SOPA– Signposting Way Forward
… Premier Magashule reports back on progress towards NDP goals and outlines way forward A multi-pronged drive – which will include expanding education, a massive infrastructure building exercise and an aggressive push to stimulate local investors and woo foreign ones – will anchor the government’s programme to grow and transform the Free State economy and lift the lives of its 2.7 million inhabitants. In his state of the province address (SOPA) he used to recount his government’s successes to date, while outlining its programme of action going forward, Premier Ace Magashule said education will be the foundation of the administration’s…
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‘Cash barons’ granted bail
The two men, who were arrested at the Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein last week after they were found with over R21.1 million in cash which they could not properly account for, have been granted bail. Baig Mahomed, 25, and Mahomed Hoosen, 50, were granted bail of R50 000 each when they appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court Tuesday morning. The pair has been charged with possession of suspected stolen money or proceeds of crime. The case was postponed to April 26 to allow for further investigations. The lawyer for accused Adriaan Janse van Renseburg told The Weekly after the…
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ICC withdrawal: Government not throwing in the towel
The High Court judgment came in the wake of an application by the DA to declare the notice of withdrawal from the ICC unconstitutional and invalid as the correct procedure was not followed South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was still on the cards, but this time the cabinet would follow procedure and first consult Parliament, Justice Minister Michael Masutha said. The minister said on Wednesday the court order that the government had to forthwith revoke the notice of withdrawal was just a temporary setback and only delayed things by a few months. Masutha said that if…
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