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Deputy Mayor’s comments ‘perturbing’

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The NMB Coalition government is perturbed at the alleged comments attributed to the Deputy Executive Mayor Cllr Mongameli Bobani regarding the recent evictions of people occupying land illegally in the Motherwell area. We believe that every possible social and legal avenue was pursued to prevent this illegal occupation of land. we are mandated by Metro residents to provide political leadership, basic services and grow this Municipality, this can only be done in a law abiding fashion and we … [Read more...] about Deputy Mayor’s comments ‘perturbing’

Oakbay comments on the real reasons for finance minister’s court action

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Oakbay comments on the real reasons for finance minister’s court action: Ronica Ragavan, Acting CEO of Oakbay Investments (http://OakbayInvestments.co.za), comments on today’s events in Court: “The ulterior motives of the Finance Minister have been made very clear in Court today. He has used an irrelevant and fundamentally flawed list of transactions to further his warfare against Oakbay and its shareholders. Even worse, he has used both his office and the resources of the State … [Read more...] about Oakbay comments on the real reasons for finance minister’s court action

Hamza Farooqui comments on rumour that SARB has recommended banking apartheid is maintained

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Hamza Farooqui comments on rumour that SARB has recommended banking apartheid is maintained: On Friday (3 February), Bloomberg News published a story in which it claimed the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) made a recommendation to the Treasury that Vardospan’s bid to create South Africa’s first 100% black-owned bank, should be rejected. If Vardospan were to be successful in its bid to acquire Habib Overseas Bank, it would be a significant first step in ending the banking … [Read more...] about Hamza Farooqui comments on rumour that SARB has recommended banking apartheid is maintained

Gupta Family Responds to Alleged Comments

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Gupta Family Responds to Alleged Comments: We have read media reports on News 24 regarding the alleged comments by Finance Minister Gordhan to his Treasury Staff, about the Gupta family, with deep disappointment. We have repeatedly pointed out that our family has been a victim of a political campaign against it. A narrative has been constructed against us, which has been perpetuated by many media titles, and that flawed perception has become the truth in the eyes of some. Meanwhile, no charge … [Read more...] about Gupta Family Responds to Alleged Comments

One more online publisher closes comments facility

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News outlet Independent Online (IOL) on Thursday faced social media consternation after a decision to close comments on stories on its website. This mirrors a move by News24, which closed comments on its site six weeks ago. In a column posted on Thursday morning, IOL managing editor Adrian Ephraim said it was a "difficult" decision, adding "we arrived at it after careful consideration of all the factors at play". "If you are prone to being racist or sexist in your thinking, by all means … [Read more...] about One more online publisher closes comments facility

Why you are an A##hole

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News24 announced today that they are turning off the ability for people to comment under each article as from Friday 11 September - another 911 moment one would think from all the vitriol and hate that that decision has engendered! But first the following image formed part of the #news24comments stream and came from Laura Shortridge [?@DiscordianKitty] who said; "#news24comments this can't be spammed enough" Spammed? Really? Who taught you English Laura? Funnily enough it made me think … [Read more...] about Why you are an A##hole

How to comment on MyPE

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Even the Longhair complains that she doesn't have time to work out how to comment on MyPE using the Disqus comment form to be found at the bottom of each article. What follows is a graphical representation of the steps needed in order to comment on articles. The great thing about Disqus is that it groups all of your comments on all Disqus enabled sites together in your account so you have a history of all the conversations going on around you. You will need one of these: A Disqus … [Read more...] about How to comment on MyPE

My ANC Experience, Deleted

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Dear Mr Editor Over the weekend I decided to join the ANC Facebook page. It was great, I was able to add my comments, where I believed facts were erroneous or if I truly didn't understand their logic, for example they published the following info this AM - ANC - The Western Cape has a Gini coefficient (a measure of the degree of inequality in the distribution of income, with 1 signifying maximum inequality) of 0.6, the lowest in the country, against a national average of 0.65. And the Western … [Read more...] about My ANC Experience, Deleted