Новости за 24.08.2016

South Africa's unemployment crisis will not be solved by political parties, says finance minister at Rumble in the Urban Jungle debate.

The two-round debate will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Finance minister says there was no wrongdoing on his part in the establishment of a small Sars investigative unit.

There was unanimous agreement by the ad hoc committee tasked with appointing the next public protector that Mkhwebane was well suited for the post.

Read the letter below from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on matters related to the Hawks and the alleged SARS 'rogue unit'.

Last week, the committee whittled the 14 remaining candidates down to five. In a short meeting, MPs called for certain candidates to “fall”.

Dipuo Peters is fuming over the legal bill of a forensic investigation into a string of Prasa deals, demanding the probe be "closed off".

The main criticism leveled at the Hawks, is that it lacks the power to initiate investigations, making it ineffective.

South Africa is in a tryst with tumultuous times as coalitions take shape to unlock hung municipalities following the 2016 local government elections.

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Research backs up this finding — but it also revealed that young people are crap at matrimony.

The little-known AIC helps the ruling party clinch Ekurhuleni and Rustenberg — and the price rectifies the decade-old Matatiele boundary dispute.

Ishay Govender-Ypma stands beside Christ the Redeemer, which embraces Rio, to reflect on the 2014 Fifa World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.

The political marriage between the Blues and the Red Berets is not happening, because the dowry each is offering is not what the other wanted.

Besides being the last absolute monarchy in Africa, its people are desperately poor and money is being wasted on the king’s vanity projects.