Ten things to watch for in 2019

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The year gone by will be remembered for everything from the ascendancy of the fifth president, to the 87 poached elephants that weren’t, to numerous high profile deaths locally and beyond. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, looks at the key news items to keep an eye out for this year

Eyes to the skies

With threats of El Nino already manifesting themselves through the late onset of rains this season, subsistence farmers across the country will spend the next few weeks looking to the skies and praying the Heaven’s open and stay open going forward. Minimal planting has taken place in the South, including the Barolong Farms heartland, and thanks to the late onset, many farmers have abandoned their fields. Those who have stayed faithful will be hoping the rains become more consistent and stable, enabling some form of crop maturation in the months before the onset of the evening winter chills. 

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Let us all go to vote

Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...

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