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More than a third of all posts on South Africa’s 52 parole boards are vacant, the Department of Correctional Services told Parliament, and MPs are not happy about it.

Both government and Anglo American have pushed back against labelling the group’s shrinking SA empire as capital flight.

To repair international relations and revive the economy, Zimbabwe has, since April last year, disbursed tax-free Treasury bonds worth R8.5 billion (US$521 million) to displaced white former commercial farmers kicked off their land in the early 2000s.

“Why don’t they leave?” asked Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni of those who she claimed fanned notions that “South Africa is not a good country for them”.

“Why don’t they leave?” asked Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni of those who she claimed fanned notions that “South Africa is not a good country for them”.

The well-known Schoemanskloof route between Machadodorp and Mbombela was closed this morning after a shootout between rival gangs of illegal miners, known as zama zamas.

The well-known Schoemanskloof route between Machadodorp and Mbombela was closed this morning after a shootout between rival gangs of illegal miners, known as zama zamas.

EFF leader Julius Malema has been granted leave to appeal his conviction in his firearm case.

EFF leader Julius Malema has been granted leave to appeal his conviction in his firearm case.

News24’s Book of the Month for October is ‘Checkmate: How Shoprite Checkers Rewrote the Rules and Won’ by Steven Boykey Sidley.

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No lights, no leadership and old vehicles were prevalent at Ekurhuleni police stations, as chairperson of the portfolio committee on police Ian Cameron conducted unannounced SAPS oversight visits at different police stations in Ekurhuleni on Tuesday.

No lights, no leadership and old vehicles were prevalent at Ekurhuleni police stations, as chairperson of the portfolio committee on police Ian Cameron conducted unannounced SAPS oversight visits at different police stations in Ekurhuleni on Tuesday.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has claimed that the father of a 16-year-old girl sent him a sexually explicit video of his daughter and told him she had a crush on him.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has claimed that the father of a 16-year-old girl sent him a sexually explicit video of his daughter and told him she had a crush on him.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday that he had consensual sex with the 18-year-old who accused him of rape.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday that he had consensual sex with the 18-year-old who accused him of rape.

Former speaker of the National Assembly and ex-defence minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said she was too sick to continue with court proceedings on Tuesday.

Former speaker of the National Assembly and ex-defence minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said she was too sick to continue with court proceedings on Tuesday.

After more than two years on suspension, which cost taxpayers more than R6.7 million, a disciplinary hearing against a senior Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality official has been thrown out.