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Well, it seems we had a new Mayor, but it was only for a weekend. Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene was the acting mayor of Joburg until Monday.

In a tell-all book about his time at the helm of Eskom, former CEO André de Ruyter says syndicates looting the company and imperiling the nation’s power supply received assistance from as high up as the Union Buildings.

15 May 2023 12AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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