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More bad vibes over Digital Vibes as DG placed on precautionary suspension

Dr Sandile Buthelezi, the Director-General at the Department of Health could be another casualty of the R150 million Digital Vibes contract after he was placed on precautionary suspension on Monday.

No hero’s homecoming for Jacob Zuma as family asks for privacy

Jacob Zuma’s loyal backers have been gearing up to welcome back Zuma to his Nkandla homestead with a show-stopping bash - but his family is refusing to allow any events for the time being.

NO JAB, NO TLOF TLOF

What's a good way to make men see sense and get vaccinated against Covid?

Is Jacob Zuma really all that ill?

Former president Jacob Zuma is talking and walking and “not collapsing”, according to his spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi.

LETTER FROM LUSAKA: A beacon of pride in a rough neighbourhood

My relationship with Zambia goes back to 1976 when, aged ten, my sister and her husband brought me with them after fleeing from the Angolan civil war.

Starving people in Ethiopia are surviving by eating green leaves as war rages

People in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region are forced to eat “only green leaves for days”, as widespread starvation becomes the latest chapter in the country’s devastating civil war.

IT TAKES A LOT OF NERVE: ANC heavyweight sues man he shot nine times for defamation

Back in November last year, an ANC heavyweight in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly shot a security guard nine times when the guard told him to sanitize his hands at a hardware store.

Zuma buys time as he bids to oust Downer

Jacob Zuma will likely know on 26 October whether his application for the recusal of State prosecutor advocate Billy Downer succeeds or not.

DA councillor and colleague taken hostage by gunmen en route to campaign event

A car carrying a Democratic Alliance councillor and one other staff member was hijacked and the two party members were taken hostage on Monday.

Dlamini faces calls to step aside as she goes to court for perjury

Not for the first time, Bathabile Dlamini’s political opponents are demanding that she give up the presidency of the ANC Women's League.

Seven cops to face a disciplinary hearing for allegedly beating up KZN whistleblower

Whistleblower and anti-corruption activist Thabiso Zulu was arrested in July 2020 for inciting violence during service delivery protests in a Pietermaritzburg ward.

Judge rules that Zuma can keep his sick notes hidden as Arms Deal case resumes

The head-butting between former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers and the state lawyers will continue on Wednesday at the Pietermaritzburg High Court when the Arms Deal case resumes.

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