NEW: Police Make Multimillion Rand Heroin Bust In Nelspruit

A man is expected in court today after he was arrested in a multimillion rand drug bust near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga.

Police were acting on a tip-off yesterday and pounced on the suspect.

Heroin worth millions of rands were found hidden in the fuel tank of the vehicle the man was driving.


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NEW: I never said HIV does not cause AIDS, says Thabo Mbeki

Former president Thabo Mbeki has addressed the "HIV denialism" which overshadowed his term in office.

"I never said 'HIV does not cause Aids'. This false accusation was made by people who benefitted from trumpeting the slogan 'HIV causes Aids' as though this was a religious edict.

"What I said is that 'a virus cannot cause a syndrome'," Mbeki said in his letter on Monday.


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NEW: Petition launched to stop 'satanic' band from coming to SA

A petition titled "Stop Promoting Satanism in South Africa" is asking people to boycott local organisations and venues who bring supposed "satanic" bands to SA.

The petition was posted by Christians SA on GoPetition.com and is specifically targeting the venues Bassline in Johannesburg and The Assembly in Cape Town for bringing Polish death metal band Behemoth and Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ to SA.


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NEW: Nersa Approves Eskom Tariff Hike

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has this afternoon approved Eskom’s application for a tariff hike.

Tariffs will be increased by 9.4 percent for the 2016/17 year only.

Public hearings were held across the country earlier this year. Nersa says it took all submissions into account.


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NEW: Nobel Peace Prize for Trump?

A record 376 nominations have been submitted for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Tuesday, with the secret list believed to include such diverse figures as Donald Trump, Edward Snowden and the pope.

The previous record dated back to 2014 when 278 candidates were nominated.

"This reflects the fact that we live in a world where there are a lot of conflicts and where there are also a certain number of processes that are heading in a more positive direction," the head of the Nobel Institute, Olav Njolstad, told AFP.


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NEW: FNB Customers Angry After Money Is Illegally Withdrawn From Their Accounts

Several of FNB's clients are fuming after money was withdrawn from their bank accounts in what appears to be a phishing scam.
















Some of them called into Cape Talk this afternoon, complaining about how amounts up to R300,000 were taken from their account without their consent.

The bank says there's a possibility clients are victims of a phishing scam but some deny having clicked on a phishing links.


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NEW: DStv announces 2016 price hikes

After Eskom told South African consumers they will have to fork out 9.4% more for electricity in 2016, MultiChoice announce its annual price increases for the year as well, coming into effect from April and for the first time ever DStv Premium breaks through the psychological level of R700 per month.

DStv Premium, DStv Extra and DStv Compact packages are increasing by a whopping 8% or more – higher than inflation.


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