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Globe-trotting minister exhausts annual travel funds in months 
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Globe-trotting minister exhausts annual travel funds in months 

Minister in the Presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa is accused of being a globetrotter who exhausted her annual travel budget ... Read more.
Dean McPherson
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DA minister fishing for ANC ex-MP

Former MP and ANC politician, Simanga Mbuyane, claims he didn’t ditch his party for the DA after Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean McPherson su... Read more.
Julius Malema
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Zambia too lifts Malema’s travel ban.

After declaring Julius Malema persona non grata – an undesirable individual – more than seven years ago, Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema yesterday lift... Read more.
Mzamo Buthelezi
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Ministers shown the red card over appointments of unqualified staff

At a time when the government is striving to professionalise the public service, six ministers tried to get their “comrades and chommies” who don’t have t... Read more.
Tito Mboweni family(left), President Cyril Ramaphosa, Premier of Limpopo is Phophi Ramathuba, former President Thabo Mbeki and former Deputy President David Mabuza at the funeral of former Minister of Finance, Dr Tito Mboweni. / GCIS
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Mboweni’s family demands apology over funeral fiasco 

The angry family of late former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni wants those who disregarded his last wish for former president Thabo Mbeki spea... Read more.
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Presidency forced Simelane to deny she said Cyril knew of loan 

Minister of Justice Thembi Simelane was allegedly bullied by the Presidency into issuing a press statement denying that she told the ANC integrity commission th... Read more.
Pule Mabe out on bail
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Former ANC spin doctor Pule Mabe to face graft charges over tuk-tuks 

ANC NEC member and the party’s former spokesperson Pule Mabe is expected to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to face charges of corr... Read more.
Andile Mngxitama: White property mogul investigated for ‘BEE fronting’
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White property mogul investigated for ‘BEE fronting’

Property mogul Jean Prieur du Plessis, whose company is raking in more than R40-million a month from government contracts, is under investigation for fraud and ... Read more.
Minister Thembi Simelane Appears Before Justice Portfolio Committee Over VBS Scandal
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Simelane told Ramaphosa of loan before cabinet posting 

Minister of Justice Thembi Simelane dropped a bombshell when she told the ANC’s Integrity Commission that President Cyril Ramaphosa was aware that she had obt... Read more.