Publication
MK fighters’ Russia hellhole
● Two of the 17 South African men lured to Russia under false pretences have been severely wounded in drone attacks on the front line in Ukraine, while another is missing, presumed dead or captured. The Sunday Times can reveal that a 39-year-old man...
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CLUELESS!
● As the government scrambled to put a Band-Aid on the national water crisis, the sheer scale of ineptitude and incompetence in Johannesburg told the story of a city drowning in broken promises. President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged the enormity of...
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Feast for brass, famine for troops
● While even prisoners get three nourishing meals a day, soldiers patrolling South Africa’s borders complain of being hungry and sick, with severe food shortages and no medicine. Several have told the Sunday Times that their tents are torn and...
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Saved by a twist of fate
In a bizarre twist of fate, all four children of the man who owns the minibus taxi involved in a collision in which 14 school pupils were killed this week survived. Jimmy Vinger’s son, Ayanda Dludla, 22, who was driving the minibus, and his schoolgirl...
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Scramble to bring generals to heel
● South African Navy chief Monde Lobese is expected to face repercussions at the Union Buildings over Iran’s participation in Exercise MOSI (Will for Peace), which began last Friday off the Western Cape coast near Simon’s Town. The Sunday Times has...
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