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Mdluli's luck runs out - Times LIVE
But a senior government official said: "What kind of a state do we have when those charged with responsibilities to govern are afraid to do their job because they fear that they are being spied on?" This week Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula revealed ...
Presidents' plane returns from failed peace mission - Times LIVE
-Reuters MYANMAR is allowing more than 170 foreign journalists to cover by-elections seen as a key test of the regime's budding reforms, a government official said yesterday. Myanmar did not allow foreign media or monitors into the country for its 2010 ...
Man kills himself, three others in legal office - Times LIVE
An employee of the law firm, who refused to give her name, said yesterday that the directors of the firm were both in a meeting. "Mr du Randt and Mr Richards are in a meeting discussing today's shooting. They are meeting in Potchefstroom."
Parliament suspends top two - Times LIVE
Parliament was forced to go the independent investigation route because at some point the Speaker will have signed for this thing," said a senior official who refused to be named. Parliament spokesman Luzuko Jacobs confirmed that Dingani and Mondo were ...
R350 million security deal adds to DA tenderitis - Times LIVE
Security company owners who asked not to be identified this week claimed the city was covering up irregularities. One has taken legal action against the city, and another has approached the National Prosecuting Authority. In his letter, Mgebe MD and ...
Motlanthe wants top job - Times LIVE
"He will accept nomination even if he is nominated by only two [of the nine] provinces," said a Motlanthe aide, who asked not to be named because the ANC has not officially opened the leadership race. The party's national executive committee decided ...
Cameroon women plead not guilty to homosexuality - Times LIVE
... do not see what they did wrong to deserve this,” onlooker Fabrice Ngningha told AFP. But another passerby, who refused to give her name, said: “It is not normal that two women sleep together. They must be condemned, as an example to their children.
Court officers' dispute delays justice - Times LIVE
A woman who refused to give her name, and said that her bosses would not be able to speak to the media, said the law required the complainant to bring the documents to the sheriff's office and that the sheriff's duty was to serve the documents and not ...
Zuma's next visit provokes political storm in Harare - Times LIVE
"Zuma should be coming to Harare any time, even next week," a senior government official said. "It's going to be a tense meeting with Mugabe." Zuma's international relations advisor Lindiwe Zulu, who with Mac Maharaj and Charles Nqakula, is part of the ...
'Be a boxer, Malema' - Times LIVE
An insider, who refused to be identified, said senior ANC leaders were criticised for not availing themselves when the league wanted them to testify on its behalf during the plea for mitigation of Malema's sentence. League spokesman Floyd Shivambu ...
Laptop thieves crack state security - Times LIVE
said one who refused to be named. Dube said: "The agency and the police are investigating and we wouldn't like to speculate." The Times reported two weeks ago that authorities were focusing their investigations on whether the fire in Durban, ...
Minister in a huff over her luxury Mercs - Times LIVE
"That car has done more than 120000km and in terms of the ministerial handbook it was supposed to have been replaced," said an insider with intimate knowledge of the situation, who refused to be named. Pule initially ignored requests to surrender the ...
SA ready to roll out R300bn nuclear stations - Times LIVE
The expert, who refused to be named, said if Eskom played a leading role, it would make sense to get the Department of Public Enterprises to oversee the project. Public enterprises confirmed that it would lead the procurement of nuclear power ...
THE BIG READ: Just not my history - Times LIVE
"You get a lot of Chinese tourists here too," said a worker who declined to give his name. "That's why our directions and signs inside are also in Mandarin." He was selling guide books in French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, English and Afrikaans, ...
Stink over fishy fishing contract - Times LIVE
asked a senior official who refused to be named. Department spokesman Selby Bokaba said while they could not comment on a matter before the courts, they had initiated the legal opinion. "It must be stated on record that the legal opinion route was the ...
Apartheid denialism drives a knife into belly of black SA - Times LIVE
Speak to any black person on any given day and they will relate a story of a racist incident they or a person close to them has experienced in the previous seven days. This is not because they are sensitive beings; it is a reality of our country 17 ...
'Resurrected singer' held - Times LIVE
The woman, who refused to be named, alleged that the man told her he approached her family because he had heard one of Mgqumeni's songs being played in the house. She said she took pity on him and allowed him to live with her family for a few days.
Threat to ban Sunday Times - Times LIVE
Last year they took to task the state-owned Zimpapers, asking why it was distributing a paper criticising the president," a government official said. "With the elections coming, Zanu-PF is unhappy with private newspapers' coverage and wants to go back ...
Flood-hit Kruger mops up - Times LIVE
It was very scary," said the woman, who refused to be named. She said she was lucky because her house was on high ground near a mountain. But an 80-year-old woman who lived at a lodge closer to the river had been stuck in a tree in her pyjamas early on ...
Juju sidelines rivals amid scramble to lead ANCYL - Times LIVE
A league NEC member, who asked not to be named as speaking to the media would be a contravention of league policy, told the Sunday Times that while Malema projected a bold face during his rallies last week, he was quickly losing support among his NEC. ...
Syrian forces carry out arrest operation near Damascus - Times LIVE
The area of Zabadani - close to Syria's eastern border with Lebanon - was now totally closed off by the military and all communication facilities had been cut, said the activist, who requested anonymity. Meanwhile, night protests were held in the ...
Portugal winger keen to end his playing days with PSL Club - Times LIVE
The club have asked not to be named because it's still very sensitive at this stage," Mitchell said. "But he will definitely be coming to negotiate with a club and we'll be representing him. He's very excited about South Africa. ...
Police mount bid to nail Biti - Times LIVE
It is alleged the minister was involved or knew about how part of the money was mishandled at some banks," a senior government official said. "The line of investigation is that part of the money, which was deposited into banks owned or run by the ...
Grieving granny's appeal - Times LIVE
The woman, who asked not to be named, is mourning the death of her 19-year-old granddaughter and her son-in-law, killed on the N10 highway between Port Elizabeth and Cradock, Eastern Cape, on November 28. The two truck drivers and seven minibus ...
Bongo party 'wins absolute majority' - Times LIVE
PRESIDENT Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party was assured of an absolute majority in the National Assembly after Saturday's general election, a source close to the interior ministry said yesterday. The party had won at least 73 of the 120 seats in ...