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Agri-podcast: Two more swine fever outbreaks

Two more outbreaks of African swine fever were detected in the country recently, with the number of outbreaks detected in the space of two months now standing on three, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has said in a statement on Monday evening.
7 May 2019 8AM 3 min

IEC hopes #Election2019’s special votes will unfold smoothly

The IEC says it is ready to tackle more than 775 000 South Africans, as they will cast special votes today and tomorrow, while the remaining registered voters will take to the polls on Wednesday during the general elections. In an interview earlier this morning with eNCA, the IEC's Mashego…
6 May 2019 5AM 1 min

Patricia Kopane on Gupta statue

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Free State has taken a last swipe at the ANC leadership in the province ahead of the elections by placing a statue of one of the controversial Gupta brothers on the front lawn of Premier Sisi Ntombela’s home in Bloemfontein. The leader of the…
6 May 2019 5AM 1 min

CemAir grounded

No planes belonging to private airline CemAir will be boarded until the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has finalized its renewal audit against the private airline. This comes after the operator’s fleet were grounded and operating certificates suspended in December last year and again in January earlier this year…
5 May 2019 3AM 1 min

#Electiosn2019: More predictions

Political analyst at the University of the Free State, Dr Sethulego Matebesi believes newcomer, Patricia de Lille's GOOD party, may take some support from parties such as the DA and the EFF that have - over the last few years - made a name for themselves in the Northern Cape's…
5 May 2019 1AM 1 min

#Electiosn2019: Analyst makes predictions

Political analyst at the University of the Free State, Dr Sethulego Matebesi has shared his predictions for how he believes the country’s top political parties will fare against each other during the much anticipated general elections next week Wednesday. Speaking to OFM News, Matebesi said although he believes the ANC…
5 May 2019 1AM 1 min
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