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The rags-to-riches inventor who silenced his critics

Wed, 18 Jan, 2012

Few rags-to-riches stories of South African inventors are as compelling as that of Jacobus Cronje. Cobus was one of three children in a very poor family who lived in an abandoned mining house in Germiston.
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17 injured in Beaufort Street crash

Wed, 18 Jan, 2012

Seventeen people were injured in an accident in the early hours of Monday on the corner of Bathurst and Beaufort Streets. According to witnesses, a red Toyota Corolla and a truck collided head on and both vehicles veered into a nearby wall.
MOTORING

More than 78 000 driving licences cancelled, suspended

Thu, 5 Jan, 2012

More than 78 000 driving licences have been cancelled and suspended across the country during the past five years.
COMMUNITY | MOTORING

Taxi drivers protest over poor roads

Thu, 8 Dec, 2011

High Street was brought to a standstill on Thursday morning as around 80 taxi drivers marched to the City Hall with a list of grievances for the mayor.
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Marawu urges action on 'deadly' roads

Thu, 1 Dec, 2011

In his keynote address at the memorial service of the 20 people who died in Tuesday's crash on the N1 between Laingsburg and Beaufort West, MEC for Transport, Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu, said motor vehicles had become "the deadliest weapons of mass destruction in recent history”.
POLITICS | MOTORING

Pushing through the permit backlog

Thu, 1 Dec, 2011

To combat the problem of public transport drivers who ferry passengers around without permits in the Eastern Cape, the Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works has set up a regulating body to help people get permits faster. MEC for Transport, Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu, recently stated that 152 vehicles were found transporting people without public transport permits in the province.
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