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Tussle over R800m contract

Joburg City Power allegedly gave an R800 million tender for solar geysers to a company which will import them, instead of using locally made units.

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Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at the joint standing committee on defence. Photo: Parliament

‘SA troops sent to countries around CAR’
May 25 2013 at 14:43

South Africa sent troops and “strategic airlifting capabilities” to neighbouring countries following a battle in Central African Republic, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said.

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General Secretary of Cosatu Zwelizima Vavi at the Defend and Advance conference held in Pretoria. Picture: Nicholas Thabo Tau

Why Vavi’s future is at stake
May 25 2013 at 13:56

Cosatu's central executive committee will decide on the future of its general secretary. Here is a look at the issues behind the story.

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Cape Town MD in R13bn tender probe
May 25 2013 at 11:20

The managing director of a company awarded a R13 bn state tender has been found unfit to run a body corporate.

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A trade union has accused Joburg City Power of giving an R800 million contract for solar water heater geysers to a company that imports the units even though they could be manufactured here.

Tussle over R800m contract
May 25 2013 at 13:38

Joburg City Power allegedly gave an R800 million tender for solar geysers to a company which will import them, instead of using locally made units.

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Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. File photo: Supplied by Parliament

SA to splash out on new jet for Zuma
May 25 2013 at 10:54

The Defence Force plans to purchase presidential jets as well as planes to give the military its own airlift capacity.

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Another DA poster to stir the pot
May 25 2013 at 13:14

The DA has raised eyebrows with a poster again, one that reads: "Apartheid is over. Deal with it."

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Vavi in attack mode at NUM meeting
May 25 2013 at 10:47

Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi accused everyone from the media, to employers and the opposition of trying to "divide and rule".

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South African National Defence Force soldiers. File photo: Leon Muller

Minister may act against soldiers
May 25 2013 at 09:54

An investigation into "excessive abuse" at Oudtshoorn Army Infantry School recommended suspensions or disciplinary action.

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ANC wants reliable cadres: Mantashe
May 24 2013 at 19:26

The ruling party wants reliable cadres to take South Africa into the future, said the ANC secretary-general.

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DA seeks meat imports probe
May 24 2013 at 17:33

The public has a right to know whether various imported meat products, including water buffalo, donkey and horse meat, are "potentially harmful", the DA said.

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Members of SWEAT are seen in Cape Town. The advocacy group has been campaigning for sex work to be decriminalised. File photo: Brendan Magaar

‘Pleasure executives’ brief MPs
May 24 2013 at 17:30

Parliament's joint committee on HIV/Aids met with sex workers and rights activists to gauge their views on how to prevent the high level of HIV infection.

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From left: Hein Boonzaaier, Johan Prinsloo, Mark Trollip and John Keevy appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court over alleged high treason and acts of terrorism. They allegedly planned to kill ANC leaders while dining at the Mangaung conference. File picture: Chris Collingridge

ANC plot case postponed
May 24 2013 at 14:35

Four men accused of plotting to assassinate ANC leaders appeared briefly in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court.

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ANC volunteers campaign in Midvaal
May 24 2013 at 14:04

The ANC in Gauteng will send 6000 volunteers to Sicelo in Midvaal this weekend to campaign for the 2014 elections.

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Minister confirms troop deployment
May 24 2013 at 13:19

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed that SA had deployed troops in countries neighbouring the CAR.

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South African President Jacob Zuma (pictured) is being accompanied by International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele at the AU gathering in Addis Ababa. File photo: Reuters

Zuma takes ministers to AU summit
May 24 2013 at 12:28

South African President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Addis Ababa for the AU summit with an entourage of Cabinet ministers.

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President Jacob Zuma has weighed in on the current state of the mining industry in South Africa. File image: Sizwe Ndingane

Video: Zuma turns on Guptas
May 24 2013 at 12:21

President Jacob Zuma has publicly turned on the Gupta family.

