Two days after the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and its owner, the department of employment and labour, defended their decision to invest R5bn into an untested job-creation project, minister Thulas Nxesi has stepped in and pulled the plug.
The face-off between President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma over Zuma’s private prosecution bid against Ramaphosa is headed for court this week, with the two accusing each other of abusing court process.
Women are still a plastic surgeon’s best friend, but men are also lining up for procedures they hope will make them look young and virile including older men worried about their image at work.
The state appears to be preparing for the worst by deploying the army to safeguard Eskom power stations, say military insiders with knowledge of the operation.