The Democratic Alliance wants the motion to be debated next week
The president reportedly said he would not meddle when told that Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula could be taken into custody over graft
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The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items
The defence force only re-employed the woman after being threatened with litigation
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Firefighters were on Saturday still battling to contain the blaze which also injured three people, with the army focused on accounting for all those who were on site
The deputy president’s convoy consisted of seven vehicles and only two pulled off, the police minister told parliament on Wednesday
Bureaucratic hurdles have made Nelson Phasha’s life hell since he returned from exile
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The claim is based on the R500 000 each veteran was promised in 1994, which they say today works out to be R4.2 million.
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The South African National Defence Union said the victims have been told not to discuss the matter with the police while the Independent Police Investigative Directorate holds its inquiry
The profession has taken a reputational knock in recent years, amid serious accounting scandals
No buffalo on the menu at South Africa/Namibia gala dinner
Exercise Mosi II an opportunity for spying on Russian, China military capabilities, says expert
A 2018 state security report, the Zondo commission report
and a 2015 report on social cohesion in KwaZulu-Natal warned of problems
The Southern African Development Community says it does not condone the acts in the video and will take appropriate measures in line with international law
Eskom debt down R5.5bn, but balance sheet pressure is high
This as delegates meet at the ANC’s elective conference amid stage six load-shedding
The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations
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Civil group alleges that SANDF and SAPS members have been pressured to stop cooperating with its civilian safety structure
Waters have subsided but residents of the Eastern Cape town are still battling to rebuild their lives
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An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife
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Some residents have accused the South African National Defence Force of taking too long to respond with recovery assistance
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The defence minister said South Africa could not accept the return of vials of the drug it had loaned back to Cuba until it could follow due process
Remedial action against officials suspected of wrongdoing must be taken, says the ministerial task team investigating the defence department
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A 40-year-old army accommodation block housing 500 soldiers was ‘upgraded’ using residents’ recreational fund contributions. But it is dangerous: other high-risk residential flats in the area have been evacuated because of dolomite corrosion.
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Family hopes for answers now that a probe has been completed into a friendly fire incident that killed a South African soldier in the DRC
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‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
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South African student pilots training in Cuba complain of slave-like conditions
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Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
Corporal Simanga Khuselo join the peacekeeping mission in the DRC to save money to build his family a home
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The defence force presents a summary of a forensic report on an investigation into upgrades and repairs to the hospital in Pretoria
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call