Journalist was expecting arrest

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Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika, who was arrested for fraud and defeating the ends of justice yesterday, appears to have been aware that his arrest was ...

Malema did tell cops to remove delegates...

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But he has denied that he abused his powers to settle political scores in the ANC Youth League.

SA's land reform mess

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South Africa's land restitution programme is in deep trouble, with farms not changing hands and farmers and claimants battling to extract payouts from the state. ...

Eskom loses R625m to power theft

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Illegal connections, meter-tampering and billing errors have cost Eskom more than half a billion rand in the past 12 months.

Crisis looms as teachers quit in droves

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Teachers are leaving the profession in their thousands - a rate that has left government officials disturbed and prompted educators' unions to warn of serious consequences. ...

SABC board in bid to end dispute

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SABC board members were to meet urgently after being blindsided by the surprise naming of Phil Molefe as head of news - an appointment they believe is null and void. ...

Probe into Bloem ticket splurge

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Co-operative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka has launched an inquiry into plans by Bloemfontein's Mangaung municipality to splurge R7-million on 50 000 World ...

Parties sceptical about Hitachi sale

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Opposition political parties have reacted with scepticism to the ANC's announcement that its investment arm, Chancellor House, plans to sell its controversial 25 ...

Security industry gets a clean-up

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South African private security guards are selling their identity documents and their security training certificates to illegal and "desperate" foreign nationals ...

Human trafficking: SA faces major problem

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For quite a long time we thought that human trafficking was a problem that had nothing to do with SA. . . a problem existing in Europe and the US," says Deputy Home ...

Vacancies in the Air Force now sky-high

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The number of trained pilots in the SA Air Force continues to decline, while more than half the posts for technical support crew are vacant, figures released by ...

So how many people are dead, exactly?

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There is major confusion over the country's mortality rates, with government departments insisting that their 2008 figure is correct - and Aids researchers and actuaries ...

Defaulters cost SABC R250m

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Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has explained his reasons behind a one percent tax levy on viewers call.

Contractors cost taxpayers R500m

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Thousands of RDP houses are to be rebuilt in KwaZulu-Natal.

Government 'ignored public protector'

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Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana says "lazy and arrogant" public servants who make poor people poorer have not been appropriately dealt with.

Selebi was targeted 'because he was black'

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ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has slammed the prosecution for granting immunity to Glenn Agliotti and Billy Rautenbach. [VIDEO]

Spy chief: We will reprimand them

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South Africa's new intelligence boss has vowed to shake up the agency and rid it of politically partisan spooks.

'What has happened is abnormal'

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The "crippling" doctors' strike cost government a huge sum of money, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

SABC to decide on Mpofu's fate

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Suspended SABC group chief executive Dali Mpofu, who is fighting with the public broadcaster to keep his job, will know his fate soon.

Harsh cost-cutting measures at SABC

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The public broadcaster is also considering shutting down some of its international bureaux as it weighs the cost of running them.

ANCYL won't throw book at poor managers

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The ANC Youth League will not act against the previous managers of its investment company for poor bookkeeping.

Sanef calls for SABC stability

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The South African National Editors' Forum has urged Parliament to restore "stability, credibility and sound financial capacity" to the embattled SABC.

KZN's sick debt of R169m

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The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department's woes have worsened.

SA could soon run out of water

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The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs is considering desalinating sea water and reusing effluent water to avert the crisis.

New wage framework thrashed out

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Public service minister Richard Baloyi has undertaken to solve problems and implement a new wages framework for public sector employees.