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Tony Leon’s R300m ‘corruption spat’ with Mashaba part of battle for DA soul

Analysts have also questioned the timing of the Joburg mayor’s tender allegations.

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s explosive allegation that former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon tried to solicit a R300 million tender from him “is part of the bigger DA’s raging internal feud”, with Leon questioning Mashaba’s timing.

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Courts Sars ‘rogue unit’ case postponed until next year, as Batohi decides if she’ll drop charges

Johann van Loggerenberg, Ivan Pillay, and Andries Janse van Rensburg were charged with offences relating to the bugging of the Scorpions and NPA offices in 2007.

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Fitness and health What you need to know about diabetes

If left untreated, diabetes can eventually cause heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and nerve damage.

Education Tebogo Kgobokoe accused of operating illegal school amid sex abuse claims

By Friday, 11 October, Lesufi said officials from his department were already on their way to the school to enact the closure.

Politics ‘Rogue unit’ journalist Rampedi launches petition for judicial inquiry into ‘media capture’ by ‘cabals’

The Sunday Independent journalist has been on the warpath since the narrative about an illegal unit at Sars has made a comeback.

Crime Shivambu robbed from the poor to give to the poor – report

The EFF second-in-command’s ‘philanthropy was a farce’, writes Pauli van Wyk in her latest report looking into the link between VBS Bank and the party.

Government Nuclear energy company’s not-so-secret plan to beat the courts

An ‘unlawful’ recording is doing the rounds as over R2 million is blown on legal fees. But with two court rulings against Necsa, why are board members hanging on?

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Columns Rwanda sets the example, dictatorship or not

When Robert Mugabe died, the country had long since stopped hoping things would be better under his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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State Capture Limpopo municipal manager faces R120m probe after getting Range Rover

The DA says allegations are rife that the car was a ‘thank you gift’ from the management of VBS and its shareholders.

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Editorials Race and historical pain always simmer in the SA melting pot

Even Herman Mashaba lashed out at a critic, claiming some are determined to see a ‘black administration’ fail.

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Editorials US Gupta sanction shows up inept SA

The Americans learnt that the way you bring gangsters to justice is through following the money.

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Politics Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation zeroes in on damage caused by corruption

Rampant corruption linked to political party patronage is among key factors that have contributed to the collapse in the functioning of local government.

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