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Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) member and police minister Bheki Cele. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

High-ranking ANC ministers lose seats as MK party rises in South African elections

There will be no return to parliament for Bheki Cele and Thulas Nxesi on the slimmer ANC list

  • Des Erasmus
8 min read
Defence Minister Thandi Modise. (Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Security cluster will leave ‘nothing to chance’ in upcoming general elections

Defence Minister Thandi Modise says the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster will protect the public

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Not true: Gayton McKenzie, president of the Patriotic Front and mayor of Central Karoo District Municipality , denies his party is funded by gangsters and drug money linked to the late William ‘Red’ Stevens. Photo: Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Dudu Zitha

Recording alleges that gangsters, drugs fund the Patriotic Alliance

A regional treasurer has been caught explaining how the PA has allegedly been financed

  • Khaya Koko
12 min read