Mpho Phalatse was removed through a motion of no confidence. Her last-ditch effort to block the motion from going ahead was also struck off the roll in the high court.
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Phalatse turned to the courts on an urgent basis to try get the sitting interdicted.
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The embattled mayor turned to the courts on an urgent basis, saying that the improper notice of the meetings at such short notice was unusual.
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The league is the brainchild of UWC Media and Marketing manager, Gasant Abarder and it aims to create more opportunities for young girls in the sport to develop their full potential.
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Seeking to deliver a knockout punch and win the election in the first round, Lula, the charismatic but tarnished ex-president who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, responded in kind.
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'It's been a rough ride.' Eskom CEO André de Ruyter puts his reference to Stage 15 power cuts into context and gives an update on the state of the national grid.
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"We had to take urgent action to get our economy growing, get Britain moving, and also deal with inflation," she said in an initial round of local BBC radio interviews.
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Officials launched a major emergency response after one of the most intense US storms in years, with helicopter crews plucking survivors from barrier islands slammed by a deluge that saw storm surges crash through beachfront towns and horizontal rain pound communities for hours.
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National Treasury has banned Bain & Company from public sector contracts for ten years. The announcement comes almost 2 months after the UK imposed a 3-year ban.
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The 55-year-old leader, who cast himself as the champion of the poor in the August 9 poll, said he intended to establish a progressive income tax regime, in his first speech to parliament since winning the presidency.
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