Author: staff
A trove of documents obtained by amaBhungane show how the Independent Development Trust appointed a contractor embroiled in bribery allegations involving director-general of the Department of Health Dr Sandile Buthelezi despite obvious warning signs in the procurement process.
Douw Steyn changed the face of the insurance industry in SA and abroad, founded a massive luxury golf estate, and donated vast sums to charity. He once took Madiba for a spin in his convertible Rolls-Royce, and was fantastic at magic tricks.
While banks are not directly discriminating by race, South Africa’s history means many black people do not have assets and often have student loans or lower incomes, leading to “racial profiling due to history”, oversight committees heard.
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA, in collaboration with the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Animal Control Unit, has removed 12 dogs in two separate raids just under a week after receiving reports of illegal dogfighting in Ottery and Eerste River.
An Eastern Cape father facing nearly 800 charges, ranging from possession and distribution of child pornography to the rape of his biological daughter, nearly collapsed on the witness stand of the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
After a diplomatic storm between Pretoria and Washington, the South African government has confirmed that Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met with Chargé d’Affaires for the United States Mission to South Africa, Dana Brown, to discuss bilateral health cooperation and new US policies on aid.
Thirty-two years after the horrific Highgate Hotel attack in East London, where unknown gunmen killed five patrons and seriously injured seven others, an inquest is being held to determine if anyone can be held criminally liable for the attack.
MPs questioned the notion that mega-donors to political parties could influence policy, after the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the threshold and limit for donations on Tuesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to ignore Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s spokesperson’s claim that he deployed SA National Defence Force soldiers to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to protect his personal mining interests.
All Anglican churches could be required to make submissions about any concerns of abuse or conduct to their bishops after a panel of inquiry found the Anglican Church of Southern Africa had not done enough to protect parishioners from an alleged child abuser.