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Jonathan Erasmus is a former investigative journalist who works as a researcher
It’s time to move beyond the planning and strategy phases and begin implementation
In Gauteng, the single biggest issue right now is water scarcity. In KZN, it is scarcity and the pollution of river systems
eThekwini residents must be commended for withholding rates because of poor services and corruption, but a dispute also calls for serious funding and long-term commitment
Most of the country’s trade is with Nato-aligned countries and the US, and we espouse democracy whereas Russia is a near dictatorship
The cost of the UK queen’s jubilee festivities has been absorbed by the taxpayer – an estimated £28-million, or R544,5-million
White residents fear mining will ruin their ecovillage, but their black neighbours want the jobs it will bring. Jonathan Erasmus reports.
The land where the R2-billion town will be built falls under Inkosi Bhekumuzi Zuma and Inkosi Vela Shange’s chieftainships.
The foundations on which the president’s private empire is built: Is the Zuma clan’s work in the non-profit sector philanthropy or influence trading?
The government is planning a new R2-billion town in President Zuma’s home village of Nkandla, and taxpayers will have to pick up half the tab.
Editor and reporters warned that they are suspected of stealing confidential records.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has defended Chancellor
His hard-hitting statement to the Hawks also implicates ANC heavyweight John Block.
Advocate Trengove has accused the NPA of one-sidedness in its probe of the senior prosecutor.
Millions paid to textbook supplier despite cash crunch.
A confidential SIU report highlights irregularities, wasteful expenditure totalling hundreds of millions, as Jonathan Erasmus reports.
The education ministry was informed EduSolutions’s contract was in breach of various regulations before using it as a supplier for school textbooks.
Minister knew of problems months ago
Alfred Nevhutanda acknowledged his sources only after being confronted with the evidence.
Companies connected to senior party officials may have profited from a ‘cover quoting’ racket. Jonathan Erasmus reports.
Despite damning reports and default judgments, the minister overrode a selection panel’s decision.
