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SAPS wars update: KZN top cop post suddenly ‘vacant’, Cape general ‘earmarked’ for it
2 July, 2019
Factionalism and infighting in the police has claimed more scalps with big changes in KwaZulu-Natal and a shake-up on the cards for the country’s most gang-ravaged province, the Western Cape.
Xolobeni — the mine, the murder and the DG
30 June, 2019
A voice from the grave accuses Sandile Nogxina, a former director-general and now advisor to the mining minister, of betraying a community.
Malema ally has the world in his hands
28 June, 2019
Construction tycoon David Mabilu — who has a longstanding relationship with the EFF leader — has bought struggling weekly Sunday World.
Analysis: African gay bashing ‘a colonial import’
25 June, 2019
Some decry Botswana’s enlightened High Court judgement on gay sex.
Palazzolo: Italian authorities target ‘mafia banker’s’ SA wealth
Vito Palazzolo, previously based in the Western Cape, was once viewed as one of the most powerful figures in the Italian mafia, Cosa Nostra, and was suspected of having ties to top local politicians and police.
Forbidden Stories Part 3: Sand mafias silence journalists in India
21 June, 2019
The death of Jagendra Singh, a Shahjahanpur journalist, seems to be part of what is quickly becoming the history of repression and silencing of journalists by Indian sand tycoons.
Forbidden Stories Part 2: A damning photo holds a Swiss-Russian mine accountable in Guatemala
20 June, 2019
An investigation into the death of a local fisherman in El Estor came to a standstill as authorities turned their attention to the journalist who captured the man's final moments.
Forbidden Stories Part 1: Silence is golden for a Tanzanian mine
19 June, 2019
Since 2009, at least 13 journalists have been killed globally after working on environment-related stories, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
‘My Chinese university ordeal’
11 June, 2019
Malawian students complain of language headaches, inflation of grades and lack of academic freedom while studying on Chinese government scholarships.
AD bigwigs feed on rural water project
9 June, 2019
Of the 133 companies hired to carry out various projects related to the rural water programme were operations linked to the Alliance of Democrats (AD) — a key member of the Lesotho’s ruling coalition.
Advocacy: The South African government’s thinking on surveillance law is regressive
5 June, 2019
At the heart of the problem is the country’s main communication surveillance law, the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (Rica).
Advocacy: Spying case is start of SA’s privacy reckoning
4 June, 2019
AmaBhungane's constitutional challenge to SA's surveillance law RICA in court.
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