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No way out for Thales in arms deal case, court rules

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The arms manufacturer has argued that there was no evidence to show that it was aware of hundreds of indirect payments to Jacob Zuma, but the court was not convinced.
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‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’

Health -
Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one
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Q&A Sessions: Frank Chikane on the rainbow where colours never meet

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Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised
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‘Prisoner 913’: The long, zigzagging path to Mandela’s release

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A new book draws on the secret archive of NP justice minister Kobie Coetsee to paint a detailed picture of the lead-up to Nelson Mandela’s release. Shaun de Waal spoke to co-author Riaan de Villiers
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Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness

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The pattern is now well established: crisis, intervention, promises by the Zanu-PF regime to behave, and then relapse after a decent interval to the sort of behaviour that prompted the latest crisis in the first place.
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Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu

Analysis -
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together
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Public must develop safe death rites

Coronavirus -
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
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Coronavirus: What lies ahead?

Analysis -
The coronavirus pandemic places moral, economic, and political questions before us. Only two answers remain: socialism or barbarism
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Why Soweto residents do not owe Eskom R18-billion

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This debt should be deemed a subsidy, an external cost that the government must bear for inadequate service delivery.
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Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

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From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity
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Apartheid criminals still at large

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Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
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Be bold, Cyril, even if it’s politically risky

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He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
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Zuma lawyers confirm he will not be attending Sona

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The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance
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Life in the time of coronavirus

Analysis -
Self-diagnosis and symptoms are recipe for paranoia — just see the doc, take the meds and Bob’s your uncle
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How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Article & -
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
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Judicial Conduct Committee orders Mogoeng to apologise for his remarks about SA Israel relations

emsie ferreira
The JCC said that by the chief justice straying into politics, he breached the judicial conduct code and ordered him to issue an apology and retraction

‘Doctors’ wives’ jump Covid queue

chris bateman
Private doctors and civilians have been exploiting gaps in the public health system to get vaccinated

Ithala fails to act against board chairperson over PPE scandal

Paddy Harper
Morar asked to settle with the state and pay back the profit he made on an irregular tender

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