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‘SA troops sent to countries around CAR’

South Africa sent troops and “strategic airlifting capabilities” to neighbouring countries following a battle in Central African Republic, Defence M... Read Story

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Why Vavi’s future is at stake

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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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