Nel quits NPA in a hurry

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Advocate Gerrie Nel is no longer in the employ of the National Prosecuting Authority after handing in 24-hour notice on Monday.

Opinion: vendettas the true crime

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IF THERE is ever an award for achieving the exact opposite of what you set out to do, then National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams would win it hands ...

Opinion: When will Zuma listen?

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IT MAKES sense that the future of Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane hangs in the balance. What doesn’t make sense is why he hasn’t already been fired or ...

Seemingly safer for Zuma to be feared

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THE most famous chapter in diplomat and 
political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli’s 16th-century political treatise The Prince
considers whether it is better to be ...

I am a traditional dress maker

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In a room full of intricate beading and carefully embroidered fabrics Virginia Mlotshwa introduces herself as a master in her craft. “Here I do traditional outfits ...

I am a fire-fighter

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Dudu Ratlhogo is a passionate fire-fighter and emergency medical technician. “I’ve been a fire-fighter for the past eleven years and I love it. When I was introduced ...

I am a car specialist

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Matthew and Tracey own a company called Spectrum Detailing. “What we do is, we make the paints on vehicles shine, and we restore that lustre to neglected paint-work. ...

I am a shoemaker

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At the Kwa Mai-Mai market you can find Madanisa Ndondo making shoes for both dancing and regular wear. “I started making a living with this in 1995, there is no ...

I am a ballet dancer

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Shana Dewey is a senior member of Joburg Ballet's corps de ballet. 'I started ballet when I was four and my mom kept me in ballet. I was quite hyper-active so I ...

I am a teacher

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Ashley Hodgkinson is a deaf teacher who teaches deaf pupils. When she was working towards getting a degree her mother came to every lecture with her to interpret ...

Jantjies set to be Bok No 10

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If Elton Jantjies stays fit, he will be the Springbok flyhalf for the three-Test series against Ireland in June.

Nkandla ruling a victory for our country

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Yesterday’s Constitutional Court ruling on the Nkandla matter is a victory for South Africa – and chief among that, the primacy of the constitution.

A lost pioneer and patriotic heroine resurrected

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The airing of the documentary uKukhumbula uNokutela (Remembering Nokutela) on SABC2 later this month marks the completion of a trilogy of films dealing with a famous ...

Nene: ill-fated manwho tried

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WHEN Nhlanhla Nene was made Finance Minister in May last year, there was the expected jaundiced response from some commentators.

Victim’s cop bungle nightmare over

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A Johannesburg businessman Dieter Bergs spent a year being accused of murdering his wife in what he had insisted was a home invasion – before his lawyers proved ...

Big sweat fixing gym error

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When a gym contract ends, the fees end too… or do they? Consumer watchdog Georgina Crouth finds out.

ANC concurs on decriminalising defamation

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The media scored a rare victory over the ANC in the battle of ideas and policy on self-regulation when the ruling party caved in and sided with journalists on decriminalising ...

‘Husband bought killing kit’

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Almost two months before the murder of his wife, George Barkhuizen allegedly took out insurance policies worth R7 million under her name,

Husband held for hijack murder

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George Barkhuizen has been arrested in connection with the murder of his wife.

Joburg CBD shooting spree

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A gunman shot six people and two others were injured in a manic stampede after an argument over small change at the MTN Taxi Rank in the CBD on Tuesday night.

Girlfriend ‘sjambokked to death’ by ANCYL official

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An ANC Youth League official has been arrested for allegedly sjambokking his girlfriend to death.

Father slits throats of four boys

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Lorraine Kekana, 30, was made to listen to the groans of her four dying children who had just had their throats slit, allegedly by their father.

Naidoo cop upsets councillor

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Bloubosrand ward councillor Matome Mafokwane is unimpressed by a Johannesburg Metro Police Department officer’s comments about his area in a video that went viral, ...

Mom beats off hijacker to save baby

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She was repeatedly hit with “a gun” in the face and sworn at by a hijacker who wanted to drive off in her car with her four-month-old baby still strapped in his ...

‘Some sex predators under 10’

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Some sexual predators in Gauteng schools are under the age of 10, according to Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.