Kubayi to ask Ramaphosa to suspend anti-corruption boss Johnson

Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson will testify at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday – with the threat of an inquiry into her fitness to hold office and possible suspension hanging over her head.

Inside IDAC’s first 700 days: Missteps, plea deals and SA’s biggest corruption cases

Less than 700 days after becoming a permanent entity, IDAC is facing a credibility crisis amid extreme pressure stemming from its handling of a single investigation into police Crime Intelligence.

Punters bet R700 000 on Joburg’s next mayor – and no one is regulating it

Hundreds of thousands of rands are being wagered on Polymarket to predict who will be the next mayor of Johannesburg – and no one knows who should be regulating this type of activity.

Carol Paton | SA’s devastating surrender to the construction mafia 

Talk of the construction mafia might have died down, but under the surface, it is alive and kicking.

‘I trusted the wrong people’: Woman claims Peet and Mel cost her more than R5 million

ANALYSIS | Mission accomplished for Boks, even if they’re still searching for a performance

‘I can’t take it anymore’: What happened in Jayden Adams’ final hours

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Musa Khawula accused of defamation over cheating claims against Afrirent boss

Dagga in the chips: Military police pounce on care packages for soldiers

150 Koeberg workers allegedly contaminated in radioactive exposure incidents

Aviation authority loses bid to gag investigator over George plane crash

This CEO gave South Africans a way to back their buddies – now they’re nearing R1bn

Rassie’s vision from 2013 has reaped rewards: 80% of Bok team is from his EPD programme

From the cold to Green and Gold: Herschel Jantjies’ Springbok comeback

Currie Cup shake-up on the cards? Rugby’s top brass to discuss tournament’s future

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ANC’s answer to Zille? Frank Chikane tipped for Joburg mayoral race

CETA retains ex COO, 67, as consultant amid HR warnings – and R1m invoices

Mbalula draws battle lines over ANC candidate rigging ahead of local elections

Durban’s refugees: Documented but caught between violence and the host govt’s indifference

Wendy’s Win | The Chinese car boom is here. The replacement parts – not quite

Franchise nightmare: Single Joburg mom says she paid R800k for a store she can’t occupy

Willie Aucamp on taking Steenhuisen’s post, injecting cattle and camping

Two weeks into the agriculture minister’s job, Willie Aucamp has settled the foot-and-mouth legal war that consumed his predecessor. He speaks about vaccinating 14 million cattle, on whether he is the DA’s fireman (he says he’s not), and why he refuses to say a bad word about John Steenhuisen.

 Willie Aucamp on taking Steenhuisen’s post, injecting cattle and camping

Two weeks into the agriculture minister’s job, Willie Aucamp has settled the foot-and-mouth legal war that consumed his predecessor. He speaks about vaccinating 14 million cattle, on whether he is the DA’s fireman (he says he’s not), and why he refuses to say a bad word about John Steenhuisen.

Fred Khumalo | Football is not entertainment. It is history, it is war

Mbali Ntuli | The Zulu crown needs a vision, not a spectacle

Bongekile Macupe | Thugs in ties: Greed has hijacked SA’s leadership

Zubeida Jaffer | Dear Madiba, please help us stay on the course you set for us as Africans

He gave his life for freedom, but first he gave me forgiveness: My Mandela story

A day after Mandela Day, veteran journalist Benjamin Pogrund looks back on the day his newspaper broke Nelson Mandela’s 1961 strike – and the phone call that followed, revealing the generosity at the heart of one of history’s great leaders.

My F*k, Mzansi | Inkwazi transitions to Iphengwini, Prophet Padayachee and Milpark-Madlanga

In this week’s edition of My F*k, Mzansi, the presidential plane has an identity crisis and has to return to the hangar, find out why the chicken crossed the road to NSFAS, and get served a sermon by Prophet Padayachee at Madlanga.

How two friends turned 300-year-old discarded ship ballast into 5 000 bottles of spirits

Tyla on her new album ‘A*Pop’, self-discovery and ‘living in the moment’

Consciously uncoupled: Why being alone is not the same as being lonely

UNREAD | Phala Phala pending, Koeberg contamination, and ‘Gus’ the R820m dinosaur

This Sunday, the Unread video bulletin wraps up Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala court challenge, details Koeberg’s trio of “radioactive events”, passes forward to the FIFA World Cup final, and digests the dystopian sale of “Gus” the T-rex.

Sunday editor: Kaveel Singh
Design:
Sharlene Rood and Mihle Mdashe
Production editor: Hanlie Gouws
Sub editors: Riaan Grobler, Danni Marais and Glenn Bownes
News24 editor-in-chief:
Adriaan Basson
News24 deputy editor: Ahmed Areff

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