Psychiatric patients languish in police holding cells
- 14 Dec 2012 00:00 - Sarah Evans
- The health department could face litigation for not taking adequate interim measures to care for psychiatric patients.
Hawks close in on lease graft
- 23 Nov 2012 00:00 - Sarah Evans, Lionel Faull,
- Thirty allegedly crooked leases are central to the latest fraud, corruption and money-laundering charges brought against ANC politician John Block.
Education crisis: A boot camp far from home
- 19 Oct 2012 07:01 - Bongani Nkosi
- Northern Cape matrics, barred from their schools earlier this year, have been forced to relocate to a remote hostel, but there is a silver lining.
Motshekga: We've done all we can to help pupils
- 18 Oct 2012 12:22 - Faranaaz Parker
- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department has done all it can to help learners through a "really dramatic year" ahead of exams.
Chaos as Mthethwa meets Northern Cape protesters
- 03 Sep 2012 16:42 - Victoria John
- Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa walked out of a meeting with hundreds of angry Northern Cape protesters on Monday after it degenerated into chaos.
DA lays charges after pupils prevented from attending school
- 30 Aug 2012 15:35 - Victoria John
- The Democratic Alliance has laid criminal charges against those responsible for preventing 16 000 pupils from attending school for three months.
Fracking issues require new laws
- 10 Aug 2012 00:00 - David Fig
- Existing legislation does not address the legal, environmental and social ramifications of fracking, says David Fig.
Block in the dock: I was bribed, says N Cape hospital chief
- 26 Jul 2012 23:58 - Craig McKune
- Hamid Shabbir's hard-hitting statement to the Hawks has implicated Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block in a hospital tender scandal.
Hope survives in a forgotten settlement
- 21 Jun 2012 18:11 - Michelle Pietersen
- Hardship is a way of life for those who stay in a Northern Cape village in 'an old South Africa', writes Michelle Pietersen.
Sishen mine fraud case intensifies
- 24 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- Details have emerged of disputed alibis and further shenanigans in the battle between Kumba and Imperial Crown Trading to secure the rights to Sishen.
NPA mum on prosecutor's suspension
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- Prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach is still waiting to hear from the NPA what she has done wrong.
Sishen Part 2: Mystery death of a lonely official
- 10 Feb 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Lawyer says a department manager died as he was about to spill the beans about controversial deal.
'Brown envelope' man accused again
- 10 Feb 2012 00:00 - Niren Tolsi
- Northern Cape locals claim Joe Aranes is sowing discord to benefit his employer.
Sishen rivals braced for verdict
- 15 Dec 2011 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- Much rests on a court decision on who owns a minority stake in the lucrative mine.
More dark clouds over controversial Operation Hlasela
- 15 Dec 2011 00:00 - Nelly Shamase
- Mystery fund appears to have been duplicated in the Northern Cape.
Botha report could be mothballed
- 11 Nov 2011 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- Parliament's ethics committee's attempt to bring MP Yolanda Botha to book has been derailed by last-minute manoeuvring.
Hawks turn the screws on Imperial
- 30 Sep 2011 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- Legal battle for the world's biggest opencast iron ore mine intensifies with new claims of forgery.
ANC MP guilty of lying about interests
- 26 Aug 2011 13:10 - Lionel Faull
- Yolanda Botha has been given maximum penalty for misleading ethics committee on value of loan.
Top Northern Cape officials accused of manipulating salaries
- 26 Aug 2011 12:40 - Nelly Shamase
- Three high-profile figures in the Northern Cape provincial legislature face disciplinary action.
