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State schools foot government’s bill
25 February, 2011
Government schools spend thousands photocopying test papers meant to be supplied by the department of education.
Advocacy: Dignity vs freedom of expression
President Jacob Zuma is once again pursuing his lawsuit against cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro for the "rape of justice" cartoon published two years ago.
A disciplinary inquiry report has revealed the extent of the mismanagement under the leadership of Leonard Chuene
18 February, 2011
A disciplinary inquiry report has revealed the extent of the mismanagement under the leadership of Leonard Chuene.
The politics of food
Small NGO takes on giant multinational over its attempts to control SA seed market.
Trifecta whistleblower offered police protection
Former employee hands over six files of documents to M&G and the police.
Don’t shoot the messenger, says UN rapporteur in SA
17 February, 2011
The UN's Frank LaRue said in Johannesburg this week that there can be no democracy without the internet as well as no development.
Manyi’s clash of interests sidestepped
11 February, 2011
Public services minister brushes off Manyi's 'dismissal' and knows nothing about his business roles.
Chief whip’s family suspect murder
The family of the slain chief whip of Mpumalanga's Ehlanzeni district municipality, Johan Ndlovu, suspects that his murder was politically linked.
Top MP in ‘kickback’ scandal
Parliamentary committee chairperson Yolanda Botha apparently received kickbacks from a company to which she assigned tenders worth more than R50m.
Advocacy: Right2Know pumps up the volume
Group opposed to 'secrecy' Bill becomes a formally constituted organisation.
Czech fugitive ‘a gangster’
4 February, 2011
An eleventh-hour affidavit submitted to the Refugee Appeal Board could deal a blow to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's bid to stay in SA.
The connections that disconnected Jo’burg
The seeds of the crisis in Jo'burg's billing system were sown five years ago when a R208m tender was awarded to an inexperienced company.
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