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Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel. Photo: GCIS

NDP ‘belongs to whole of SA’
May 24 2013 at 10:49

For the media the National Development Plan “was not scandalous enough to make front page news”, Minister Trevor Manuel said.

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DA Youth members march outside the Kleinfontein Estate to express their opposition to the racially exclusive policies of the residents. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi

Multiracial lesson for white city enclave
May 24 2013 at 10:11

DA Youth came face-to-face with the people of Kleinfontein when they marched to community's gates.

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Peter Marais, vice-president of the Bruin Bemagtigingsbeweging (Brown Empowerment Movement)

Coloureds who vote ANC are stupid - Marais
May 24 2013 at 08:44

Peter Marais is in hot water after equating an abused woman to a coloured or white person who votes for the ANC.

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Peter Marais says a new party may emerge out of next months conference. Picture: Cindy Waxa

‘Madiba told me to fight for my rights’
May 24 2013 at 08:44

Veteran politician Peter Marais says he is fighting for the rights of coloured people because it’s what Madiba would have done.

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Parliament of the RSA

‘SA troops sent to countries around CAR’

INLSA

Why Vavi’s future is at stake

Reuters

Tussle over R800m contract

‘SA troops sent to countries around CAR’ May 25 2013 at 14:43

Why Vavi’s future is at stake May 25 2013 at 13:56

Cape Town MD in R13bn tender probe May 25 2013 at 11:20

Tussle over R800m contract May 25 2013 at 13:38

SA to splash out on new jet for Zuma May 25 2013 at 10:54

Another DA poster to stir the pot May 25 2013 at 13:14

Vavi in attack mode at NUM meeting May 25 2013 at 10:47

Minister may act against soldiers May 25 2013 at 09:54

ANC wants reliable cadres: Mantashe May 24 2013 at 19:26

DA seeks meat imports probe May 24 2013 at 17:33

‘Pleasure executives’ brief MPs May 24 2013 at 17:30

ANC plot case postponed May 24 2013 at 14:35

ANC volunteers campaign in Midvaal May 24 2013 at 14:04

Minister confirms troop deployment May 24 2013 at 13:19

Zuma takes ministers to AU summit May 24 2013 at 12:28

Video: Zuma turns on Guptas May 24 2013 at 12:21

NDP ‘belongs to whole of SA’ May 24 2013 at 10:49

Multiracial lesson for white city enclave May 24 2013 at 10:11

Coloureds who vote ANC are stupid - Marais May 24 2013 at 08:44

‘Madiba told me to fight for my rights’ May 24 2013 at 08:44

‘SA troops sent to countries around CAR’
May 25 2013 at 14:43

Why Vavi’s future is at stake
May 25 2013 at 13:56

Cape Town MD in R13bn tender probe
May 25 2013 at 11:20

Tussle over R800m contract
May 25 2013 at 13:38

SA to splash out on new jet for Zuma
May 25 2013 at 10:54

Another DA poster to stir the pot
May 25 2013 at 13:14

Vavi in attack mode at NUM meeting
May 25 2013 at 10:47

Minister may act against soldiers
May 25 2013 at 09:54

ANC wants reliable cadres: Mantashe
May 24 2013 at 19:26

DA seeks meat imports probe
May 24 2013 at 17:33

‘Pleasure executives’ brief MPs
May 24 2013 at 17:30

ANC plot case postponed
May 24 2013 at 14:35

ANC volunteers campaign in Midvaal
May 24 2013 at 14:04

Minister confirms troop deployment
May 24 2013 at 13:19

Zuma takes ministers to AU summit
May 24 2013 at 12:28

Video: Zuma turns on Guptas
May 24 2013 at 12:21

NDP ‘belongs to whole of SA’
May 24 2013 at 10:49

Multiracial lesson for white city enclave
May 24 2013 at 10:11

Coloureds who vote ANC are stupid - Marais
May 24 2013 at 08:44

‘Madiba told me to fight for my rights’
May 24 2013 at 08:44