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Bishops representing congregations from all over South Africa have gathered outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria to pray for former president Nelson Mandela.
President Jacob Zuma and ANC treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize visited former President Nelson Mandela late last night and reiterated earlier statements about the 94-year old’s “serious” state of health.
Cabinet has reassured the country that former president Nelson Mandela was receiving the best medical treatment as he spent a sixth day at a Pretoria hospital.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s family has thanked millions of well-wishers across the globe for their prayers as the former statesman recovers from a serious condition at a Pretoria hospital.
Security remained tight at the Pretoria hospital where former President Nelson Mandela spent the fifth day being visited by relatives.
Peace will continue to elude Rustenburg’s troubled platinum belt until government, police and Lonmin management treat all workers fairly in their dealings with union rivals, according to Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) branch secretary Bob Ndude.
Head of the forensic science laboratory sues junior officers and demands they retract their statement he is to blame for acts of corruption.
A Centurion man is being investigated by police after he allegedly refused to sell his bakkie to a black buyer.
The decision by police top brass to dismantle public-order policing units played a major role in the deaths of 34 mine workers in Marikana, former police commissioner George Fivaz has said.
Mining bosses are to blame for the violent labour unrest in the platinum-rich town of Rustenburg, which has threatened to cripple the economy and has seen thousands losing their jobs, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said.
Former police commissioner George Fivas has lashed the country’s lax intelligence and police services as “not up to standard”, but has said the country’s crime statistics are trustworthy.
