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R2K pushing for Marikana report release

The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is leading a bid to force President Jacob Zuma into releasing the Farlam Commission Report on the Marikana Massacre; more than two and a half years after 44 striking miners were tragically shot and killed by SAPS officials at the North-West based mine. Along with the[…]

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Zuma does not have to pay back Nkandla money

President Jacob Zuma will not have to pay back any money towards the R246m tax-payer funded security upgrades to his home in Nkandla, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said on Thursday. In a live broadcast, he said that the “firepool”, the new cattle kraal, chicken coop and culvert, as well as[…]

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Marikana miners go to court over report

The workers injured and arrested in the Marikana shooting, their families, and labour union Amcu, are to approach the courts to force President Jacob Zuma to release the Marikana report. Andries Mkome, the lawyer representing all parties, said they would approach the courts on Monday “on an urgent basis of[…]

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Nkandla investigation at very advanced stage: Phiyega

The Nkandla corruption investigation against President Jacob Zuma is in a “very advanced” stage, national police commissioner, Riah Phiyega, said on Friday. “I think once it is done, we will engage with the NPA and I’m sure such progress will be reported [to the media].” The investigation has been overseen[…]

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Nkandla process 99% ready, says Mbete

The work of the executive was “99% done” and the Nkandla report expected from Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko should be ready for Parliament by next week, Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Thursday. She told Parliament’s programming committee that as soon as the report was “physically here”, an ad hoc committee[…]

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I don’t have Mdluli report: Police minister

Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has not received a report on a probe conducted into former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, his office said on Monday. This follows the Democratic Alliance claim that it was in possession of a letter from the Public Protector confirming that the investigation by the inspector-general[…]

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South Africa braces for Marikana report

The official report into the police killing of 34 South African miners in 2012 is due to be submitted to President Jacob Zuma, with rights groups demanding that its findings are published immediately. Phuti Setati, secretary of the Marikana Commission, told AFP news agency that the Farlam report would be[…]

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Ommissions in social worker report: State

A social worker who interviewed convicted killer Thandi Maqubela made grave omissions in her pre-sentencing report, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday. Prosecutor Bonnie Currie-Gamwo tore into Arina Smit’s 50-page report during cross-examination, getting her to concede omissions in a few areas. Smit was called as a defence[…]

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Report into cheating expected soon: Umalusi

The first report detailing alleged cheating during the matriculation exams at 69 examination centres across the country is expected at the end of January, Umalusi said on Sunday. “At the end of this month, we should be receiving the first formal report,” said Umalusi spokesman Lucky Ditaunyane. He said that[…]

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Calls for prosecution after ‘torture report’

The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on secret interrogations and torture of suspects by the CIA from 2001-2007 provides enough new information to justify reopening criminal investigations, rights advocates say. The report, released Tuesday after a three-year congressional investigation, summarises classified CIA cables that described the treatment by Central Intelligence[…]

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