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Even before the Phakisa racetrack in Welkom was built, the government was officially warned that it could incur massive losses to the taxpayer, it emerged on Friday. The Free…
New regulations to compel the replacement of non-functioning emergency exits on South African buses and taxis will still take an indeterminate time to come into effect, it…
A group of South African and Hungarian scientists have discovered a novel way to unravel the mysteries of the annual European swallow migration between the northern and southern…
South Africa’s largest Bushman settlement started a new chapter in their history on Tuesday. For the first time ever, the children of Platfontein near Kimberley in the Northern…
President Thabo Mbeki established the Hefer commission to call the bluff of Mac Maharaj and Mo Shaik, Judge Joos Hefer heard on Thursday. This statement came from Advocate Norman…
The mountain has brought forth a mouse. This was how Marumo Moerane, counsel for National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka, summarised on Thursday before the Hefer…
Deputy President Jacob Zuma has been drawn into the Hefer inquiry into whether National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka abused his official powers. Advocate…
A love story with a happy ending unfolded on Wednesday before the Hefer Commission of Inquiry. National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka described the struggle he…
An experienced Home Affairs official knocked out the last pillars of Mo Shaik’s spy argument against chief prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, in his testimony to the Hefer Commission of…
Former City Press editor Vusi Mona on Friday was granted a respite from impending perjury charges for allegedly lying to the Hefer commission. Commission evidence leader Kessie…
Former <i>City Press</i> editor Vusi Mona switched from accuser to accused on Friday before the Hefer commission. Advocate Marumo Moerane, counsel for National Director of Public…
A former newspaper editor conceded before the Hefer commission on Thursday that he was reckless when he published spy claims against National Director of Public Prosecutions…
Several of chief prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka’s alleged off-the-record comments at a July briefing with black editors were placed on record on Wednesday before the Hefer…
Liberation struggle veteran Mac Maharaj was asked on Tuesday to react to an allegation that he himself had been an apartheid agent. The former transport minister was shown a book…
The Hefer commission heard on Monday that spying allegations against National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka stemmed from the Scorpions’ arms deal investigation.…
Foreign Affairs special adviser Mo Shaik will have to ”face the consequences” if he disclosed confidential intelligence information, the country’s spy bosses warned on Wednesday.…
In a case seen as critical for all journalists, the definition of media freedom was heavily disputed on Tuesday in day-long arguments in the Bloemfontein High Court. Judge…
Judge Joos Hefer should subpoena members of the intelligence agencies to testify before him, Hefer commission evidence leader Kessie Naidu argued on Monday. ”We should leave the…
National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka’s main accusers, Mac Maharaj and Mo Shaik, were again absent from the Hefer commission’s public hearings on Thursday.…
Spy allegations against National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka may be motivated by his Scorpions unit’s corruption investigation against Mac Maharaj, the Hefer…
