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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.

Reparations: ANC launches its election manifesto in Durban (. Military veterans, who were members of the Non-Statutory Forces, are planning to protest at the ANC’s elective conference on 16 December in protest against their not being compensated.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Military veterans plan R10 billion class action

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

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

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

Defence Minister Thandi Modise . (Gallo)

Modise vows to ‘fix’ underspending defence department

Minister bemoans underspending of 48% and promises parliamentary committee to get things done ‘as they are supposed to be done’

The Department of Defence has no option but to return 500 000 vials of the unauthorised Covid-19 drug Interferon-Alpha-2B to Cuba, because the medicine will most likely expire before it can be used in South Africa. (Photo by Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP)

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

1 Military Hospital. (Gallo)

1 Military Hospital became a ‘milking cow’ during 14 years of refurbishment

The defence force presents a summary of a forensic report on an investigation into upgrades and repairs to the hospital in Pretoria

Four officials suspended over R124m wasted by defence department

The PSC intervened after an annual report showed the department had incurred more than R124-million in irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

Gwede Mantashe was among other senior ANC members revealed to have accepted similar security upgrades to their homes. (David Harrison/M&G)

Mantashe sticks to his guns over Bosasa saga

The minister has denied knowledge that Bosasa was responsible for the security installations at his properties

Data collected by insurance companies could be used to provide better crime information. (Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images/Beeld)

Letters to the editor: October 5 to 11

Our readers write in about bribery allegations, insurance companies, and the passing of Chris Madibeng Mokoditoa

Legal action: A section of the Military Veterans Association and the MK National Council want to get rid of those ‘masquerading’ as MK but who have their own agenda

Warring MK veterans vie for endorsement

The ANC is in a double bind since Zuma presided at a conference that elected the MKMVA’s leadership

Thabang Makwetla believes drastic measures are needed to rescue the ruling party because it is falling apart.

Road to Mangaung: ANC herds its ‘voting cattle’

A senior ANC official tells the M&G that low-ranking members are no more than a herd that does as it is told.

Meet those who are now rising in the ranks

Meet those who are now rising in the ranks

In addition to purging troublesome ministers President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet shuffle propelled a number of rising ANC stars into the limelight.

Sisulu: Piracy threat growing in Southern Africa

R490-million set aside for military veterans

Government has set aside R490-million to assist the National Military Veterans Association, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Sisulu not denying soldiers’ problems, says deputy

Defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu is not denying that there are problems in the working conditions of soldiers, her deputy minister said on Wednesday.

New Mpumalanga ANC chairperson David Mabuza. Photo: Sunday Times

By Mpumalanga, for Mpumalanga

The election of David Mabuza as ANC chairperson in Mpumalanga two weekends ago has sparked fear and despondency among the province’s top civil servant

SA, Mozambique provinces sign agreement

The provinces of Mpumalanga in South Africa and Maputo in Mozambique provinces signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday relating to economy, health and agriculture, the office…

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…

Diarrhoea-hit Delmas residents forced to buy water

Residents of Botleng township near Delmas have resorted to buying water from local shops following the outbreak of diarrhoea in the area. Maria Sisiphuma, a mother of five…

Delmas diarrhoea started with water contamination

The initial cause of the diarrhoea outbreak in Delmas was water contamination, said Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla on Thursday. ”When we noticed the outbreak in October, we…