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Probe into SMU vice-chancellor put on ice

Education Bongekile Macupe - 13 Sep 2020

Lawyers have told Parliament’s higher education portfolio committee that it can’t examine sexual misconduct allegations against Vice-Chancellor Peter Mbati

Three-month Covid-19 deployment of SANDF planned

Article Lester Kiewit - 27 Mar 2020

Ramaphosa tells Parliament that the military deployment to curb Covid-19 will cost more than R600-million

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Parliament to shut down in bid to control the spread of Covid-19

Article Lester Kiewit - 17 Mar 2020

The legislature will suspend its business indefinitely from Wednesday, after a final sitting to pass two pieces of critical legislation to keep the wheels of government turning

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Is Parliament suspended? Political parties in the dark after coronavirus gatherings ban

Article Lester Kiewit - 15 Mar 2020

Hundreds of legislators won’t be able to meet in parliamentary chambers after restrictions on gatherings to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease

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EFF ‘circus’ becomes contagion as MPs heckle Malema

Article Lester Kiewit - 18 Feb 2020

ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply

De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity

Article Lester Kiewit - 17 Feb 2020

Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot

A Sona to reflect troubled times

Article Bongekile Macupe & Khadija Patel - 13 Feb 2020

Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times

EFF stands firm on plans to disrupt Sona

Article Lester Kiewit - 13 Feb 2020

Julius Malema’s 44-member caucus stick to their guns: ‘Fire Pravin or else’

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Sona: DA expects Ramaphosa to stick to his script

Article Lester Kiewit - 12 Feb 2020

The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption

Zuma lawyers confirm he will not be attending Sona

Article Lester Kiewit - 12 Feb 2020

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

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Mkhwebane moves to halt ‘grossly unfair’ impeachment process

Article Franny Rabkin - 28 Jan 2020

The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful

Tensions rise in Bosasa court case

Article Franny Rabkin - 20 Sep 2019

Much is at stake both for the president and Mkhwebane in the most significant legal and political battle of Ramaphosa’s first year in office

Thandi Modise animal cruelty case postponed

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 22 Jul 2019

The National assembly speaker’s case over her abandoned farm will be heard at the end of October

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Sona imbongi to make a return following ‘pressure’ from the public

Article Lester Kiewit - 20 Jun 2019

Following criticism from cultural groups, a praise singer will be heralding the president’s arrival.But costs will be kept to a minimum

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Speaker agrees to move to possibly remove Public Protector

Article Lester Kiewit - 14 Jun 2019

This is not the first attempt by opposition MPs to remove advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane from her post

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Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

Lester Kiewit - 19 Sep 2020

Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench

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Controversial oil reserves sale ‘corrupt’ and ‘dishonest’ court hears

Lester Kiewit - 19 Sep 2020

The sale of South Africa’s crude oil reserves is now facing a criminal investigation by the Hawks

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Q&A Sessions: A focused recovery plan will guide us — Trudi Makhaya

Tshegofatso Mathe - 19 Sep 2020

Trudi Makhaya, the president’s economic adviser, talks to Tshegofatso Mathe about her upbringing, favourite books, Covid-19 and solutions to get our country out of its economic stagnation, family, reading, books, literature

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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special reports - 16 Sep 2020

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

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