Cape Town, South Africa
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Erin Bates is a South African broadcast journalist with skill in print, radio, TV and online news. In May 2023, she joined Carte Blanche as a presenter. She is also a feeelance reporter with Newzroom Afrika on DStv channel 405. Bates was previously a legal writer for Business Day newspaper, and files occasional features for the weekly magazine Financial Mail. She has also worked as an anchor and reporter at eNCA. From 2018 to 2020 she was a leading correspondent on the state capture inquiry. Internationally she has written for Al Jazeera and featured as a guest on BBC Africa, India Today and LBC London. Locally she has appeared on numerous TV and radio stations. Bates has led talks at the Franschhoek Literary Festival, Open Book Festival and an investment conference hosted by Old Mutual. She holds one undergraduate and two postgraduate degrees, including honours in journalism from Stellenbosch University with distinction in broadcasting.
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Amid SA's worst energy crisis in history, a cabinet minister is touting SA's lofty hydrogen goals. Higher education, science and technology minister Blade Nzimande says a planned corridor will kickstart SA's move to alternative energy solutions. The hydrogen valley will cost an estimated R1.2 billion US dollars, running from Limpopo, through Gauteng to the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
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After a hiatus of several years, the Sex Expo is back on and running at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this weekend. The programme includes dance performances, body art and sexual health workshops. While the event focuses on pleasure and fun, professionals in sex education and intimate therapy are also engaging with the public.
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Today marks a month since the devastating explosion of a gas tanker in Boksburg that has thus far claimed 41 lives. It was on the morning of Christmas Eve when the tanker got stuck under an overhead bridge in Plantation, near the Tambo Memorial Hospital. The explosion destroyed the bridge, parts of the Hospital as well as homes, cars, and infrastructure. Those who died include 12 healthcare workers at the health facility. The driver of the truck was initially taken into police custody, but was subsequently released pending further investigations. The Gauteng provincial government says the investigations have been completed, and the docket has been forwarded to the relevant authorities for a decision.
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Richard Branson was in SA at the weekend to punt the latest direct route from Cape Town to London, offered by his airline Virgin Atlantic. The billionaire made the announcement on Saturday at a Virgin Atlantic event with Wesgro.
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All but one of the eight accused in the R25m Nulane Investments trial are seeking discharge as the prosecuting authority seemingly bungles is first state capture case.
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