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Sat, 14 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000Was Judge Koen wrongly accused by the chief justice?
Mogoeng chided for tongue-lashing
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Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:00:00 +0000DBSA inherits costly 1 Mil refurb headache
The Development Bank of Southern Africa was appointed in 2019 as the implementing agent to accelerate infrastructure projects for the defence department.
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Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:00:00 +0000Squabbles put army hospital in ICU
1 Military Hospital is in a serious state of disrepair and the report of a forensic investigation into who is to blame for the mess remains under wraps
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:29:00 +0000Of carrier pigeons and diamond smugglers
This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:00:00 +0000Natural sciences centre has survived wars, earthquakes
The Centre of Research in Natural Sciences (CRSN) in South Kivu has miraculously survived decades of war, natural disasters and chronic underfunding
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:00:00 +0000Vaccine hesitant? An expert answers questions people have
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:29:00 +0000Ramaphosa’s Zondo refrain of ‘I did not know’ rings false
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:10:07 +0000The rise and fall of Mike Sonko — Nairobi’s Matatu King
Mike Sonko first rose to fame (and infamy) as a taxi overlord. He used his power to become the governor of Nairobi, before being outfoxed by the political elite
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000People ‘just need to rock up’ to get vaccinated
Mobile sites are a national initiative to take Covid-19 vaccines to rural communities. The Mail & Guardian visited one such site
for farmworkers in the Western Cape
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:26:44 +0000Teaching South Africa’s youth about rebel music
Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation
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