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Top cop’s gun ‘killed Lolly’
10 June, 2011
Top cop Major General Joey Mabasa is under investigation for conspiring to kill strip king Lolly Jackson.
Mushwana unmoved by Oilgate ruling
Despite a stinging judicial rebuke about his work when Public Protector, Lawrence Mushwana says he will not resign as Human Rights Commission chair.
Advocacy: Press not off ANC’s hook
The planned media appeals tribunal is once again high on the ruling party's agenda .
Parliament mulls public hearing for MP’s ethics case
9 June, 2011
Parliament is considering the legal merits of a request to give the public access to a hearing into alleged ethics violations by a senior ANC MP.
Leasing and fleecing
6 June, 2011
The department of public works' procurement division is the latest weak spot in the fight against tender corruption.
The memo that sank the arms probe
3 June, 2011
A 'poorly drafted' six-page document informed the decision to end the arms deal investigation.
Taxpayers suckered in new police leasing deal
At the heart of it is the same business person responsible for the other inflated leases.
Advocacy: Secrecy: ditch the Stalinist colours, ANC
COMMENT: The organisation that liberated us from apartheid now wishes to oppress us.
Zuma Jnr could lose out big time
27 May, 2011
Court case could lead to collapse of multibillion-rand ICT and BEE deals.
Soweto rail crash just tip of the iceberg
A 2009 report shows collisions climbed sharply, compelling more stringent safety standards.
Limpopo’s toxic tenders exposed
The province's health department is accused of crooked medical waste contract practices.
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