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Tito Mboweni said the government still needed to discuss these and other solutions with labour. An update will be announced in the 2020 budget.(Sumaya Hisham/ Reuters)
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LIVESTREAM: Mboweni presents the medium-term budget policy statement

Mboweni’s medium-term budget policy statement will likely make crisis management a focal point

South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Bruce Koloane. (Gallo Images/Sowetan/Thapelo Morebudi)

Koloane and the Waterkloof landing: So what if you help the Guptas?

Someone please call the police, the Hawks, the NPA… everyone

Today Dr Gérard Labuschagne is the director of L&S Threat Management. (Hiram Alejandro Durán/M&G)

How to catch a serial killer – and why South Africa is good at it

The country may have the third highest number of repeat murderers, but the police’s elite profiler unit has never lost a single case

Opposition parties have slammed the department of defence and state-owned military manufacturer Denel after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told parliament it had uncovered irregularities in procurements and the awarding of contracts

Embattled Denel can’t pay full salaries for June

The embattled arms manufacturer says it has alternative but to cut back on salaries

Workers at Sibanye-Stillwater. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Miners trapped underground at Sibanye-Stillwater op

The Amcu said it had received reports that as many as 4 000 miners were stuck underground

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. (AFP)

Assange arrested after asylum revoked

The Metropolitan Police said he was arrested for failing to surrender to the court

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is wanted for war crimes and genocide charges by the International Criminal Court.(AFP)

Bashir ousted and arrested

Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister said on state TV

Imported goods are subject to customs duties and a 15% VAT rate based on their value, which must be paid to Sars. (Oupa Nkosi)

Nehawu ‘unhappy’ with Sars deal but will sign agreement

Nehwau said after extensive consultations, the majority of its provinces had given it the mandate to sign the agreement

Leaked documents have led to speculation of increasing tensions between the military and civilian law enforcement agencies in Zimbabwe. (-Zinyange Auntony/AFP)

Zim army responsible for murders, rapes — report

Documents seen by the Guardian newspaper suggest soldiers have been responsible for murder and rape during the crackdown in Zimbabwe

The commission, chaired by Justice Lex Mpati, heard how the identity of a whistle-blower could not be uncovered. (David Harrison/M&G)

Anonymous whistleblower takes centre stage at PIC inquiry

The inquiry heard how an investigator for the asset manager could not uncover the identity of a whistleblower by the name of ‘James Nogu’

President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Wanton violence not the Zim way — Mnangagwa

The Zimbabwean president has received sharp criticism for the way security forces brought the fuel protests to a halt

Children walk past a petrol station closed after protests in Harare, Zimbabwe (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Social media blocked as protests continue in Zimbabwe

The country’s telecommunication regulatory authority has been ordered to shut down internet services in the wake of clashes

Gabon’s constitution states that ministers must take their vows before the president — but in Bongo’s lengthening absence it is unclear how, when and where the ceremony will take place. (Getty Images)

Gabon government says ‘situation under control’, army rebels seized

President Ali Bongo is currently in Morocco recovering from a stroke which he suffered in October last year

The premier’s younger brother Tau Mahumapelo was brought on to the board in July 2015 by then public enterprises minister Lynne Brown as part of a “rotation” board. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

Denel confirms cancellation of Supra Jr’s bursary

Supra Mahumapelo’s son allegedly received a bursary to go to an aviation school from Denel CEO Zwelakhe Ntshepe, flouting the company’s bursary policy

Limits: Alanis Morissette reminds us there are complications in seeking out the familiar in relationships. Photo: Gallo Images
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Daddy’s girl seeks a prince familiar

Song ‘Princes Familiar’ gives an example of the importance of the first relationship some women have been privileged to have: our first love.

On Friday’s statement, a contrite Nene said: “I was wrong in meeting the Guptas at their residence and not in my office or at least a public place…” (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Nene apologises: I was wrong in meeting the Guptas

"But I am human too, I do make mistakes, including those of poor judgment," says finance minister

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Anger at blessees is misplaced

Poverty is a ‘sin’, yet we deride women who use their bodies to improve their situations

(David Harrison/M&G)

No blanket amnesty decision on #FeesMustFall students — USaf

Usaf says varsities have no jurisdiction over cases where students were charged and guilty of criminal activities by a court of law

Although the proposed amendment is a good start, the department has missed an opportunity to transform the way executive compensation is determined and justified in South Africa. (Reuters)

Ugandan ‘Ghetto president’ treason charges reduced

Ugandan artist and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi’s charges have been reduced from treason to ‘illegal possession of arms’

The World Health Organisation must recommit  to the democratic principles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Reuters)

DRC Ebola response hampered by conflict

The number of suspected Ebola cases in eastern DRC has risen to 73 as ongoing conflicts in the region stymie containment efforts