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FILE: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: AFP

Sunday times

I don't believe Digital Vibes probe is about ANC politics - Mkhize

By Winnie Theletsane

At the centre of the debacle is a R150 million irregular tender that his department awarded to Digital Vibes, a company linked to some of his close associates.

  • file: (From left) Andries Janse van Rensburg, Ivan Pillay and Johan van Loggerenberg in the Pretoria magistrates court on 9 April 2018. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN

    Sanef recommends 'Sunday Times' apologises to those named in dodgy stories

    A 300-page report was commissioned by Sanef in June 2019 and followed an inquiry into the publication and retraction of a series of reports in the Sunday Times between 2011 and 2016.

    486 days ago
  • DA MP Phumzile van Damme. Picture: EWN

    Van Damme: I will not allow the DA to drag my name through the mud

    Her remarks are in response to an article by the 'Sunday Times' on Sunday morning, which claims she's being investigated by the organisation for bringing it into disrepute.

    620 days ago
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    OPINION: The rise and fall of SA journalism

    On this World Press Freedom Day, we must accept that the hurricane sweeping through the newspaper industry predates the yet to be calculated costs of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Bhekisisa Mncube

    746 days ago
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    SAA recalls some flights to undertake compliance verification

    The cash-strapped state-owned enterprise said this decision follows an oversight inspection conducted by the SACAA at SAA’s maintenance subsidiary, South African Airways Technical (SAAT).

    940 days ago
  • FILE: SAA said the flight in the reported incident experienced technical difficulties that resulted in an air turn-back, saying that the incident had limited impact on passengers. Picture: Mango Airlines official Facebook page.

    SAA denies fake plane parts claims after Mango flight's air turn-back

    This comes after the _Sunday Times_ on Sunday reported that a Mango Boeing nosedived during a flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town in September.

    951 days ago
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    SAA confirms probe of being supplied with dodgy aircraft parts under way

    The national carrier said the probe was launched after it received information that some individuals, including senior executives, were involved in acts of criminality.

    956 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter.

    EFF rubbishes Sunday Times 'rogue' unit source story as 'propagandist'

    The Sunday Times reported Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s main witness on the unit said he was employed by Sars, but he had never submitted evidence for the report attributed to him.

    1040 days ago
  • FILE: The SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: Supplied

    SABC refutes claims of intending to retrench to save money

    On Sunday, the 'Sunday Times' reported that the cash-strapped public broadcaster planned on shedding its staff by 33% as part of its turnaround strategy.

    1040 days ago
  • FILE: Tiso Blackstar logo. Picture: www.tisoblackstar.com.

    Tiso Blackstar announces sale of media, broadcast businesses

    Tiso announced that it would dispose of its media, broadcasting and content businesses to 100% black-owned Lebashe Investment Group.

    1057 days ago
  • Former President Kgalema Motlanthe visited the ANC Pavillion at the Rand Show at Nasrec on 26 April 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Motlanthe explains 'ANC in worse state' comments

    "For as long as it is associated with corruption and failure, people will vote it out. It will be good for the ANC itself," Kgalema Motlanthe said in an interview with the BBC in 2017.

    1118 days ago
  • Former KZN Hawks head Johan Booysen gives testimony at the state capture inquiry on 18 April 2019.

    Evidence incriminating Mdluli were removed from docket - Booysen

    Former Hawks head Johan Booysen says alleged that former top cop Riah Phiyega ordered the Crime Intelligence dockets be removed from his colleague.

    1127 days ago
  • The ANC's Ace Magashule. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Magashule dismisses 'web of capture' reports as 'fake news', ANC stands by him

    The Sunday Times and City Press revealed shocking claims, which are contained in a new book by journalist and author Pieter Louis Myburgh, titled 'Gangster State - Unravelling Ace Magashule's web of capture'.

    1145 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Drastic increase in school fees prices expected

    Lebogang Montjane, the executive director at the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA), explains school inflation rates are close to 4% higher than general inflation.

    1277 days ago
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    [OPINION] Why journalists in South Africa should do some self-reflection

    South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at 'Sunday Times' occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.

    1308 days ago
  • FILE: Nathi Mthethwa addressing a press conference on the outcomes of the strategy and tactics commission at the ANC’s 54th elective conference. Picture: EWN

    Mthethwa defends meeting with NPA over Cato Manor 'death squad'

    Nathi Mthethwa, who's now Arts and Culture Minister, has denied former KZN Hawks boss Johan Booysen's claims that he pressured authorities to have him arrested over the alleged rogue police unit.

    1310 days ago
  • Copies of the 'Sunday Times' newspaper. Picture: @SiqokoST/Twitter

    Sanef launches probe into 'Sunday Times' scandal

    The weekly admitted this week that articles on the so-called Cato Manor death squad were part of a tainted scoops series in 2011 and have turned out to be largely false.

    1310 days ago
  • FILE: Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa at the strategy and tactics document briefing during the ANC national policy conference at Nasrec on 3 July 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Mthethwa: I was being accountable with Cato Manor 'death squad' probe

    Former Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says he would have found himself in hot water had he not called for an investigation into the so-called Cato Manor death squad back in 2011.

    1310 days ago
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    [LISTEN] 'Some reporters think of themselves as stars'

    Talk Radio 702 presenter Karima Brown talks to Sanef chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase and former Hawks spokesperson McIntosh Polela about the 'Sunday Times' and the Cato Manor death squad stories.

    1311 days ago
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