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President Ramaphosa must proclaim SIU investigation into Ratlou Local Municipality contracts
22nd February 2024 The DA has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting him to proclaim a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into several irregular... →
R4bn may be removed from Eskom debt-relief for failure to meet EFC sale deadline
By: Terence Creamer 21st February 2024 The South African government is proposing to reduce its planned allocations to Eskom under a previously announced R254-billion debt-relief package... →
Women in South Africa’s armed struggle: new book records history at first hand
21st February 2024 South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after... →
National Assembly pass several Bills
21st February 2024 The National Assembly (NA) has, during its plenary sitting this afternoon, passed the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, the Plant Health (Phytosanitary)... →
South African military is at war without helicopter-service deal 
By: Bloomberg 19th February 2024 South Africa has deployed its troops into two wars without renewing a maintenance contract needed to keep its essential attack and transport... →
Building structures below high-voltage powerlines is very dangerous
19th February 2024 Eskom notes an escalation in homes and other structures being built within power line servitudes. This is not only against Eskom regulations but... →
SA: Bheki Cele: Address by Police Minister, on the release of the 3rd quarter crime statistics for financial year 2023/24 (16/02/2024)
16th February 2024 The crime statistics that we are releasing this afternoon, are crimes that were detected by our men and women in blue and reported by victims of... →
17-million South Africans live on communal land – new study of a rural valley offers insights on how to manage it
14th February 2024 The Tyhume River, flowing from the forested Amathole Mountains in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, gives its name to a valley of 20 villages... →