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Hadebe’s efforts “to be as open as possible” and outline Eskom’s financial difficulties frankly set a very different tone from past engagements

Be prepared for dictatorship – Malema warns about Zuma

The EFF leader has warned that if a Parliamentary motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma succeeds, he will still try to remain in office.

A secret report reveals how millions flowed to Zuma.

President Zuma signs FICA bill into law

The 2001 Act and other related Acts aim to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

A woman seen in a photo sitting in a cage on the back of a bakkie in the Eastern Cape says she was not forced into the cage.

‘We are used to sitting at the back,’ says woman seen in cage

The woman, whose name is given as Linda Stenekamp, says she sat in the cage after she asked for a lift.

Mark Scott-Crossley was in 2004 convicted for the murder of a worker who he threw into a lion enclosure.

Mark Scott-Crossley must rot in jail, says victim of alleged racist attack

Scott-Crossley handed himself over to police on Wednesday and faces a charge of attempted murder.

A bus was set alight

Running battles between Wits students and cops move to Braamfontein streets

The university said in a statement at 1pm that students had thrown ‘sizeable rocks that could have maimed or killed people’.

Tundu Lissu plans to return to Tanzania to fight President John Magufuli’s ‘reign of terror’ after spending a year and a half in Kenya and Belgium recovering from a near-fatal attack. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

SABC board asks Faith Muthambi to appoint Motsoeneng as acting chief operating officer

The board wants him to be in the role until December.

SABC8 ‘targeted’ because journalistic ethics at odds with SABC policy, court hears. Photo: Supplied

#SABC8 ‘targeted’ because journalistic ethics at odds with SABC policy, court hears

SABC protest policy conflicted with journalists’ ethics says legal counsel for the #SABC8.

Supreme Court dismisses al-Bashir appeal

The SCA has dismissed a government appeal, declaring the decision not to arrest Omar al-Bashir "was inconsistent with South African law".

Oscar Pistorius was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

Oscar Pistorius gets bail, plans to approach Concourt

Paralympian’s bail set at R10 000 while his lawyer revealed that an application for leave to appeal would be brought to the Constitutional Court.

The South African National Roads Agency was one of the biggest culprits with R1.6-billion in irregular expenditure.

Auditor general flags R25.7bn in irregular govt spending

Our national and provincial departments racked up R25.7-billion in irregular expenditure, although this was 27% less than the year before.

SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng at the matric announcement of the 2014 results.

Supreme court dismisses Hlaudi Motsoeneng appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the SABC COO’s bid against suspension and has upheld Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations.

Res’s 2001 album refuses to age and plays out like some kind of personal journal

Advocate labels former NPA boss ‘slimy, slippery and dishonest’

Mike Hellens has asked Menzi Simelane if he was trying to "duck the obligation" to hand over a letter after lawyers requested all correspondence.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

‘No say in Ginwala inquiry’ – Simelane

Former NPA boss Menzi Simelane said that he did not determine what documents made up the government’s submission to the Ginwala inquiry.

Ruling says Marikana miners not entitled to info – lawyer

A court application to compel President Jacob Zuma to immediately release the Farlam Commission’s Marikana report has been rejected.

Benni McCarthy targeted during robbery

Patrons who witnessed an armed robbery at a barbershop offered to hand over their valuables, but the gang said they were there to rob Benni McCarthy.