Joint liquidators of the troubled Pamodzi Gold mines being run by Aurora Empowerment Systems appear poised to scrap their deal with Aurora.
Ilham Rawoot reports on South Africa’s sloppy, flawed and embarrassing new law.
Muslim activists are fighting to allow women the same space as men, writes Ilham Rawoot.
The apparent financial meltdown of a mine purchased by a company chaired by President Jacob Zuma’s nephew has raised questions about the deal.
Proposed law may shed light on the police’s use of lethal force, but it could also be unconstitutional.
He was a psychiatrist and expert on suicide, but it was too late, she was succumbing to her final overdose.
The psychiatrist who was key to Schabir Shaik’s release on parole has emerged as a man apparently willing to throw ethics aside for money or sex.
Jackie Selebi’s advocate has told court there is a "real possibility" the defence will recall self-confessed drug dealer Glenn Agliotti to testify.
A former intelligence official confirms the existence of a draft report expressing concern that Jackie Selebi was paid money by Brett Kebble.
The corruption trial of former police national commissioner Jackie Selebi resumed in the South Gauteng High Court on Monday morning.
High fees and ‘double-briefing’ bleed money from insolvent fund.
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/ 12 February 2010
The road towards obtaining a driver’s licence in Gauteng is pitted with potholes.
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/ 5 February 2010
The number of sex addicts is increasing, but it’s still not recognised as a real illness by government. Ilham Rawoot reports.
Will rivers cope with the demands made on them for energy supplies? Ilham Rawoot reports.
Jon Qwelane has said gay is not okay, but that’s not enough for the ANC, writes Ilham Rawoot.
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/ 14 January 2010
A supplier to Gauteng’s hospitals is to sue the GSSC — the administrative agency of the Gauteng government — for non-payment, dating back two years.
When it comes to calling for an end to the occupation in Palestine, South African demonstrators have more street-cred.
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/ 10 December 2009
The contract between the Gauteng health department and consulting firm 3P will not be terminated, Judge Colin Lamont ruled on Thursday.
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/ 30 November 2009
Four thousand learners, teachers and parents marched from Salt River to the Cape Town city centre recently calling for the establishment of a library at every school in South Africa.
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/ 23 November 2009
Jackie Selebi’s advocate admitted for the first time on Monday that the former top cop showed drug dealer Glenn Agliotti documents.
Proposed changes to tax law give officials
‘absolute power’, writes Ilham Rawoot.
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/ 5 November 2009
The black-clad blonde looked the former police National Commissioner straight in the eye — twice — and told him he’s a liar.
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/ 3 November 2009
The African Toyshop applies the principles of fair trade, which means that toy-makers are paid their asking price or more.
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/ 3 November 2009
The Drivers of Change judges described TechnoServe as an “excellent example of how business development can overcome poverty”.
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/ 2 November 2009
The Drivers of Change judges described it as “an amazing project, with a direct impact on the lives of community farmers in the Eastern Cape”.
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/ 30 October 2009
Former top cop Jackie Selebi gave the strongest indication yet on Thursday that he was paving the way for a mistrial application.
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/ 21 October 2009
The court was shocked into silence on Wednesday morning when Jackie Selebi’s counsel asked Judge Meyer Joffe to recuse himself from the trial.
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/ 16 October 2009
He was exposed as a barefaced liar, a suave scumbag with no scruples “knocking” millions off the wealthy in exchange for access to his “cash cop”.
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/ 13 October 2009
Israeli refuseniks are in South Africa to spread their message of peace and build suppport.
Jackie Selebi allegedly handed his friend Glenn Agliotti a copy of an email sent to the Scorpions by Selebi’s nemesis Paul O’Sullivan in 2006.
Former Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach allegedly paid $100 000 for his "problems" in South Africa to disappear.
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/ 18 September 2009
It takes us a day and a half to get through to the presidential hotline launched this week.