The fraud and corruption trial of former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni and businessman Michael Woerfel is to get underway after the Pretoria High Court declined to intervene.
”Dental reasons” have reduced the number of troops that can be deployed internationally at one South African infantry battalion from 612 to a mere 138.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma denied allegations that he attempted to secure a bribe from one of the companies involved in the controversial arms deal, his representative Lakela Kaunda said on Friday.
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The Congress of SA Trade Unions’ has accused the government of conducting a propaganda campaign against it after President Thabo Mbeki expressed concern that the trade union federation failed to attend a meeting on Friday.
A company attempting to make money out of gold coins bearing the face of former president Nelson Mandela was ordered to cease operating by the Department of Trade and Industry on Friday.
A military intelligence officer who allegedly forewarned his superiors about last month’s bomb blasts in Soweto will be tried for misconduct following an incident of alleged insubordination on
an unrelated matter.
South Africans consumed up to 80% of the world’s Mandrax and accounted for the second largest quantity of cannabis seized anywhere in the world after Mexico, reveals a United Nations report.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief executive officer Trevor Abrahams said on Saturday he would only comment on allegations of impropriety and misconduct against him once the investigation had been completed.
The value of duty-free exports from South Africa to the United States in the first quarter of this year was R2,6-billion — 83% more than exports in the same period last year.
One of the police officers investigating the case against an alleged Satanist could not testify on Friday as she was on sick leave as a result of stress caused by the investigation, the Pretoria High Court was told.
The Bulls stormed into third place on the Super 12 log with an astonishing 75-14 victory over an outplayed and outmuscled Stormers outfit at a packed Loftus stadium in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. Stormers captain Neil de Kock was magnanimous in defeat. ”The Bulls played really well today and I hope they take this performance overseas and fly the flag for us,” he said.