is planning to launch a procurement process for 3 000MW of gas-fired energy generation, with the most likely options being the deployment of power ships or a floating LNG terminal.

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Mantashe wrongfully fired activist from nuclear regulator board, court ... (News24)

A high court has ruled that Minister Gwede Mantashe's dismissal of anti-nuclear activist Peter Becker from the National Nuclear Regulator's board was ...

The court also highlighted that Becker was not advised that it would "not bode well" for him to continue in both positions – namely spokesperson of the KAA and board member of the NNR – simultaneously. to counsel him on how to conduct himself publicly as a newly appointed member of the board," Judge Mantame said. The effective date should be the date of signature," the judgment read. Becker had signed his individual performance agreement and was only made aware of the regulator's media policy and other laws applicable to state-owned entities after 5 July 2021. The article mentioned he had been recently appointed to the National Nuclear Regulator's board. You can't be in a board of something you're not advocating for," he told delegates at the ANC Eastern Cape conference in May 2022.

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Saturday's weather: Hot day with fires expected in Northern Cape (News24)

The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over the eastern and central parts of the Eastern Cape and ...

It will become cloudy along the west coast by the evening. Morning fog is expected along the coast where it will be fine and cool. The wind along the coast will be gentle to moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the north in the afternoon. The rest of the province will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated showers along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly. It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west of the North West.

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WATCH | 'A sad day for the Troyeville': Blaze damages Joburg's ... (News24)

A fire at the iconic Troyeville Hotel has been extinguished before it could do major damage to one of the oldest hotels in Johannesburg.

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