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Denel to 'vigorously' oppose treasury's bid to block deal with Gupta-linked company

National | Vernon Wessels, Xola Potelwa

Family and friends: Ajay and Atul Gupta (seated) with Duduzane Zuma (back left). (Gallo Images/City Press/Muntu Vilakazi)

Family and friends: Ajay and Atul Gupta (seated) with Duduzane Zuma (back left). (Gallo Images/City Press/Muntu Vilakazi)

The state-owned arms maker said it will fight efforts to block a deal to market its products in Asia with a company that has been tied to the Guptas.

Mantashe: The Hawks investigation into Gordhan is humiliating, but he must co-operate

National | Ra'eesa Pather

The investigative unit should refrain from making 'a public exercise' out of probes into ministers, says ANC secretary general.

How to fix the deeply flawed public protector appointment process

Analysis | Sandiso Bazana

The country's National Assembly is responsible for recruiting her replacement. But the way it goes about doing this is deeply flawed.

Pravin Gordhan is vindicating the law by ignoring the Hawks order

Analysis | Cathleen Powell

Those who favour a widespread narrative argue that if Gordhan is innocent of wrongdoing, the legal process will establish his innocence.

Sipho Pityana: It is time we accept that our leaders in the ANC have been captured

National | Ofentse Mboweni

President Jacob Zuma and the leaders of the ruling party must resign, says the former foreign affairs director general.

Hair, white assimilation, and the girls who are rejecting it

Analysis | Ra'eesa Pather

Some have argued it's just school policy, but it's more than that: it is the protection of white standards at the expense of black identity.

Waste not, want not: Kenya turns sewage into cleaner, longer-burning fuel

Bhekisisa Features | Sophie Mbugua

Is Kenya, currently plagued by a cholera outbreak, about to show the world the energy wealth hidden in human waste?

Online ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria mirror unsolved trauma offline

Africa | Nwachukwu Egbunike

Web-based platforms open up discussions, but when that is poisoned we need to act.

UPDATE: ​Des van Rooyen says Gordhan is 'undermining' the Hawks. Mantashe responds

National | Kiri Rupiah

Van Rooyen distanced President Jacob Zuma from the spat between the minister and the Hawks saying it had nothing to do with the president.

#PGHS: Panyaza Lesufi suspends hair policy, orders probe into alleged racism

National | Karabo Ngoepe

The Gauteng education MEC says a new code of conduct at Pretoria Girls High will be developed in consultation with pupils.

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