South Africa Top Stories

    WHAT’S COOKING: Rich, fruity Christmas cake
    Fruit, nuts, spices and strong liquor — that’s the recipe for the kind of traditional Christmas cake that is made two months in advance. This is the one we made a year ago, and now is the best time to get yours made. It’s best to make a family occasion of it, creating memories along with a cake to look forward to.
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    AMABHUNGANE: Takeover row: Butters vs the Takeover Regulation Panel — and Warren Chapman
    The Takeover Regulation Panel is supposed to protect minority shareholders. Did it fold under pressure when confronting broker Peresec and its powerful boss Warren Chapman? Activist shareholder Craig Butters is making that claim in a high-stakes court case.
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    BOOK EXCERPT: Sandstone Estates – where steam locomotives bring SA railway history to life
    Trains, planes, automobiles, tanks and tractors will all gather at Sandstone Estates in the Eastern Free State in mid-November to celebrate the magic of old machines and cherries.
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    Alphabet stock sinks as search woes cause revenue miss, cash burn worsens
    Oct 28 (Reuters) - Google parent Alphabet reported disappointing results in the core business of search advertising and a massive acceleration in cash burn as it poured resources into building out AI.
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    Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees
    WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence.
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    Judge rejects US Justice Dept bid to block votes from alleged noncitizens in California
    Oct 28 (Reuters) - A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily block California from counting mail ballots for the midterm elections from more than 20,000 registered voters the department alleges are likely noncitizens.
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    After landing in US, Flavio Bolsonaro declares himself Brazil’s rightful leader
    SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Senator Flavio Bolsonaro declared himself Brazil's rightful leader on Wednesday after arriving in the United States, alleging he was the victim of an electoral coup by the country's Supreme Court and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won the vote by over 4 million votes.
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    ANALYSIS: Treasury faces high-stakes battle on the road to social safety net grant reform
    South Africa operates one of the largest social assistance systems in the developing world, with the ‘social wage’ accounting for more than 60% of government expenditure. Of course, there will be resistance to any change.
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    PROJECT MAYIBUYE: SSA operation targeting EFF lacked national security basis, court told
    Project Mayibuye should have been stopped before it started. Instead, the Gauteng High Court heard, the secret State Security Agency operation went ahead, targeted the EFF and had millions channelled through it.
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    STING OPERATION: SA ‘refugee’ in US faces decades behind bars on child sexual exploitation charges
    The American Dream of ‘refugee’ Arno Venter has come crashing down after just four months with his arrest and indictment on 11 charges involving child sexual abuse material.
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