Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each
/ 18 July 2023

Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each

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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Military veterans plan R10 billion class action
/ 9 December 2022

Military veterans plan R10 billion class action

The former soldiers want the state to pay them R4 million each in reparations

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Ramaphosa’s future hinges on whether he serves the party or the people
/ 30 October 2022

Ramaphosa’s future hinges on whether he serves the party or the people

The president has made strides in renewing the state but how he deals with individuals in the ANC linked to state capture may be his undoing in the party

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Millions of rand lost as SANDF returns unauthorised Cuban Covid-19 drug
/ 26 January 2022

Millions of rand lost as SANDF returns unauthorised Cuban Covid-19 drug

Remedial action against officials suspected of wrongdoing must be taken, says the ministerial task team investigating the defence department

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/ 1 December 2007

Call to use condoms not heeded in SA, says Mbeki

President Thabo Mbeki has stressed that the government’s call on South Africans to be faithful and condomise is not being heeded, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday. Speaking on World Aids Day, Mbeki said these were important aspects of the government’s Khomanani campaign, considering that there was no cure for Aids.