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Internal documents show that soldiers, meant to protect South Africa and keep the peace outside our borders, are sexually assaulting people
Police portfolio committee chair Francois Beukman says the arrest of an officer for the alleged theft of firearms highlights the need for audits
Sub-committee chairperson David Mahlobo said, in particular, the ANC would look at creating industrialisation opportunities.
Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has spelt out why she believes the AdoAir jet leasing agreement is full of holes.
The article Lindiwe Sisulu’s fancy flights pure indulgence is bereft of context and real facts, writes Sandi Mbatsha, adviser to Lindiwe Sisulu.
Former minister of defence and military veterans Lindiwe Sisulu has left a giant headache for her successor, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
The defence department is baffled by a report which claims that R99-billion has been secretly spent since 1994 through the Defence special account.
President Jacob Zuma will soon appoint a permanent defence secretary, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Tuesday.
A newly declassified 2003 Justice Department memo gave United States military interrogators broad authority to use extreme methods in questioning al-Qaeda detainees, US media said on Wednesday. The memo argued that the US president’s wartime authority exempted them from laws banning cruel treatment.
United States President George Bush said on Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq despite the ”high cost in lives and treasure” and declared that the US was on track for victory. With less than 11 months left in office and his approval ratings near the lows of his presidency, Bush is trying to shore up support for the Iraq campaign.
Now that he is the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain has a big decision ahead of him — who to choose as his vice-presidential running mate. A top priority for him is to pick a running mate whose presence on the ticket would reassure Americans concerned about McCain’s age.
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/ 1 December 2007
The man who devised the Bush administration’s Iraq troop surge has urged the United States to consider sending elite troops to Pakistan to seize its nuclear weapons if the country descends into chaos. In a series of scenarios drawn up for Pakistan, Frederick Kagan has called for the White House to consider various options for an unstable Pakistan.
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/ 29 November 2007
Government ministers have failed to provide written answers to 343 questions posed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), said DA deputy chief whip Mike Ellis on Thursday. "Next Friday, December 7, is the deadline for the submission of replies to all parliamentary questions posed to government departments during 2007," he said.
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/ 6 September 2007
From the German chancellery to the Pentagon, government computer networks have been targeted by cyber spies that media reports say were directed by China’s military. The reported Pentagon attack was the ”most flagrant and brazen to date”, said Alex Neill, an expert on the Chinese military at London’s Royal United Services Institute.