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[If you cannot view this newsletter properly, click here to view it online] [Sowetan LIVE Home Page][Follow Sowetan LIVE on Twitter][Join our Facebook Fan Page] [News Page] [Business Page] [Sport Page] [Entertainment Page] [Good Life Page] [Help Line Page] [Shwashi Page] [jobs Page] [e-diton Page] TOP STORIES [Muthambi: Anti-ANC government media to be dealt with by transformation] The measure of a journalist is‚ the country’s communications minister said on Friday‚ in “how ruthless their reporting can be about” the African National Congress (ANC) government. [Power‚ water wastage costs Nelson Mandela Bay R343-million] Water and electricity losses over a period of nine months have cost the Nelson Mandela Bay metro a staggering R343-million. [Cop pleads not guilty in Sunday Times bugging case] A former police intelligence official accused of falsifying information in order to spy on the cellphones of two Sunday Times journalists has pleaded not guilty. [Schools job for cash report delayed for consultation‚ says Basic Education Department] The Education Department has postponed the release of the controversial report into the alleged buying and selling of teacher posts by two weeks. [Outa: ‘Low uptake’ has led to extension of e-toll debt discount] The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Friday said the 10-day extension of a 60% discount offer on outstanding e-toll debt was to be expected. [Cope: Empty benches in Parliament more of an embarrassment for Zuma] With “empty opposition benches”‚ the “bootlicking and bum-sucking African National Congress (ANC) caucus” had President Jacob Zuma and Speaker Baleka Mbete “all to themselves and what an uninspiring and lacklustre lot they showed themselves to be”. [Ciskei pensioners block access to Parliament] [Ciskei pensioners block access to Parliament. Picture Credit: @janetheard via Twitter] Protesters have blocked three of the four entrances to Parliament this morning‚ allowing no traffic through. [Zimbabwe to print local ‘US dollar’ as cash crunch bites] [Zimbabweans queue to withdraw cash outside a bank on May 5, 2016 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans formed long queues outside banks Thursday after the government slapped new limits on cash withdrawals and announced that ] Zimbabweans formed long queues outside banks on Thursday as a cash shortage prompted the government to announce plans to print a local version of the US dollar and limit withdrawals. [SPORT] [Out going Bayern Munich mentor Pep Guardiola. Picture credits: EPA] [Bayern look to heal Euro hurt with league title] Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich will try to heal their Champions League hurt with a win at Ingolstadt on Saturday which would confirm a record fourth straight German league title. [Improving Birds poised for Santos six-pointer] Moroka Swallows defender Sibusiso Mokoena has called for cool heads ahead of another crucial National First Division clash for the rejuvenated Dube Birds this weekend. [Pitso's influence on Billiat] Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Khama Billiat says working with Pitso Mosimane has helped his game tremendously. [Sono slams Maritzburg] Jomo Sono has labelled relegation rivals Maritz- burg United as "desperate" after he claimed the club were behind a SA Football Association (Safa) case against his club, Jomo Cosmos, for allegedly using an ineligible player earlier in the season. [Kekana reflects on a magical season] [Sundowns players celebrate after clinching the Absa Premiership following their match against University of Pretoria at Tuks Stadium on Wednesday PHOTO: Gavin Barker/BackpagePIX] Life can't get much better for Hlompho Kekana at 30. [SA’s first gay and inclusive rugby team recruiting new players] South Africa’s first gay and inclusive rugby team‚ Jozi Cats has pushed the envelope in their new initiative to recruit more players. [Ndlovu likely to leave Cyprus] [Bafana Bafana striker Dino Ndlovu. Picture credits: Gallo Images] Bafana Bafana striker Dino Ndlovu says there is a good chance that he will leave Cypriot First Division side Anorthosis Famagusta next month. [GOOD LIFE] [Set of beautiful leather handbags - Stock image ] [Woman charged over $3.4 mn Australian ‘handbag spree’] Australian police have charged a 21-year-old woman with fraud after she allegedly spent US$3.4 million that her bank mistakenly gave her, with much of the money reportedly lavished on handbags. [‘Why does my pregnant body offend you?’ asks Jo-Ann Strauss] Former Miss South Africa and businesswoman Jo-Ann Strauss‚ who gave birth to a new baby girl last month‚ recently took a swipe at people who found her pregnant body and breastfeeding in public offensive. ['Supervised' robot succeeds in soft-tissue surgery] A robotic machine has succeeded at stitching two segments of a pig's bowel together, an advance for the tricky field of soft tissue surgery, researchers said Wednesday. [Parties to celebrate divorce now a trend] [HAPPINESS AT LAST:An episode in 'Diski Divas' with a contestant celebrating a divorce with the cutting of a cake and some champagne. The TV station insists the episode was to celebrate all the hardships in her life. PHOTO: SUPPLIED] When one thinks of the concept of a divorce party, it sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Almost like saying a "happy funeral" or a "blissful suicide". ['Supervised' robot succeeds in soft-tissue surgery] [Surgeons could be getting help from robotic tools ©kupicoo/Istock.com] A robotic machine has succeeded at stitching two segments of a pig's bowel together, an advance for the tricky field of soft tissue surgery, researchers said Wednesday. [Pic of the day] CAPTION: Celebrating the women behind soccer players. Instagram [Then and now: Your favourite celebrities] [[38] comments] ['I love hard, I love deep': Bonang Matheba on love and AKA] [AKA attends Kevin Hart's show. Picture: Instagram] [[12] comments] [Speedy still in fast lane of swag] [[4] comments] [Modiselle sisters take showbiz by storm] [[14] comments] [Fresh out of rehab HHP defends his use of dagga] [[4] comments] [Click here] [Unsubscribe] | [Forward to a Friend] | [e-Edition] [Sowetan LIVE Home Page] All material Copyright Sowetan LIVE © TMG Limited (Pty) Ltd. 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