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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who has been President Cyril Ramaphosa’s electricity czar for just over two months, is reluctant to state bluntly how dire rolling blackouts will be during winter, ­traditionally a nail-­biting period for SA’s fragile grid.

Well-known amapiano DJ and producer DJ Maphorisa has been released on R4,000 bail as the assault case against him was postponed in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Monday.

Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital (BMDH) in Jabulani, Soweto gave a Grade 12 pupil a second chance when it performed its first heart surgery on him last month.
The pupil, 20-year-old Tumisang Motsikwa, was rushed to the hospital on Freedom Day after he was stabbed outside his school in the act of trying to save a pupil while she was being mugged.
9 May 2023 12AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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