SANDF blames budget cuts for inability to guard borders

SANDF soldiers on patrol The joint committee’s fact-finding visit ended with presentations by officials manning the border. There is a high rate of illegal border jumping and smuggling of illicit goods and hijacked vehicles along the border. The SANDF says continued cuts in its budget allocation negatively affect its ability to sufficiently guard Beitbridge and…

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Lawyer recuses himself in Magaqa murder case, hearing postponed

FILE | Former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa. The legal representative of one of the accused in the assassination of former African National Congress (ANC) Youth League Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa has recused himself, resulting in the case being postponed to next month. The recusal comes after the state made an application…

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Media not allowed at Madlanga Commission in-camera testimony

A cameraman during a shoot. The Chairperson of the Madlanga Commission Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has ruled that the media and the public will not sit in today’s proceedings. It says this is because the subject matter is at the center of the ongoing investigations. The media has not opposed the ruling to hold hearings in camera. The commission is…

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Mogalakwena Municipality Speaker removed through no confidence motion

Mogalakwena Municipality building in Limpopo. African National Congress (ANC) councillors in the Mogalakwena Municipality in Mokopane in Limpopo have removed another party’s councillor through a motion of no confidence. Pheladi Oliphant was removed as Speaker during a special council meeting held on Wednesday. The council appointed Josephine Modiba as interim speaker until another council is…

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