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Remembering the dead: Mental health activists protesting outside the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings in Johannesburg.

The other Life Esidimeni scandal

A judgement highlights the Gauteng social development department’s illicit doings

The MultiChoice Group’s active customers for all its regions, including South Africa, dropped from 17.3 million to 15.7 million over the year.

ANN7 sacrificed to save MultiChoice ‘mistake-men’

MultiChoice was equally clear about the consequences of its ‘mistake’ — when ANN7’s contract ends in August, it will be dropped from DStv

Peter Hain

​O’Sullivan, Hain pile pressure on UK ’state capture’ law firm

Under his nonprofit Forensics for Justice, O’Sullivan’s letter blames Hogan Lovells for the legal manoeuvres of three of its “sordid clients”

Toothless: Bathabile Dlamini should insist on polygamy as policy

Sassa CEO says Dlamini’s guards prevented questions

The social development minister’s bodyguards intervened to protect her from questions, former Sassa CEO Thokozani Magwaza testified.

Bathabile Dlamini would not tell the inquiry whether paying 17-million grants was a critical part of her job.

Combative, evasive Dlamini steers herself towards disaster

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini this week sought a definition of “meeting” before she could confirm that she had one

Guess who’s back: Bathabile Dlamini is back in public office. She’s the new chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority interim board. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Dlamini’s direct inquisition ends, but more in store

During questioning, Bathabile Dlamini contradicted herself, refused to admit simple facts, and failed to answer many crucial questions

Asked to confirm that she had made the decision to appoint the work streams

Dlamini says ‘work streams’ appointed themselves

In 2015 Dlamini ordered the appointment of work streams, which have cost at least R50 million and have been found to be in breach of procurement rules

The opening page of Mary Shelley’s ‘The Modern Prometheus’

Bathabile Dlamini will not say why ‘trusted’ subordinates too kept her in the dark

As on Monday and Tuesday, Dlamini continued to insist on providing what she deemed important context, but seemed mostly to be irrelevant detail

(Paul Botes/M&G)

Inquisitors bury evasive Bathabile Dlamini under a document avalanche

Under cross-examination the social development minister dodged questions about her ‘work streams’ and her role in the 2017 social grants crisis

Zondo would not speculate on how quickly Zuma may move

State capture inquiry on hold as Zondo now waits on Zuma

Zondo – the allegations of state capture “go to the very foundations of our Constitutional democracy” and require a staff with a wide range of skills

Minister of Women in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Dlamini ‘meandos’ around inquiry questions, including her job description

"All the work that I do is important,” Dlamini told Geoff Budlender, advocate for civil society group Black Sash.

Oscar Pistorius.

Bankers give Guptas extra time to keep records secret

Law stretched to protect Saxonwold family as wolves circle.

Ajay Gupta (centre) (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s a tricky business to track down Gupta assets

Just which legal entities bought the craft that propelled Heritage to new heights is not clear; the leaked emails run out.

Former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane is one of the accused in the  Estina fraud and corruption trial.

Dairy farm puts Guptas directly in firing line

The stench of rotting cow carcasses will pale in comparison to the stink the Estina probe will cause

Cosatu said it had lost confidence in Zuma to lead and unite the ANC and the country

Zuma to fight ‘two presidents’ attempt on NPA head

President Jacob Zuma will oppose efforts to confirm a high court order that would remove National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams.

Flying the flag: Residents of Orania can

Orania pins its hopes on Ramaphosa

Afrikaner homeland ambitions may be renewed following the change in the political winds in both South Africa and Europe

The Karoo and West Coast municipalities were previously declared disaster zones in 2016.

Western Cape – boreholes made illegal

As of noon on Monday, virtually every domestic borehole user in the Western Cape started to break a rule that was, at the time, less than 72 hours old

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In danger or not, all mayors may have bodyguards

Previously councils had to ask the South African Police Service for a threat and risk analysis before they were allowed to pay for mayoral bodyguards.

The University of South Africa

Gauteng faces subpoena in possible BP criminal prosecution

An environmental group is trying to force a defiant provincial department to provide crucial evidence.

South Africa was among the countries — after the United States, Brazil and the Philippines — where politicians were seen as having an even higher responsibility for online misinformation than in other regions. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

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