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A fire burns in the remains of the destroyed Al-Huda mosque following Israeli military operations in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned Israel to follow international law in Gaza and said that his office is investigating the conflict “as a matter of the utmost urgency.” Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South Africa approaches ICJ to intervene in Rafah

The government says Israel’s extension of its military operations in Rafah is in breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza

Cautious: Former security minister Sydney Mufamadi says security measures would be in place for the elections even if the country had not gone to the World Court over Israel. Photo: Veli Nhlapo/Gallo Images

Sydney Mufamadi: Don’t be paranoid, be wary about talks of ‘regime change’

The State Security Agency said it had not picked up credible threats about election interference

The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal

Ramaphosa reiterates non-alignment days before Brics summit

The president said that only dialogue, mediation and diplomacy would end Russia’s war in Ukraine

Diplomacy: Acting US deputy state secretary Victoria Nuland says the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa stood up to President Vladimir Putin about his war in Ukraine in his recent visit to Russia carried weight with Washington. Photo: Danil Shamkin/ Getty Images

A US pat on the back for Ramaphosa

The president’s strong stance on Russia’s war could help salvage trade agreement with the US, says deputy secretary

The Mojapelo panel has completed its investigation into the Lady R controversy and is drafting a report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Facebook/ Lorraine Goddard Bradbury)

Mojapelo panel drafting report on Russian cargo ship Lady R

The panel has completed its investigation as to whether weapons destined for Russia were loaded onto the vessel in Simon’s Town

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)

Scopa to tell De Ruyter to submit Eskom intelligence report

The decision came after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security adviser, Sydney Mufamadi, said the former CEO never told him the report implicated a senior ANC politician in…

Former Eskom chief executive Andre De Ruyter. Photo: Supplied

De Ruyter: I told the police more than I said in TV interview

The former Eskom chief executive said he relayed all privately-gathered intelligence to the police and Minister Pravin Gordhan, and so did not breach his reporting duty

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)

ANC strikes first, sues De Ruyter

Party says the move is to vindicate its ‘reputation’ but the timing suggests it’s a pre-emptive strike

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Michele Spatari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Arthur Fraser opens criminal case against Ramaphosa

ANC’s step-aside rule mean charges, which include kidnapping, money laundering and bribery, could affect President Ramaphosa’s re-election campaign at the end of the year

Former national commissioner of correctional service Arthur Fraser. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais)

Zondo dismisses Fraser’s application to cross-examine witnesses

The former head of the State Security Agency and Zuma ally did not come close to complying with the state capture inquiry’s rules for cross-examination, Zondo said

Former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser goes on the offensive as allegations mount against him at the inquiry into state capture. (Felix Dlangamandla/Media 24)

Fraser opens perjury charges against those who implicated him before Zondo

Former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser goes on the offensive as allegations mount against him at the inquiry into state capture

During the Zuma era, the State Security Agency (SSA) fought factional battles in the ANC, provided covert election support to the governing party and served the personality cult of the president to the point of unlawfully detaining one of his spouses suspected of poisoning him.

RECAP: New allegations of how the former head of the ANC, the party and others benefited from the SSA

Day two of State Security Agency testimony at the Zondo commission birthed more revelations that point to the former head of state and agents breaking the law

Opportunity: Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula let an ANC delegation travel in a defence force plane to Harare. Photo: Spotlight Zimbabwe @revelatorspi

Citizens tired of being played for a fool

The use of a South African Air Force jet by ANC officials without the minister following the required procedures is one such case — and more questions arise on examination of…

It was the work of journalists like Gqubule and Mathiane that exposed the state’s full arsenal of dirty tricks

Editorial: It is time that we listen and learn

We find ourselves in a vitriolic debate about our history —who did what, why did they do it, who can be trusted and who sold out

A judge may only be impeached if the Judicial Service Commission has found him guilty of gross misconduct.

‘We need to take a critical view of a complicated history’

History can have conflicting narratives and as an audience we do not approach it without our own understanding of it

“We could not attack in this way last year because we did not have Benjamin Mendy, he is so clever to go up and down,” Pep Guardiola said. (David Klein/Reuters)

Mufamadi distances himself from allegations made in the ‘Winnie’ documentary

​The former Safety and Security Minister has denied that he had reopened a criminal investigation into the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

MDC takes the plunge

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC decided on Friday to enter a unity government with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, an opposition party official said.

Zim cholera fears grow as rains peak

Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic could get worse as the rainy season peaks, its health minister said on Monday.

Mugabe ‘set to form govt in February’

Zanu-PF leader starts preparations for a new administration, the state-run Herald newspaper reports

SA rocked by resignation of ministers

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.