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Articles

Sodi ordered to pay back the money

1 day ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Thapelo Morebudi

Edwin Sodi was awarded a contract to upgrade the treatment plant meant to supply clean water to residents of Hammanskraal. Corruption accused and ANC benefactor Edwin Sodi has been ordered to repay the City of Tshwane the profits made from the failed R292m Rooiwal wastewater project.
Lejaka promises to stick around and fix BSA woes

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Mesuli Zifo |Thapelo Morebudi

Lejaka promises to stick around and fix BSA woes Debt by promoters remains elephant in the room, says new CEO Premium By MESULI ZIFO - 18 June 2025 New Boxing SA CEO Tsholofelo Lejaka has allayed fears that he might jump ship again, as he did five years ago when he left the position to join the government.
SA’s youth still waiting for a better education

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Adrienne Carlisle |Thapelo Morebudi

SA’s youth still waiting for a better education Premium By ADRIENNE CARLISLE - 17 June 2025 South Africa annually celebrates its youth on June 16 as a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the young people who stood up against injustice in the Soweto uprising in 1976...
OPINION | High levels of unprosecuted crimes facilitate GBV in SA

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Lesego Mahlangu |Thapelo Morebudi

Several weeks ago a South African delegation attempted to defend the country before an ill-informed Donald Trump who, unsurprisingly, refused to be led by facts. Among the many issues raised, the delegation cited crime as one of SA's biggest problems. However, what was painfully absent from their presentation was a nuanced picture of how crime in SA is not faceless. Crime has a face. And often, that face is Black, poor, and female.
Demobilisation programme instituted as second SANDF group returns from DRC

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Thapelo Morebudi

SANDF troops are returning home in separate groups from the SAMIDRC deployment. A second batch of 257 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers arrived at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria on Sunday after the termination of the Sadc Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC). A third flight is expected on Monday. A chartered Air Tanzania Boeing 787 landed in Pretoria late on Sunday afternoon after flying from the SAMIDRC staging ground in Tanzania.
Second group of SA troops returning home from DRC to arrive on Sunday

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Shonisani Tshikalange |Thapelo Morebudi

14 June 2025 Buses loaded with the first group of SANDF troops returning from the DRC arrive at Tempe military base in Bloemfontein in the early hours of Saturday after landing at the Waterkloof air base on Friday night.
'Defence budget cuts crippling SANDF': Motshekga

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Shonisani Tshikalange |Thapelo Morebudi

Minister Angie Motshekga leaving after briefing the media at the Tempe military base in Bloemfontein on the process to bring home the soldiers who were enjured in the DRC. Better funding could have enabled the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to handle the repatriation of troops deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) without trauma and logistical chaos, minister of defence and military veterans Angie Motshekga says.
'Defence budget cuts crippling SANDF': Motshekga

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Shonisani Tshikalange |Thapelo Morebudi

Siphiwe Dlamini, General Sangweni, Minister Angie Moitshekga and Lt Setshongaye Briefing the media at the Tembe military base in bloemfontein on the process unfolding to bring the Soldiers who were enjured in the DRC.
Delay in SANDF soldiers' return from DRC yet another example of poor planning: DA

2 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Thapelo Morebudi

Minister of defence Angie Mtshekga briefing the media at the Tempe ilitary base in Bloemfontein on the process to bring the SANDF soldiers from the the DRC. The DA has expressed dismay at the chaotic scenes in Bloemfontein on Friday where 249 South African soldiers returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo were expected to land at midday.
Okolie fight a chance for Lerena to be one of SA's greatest boxers

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |Thapelo Morebudi

Kevin Lerena says he is honoured to fight in a high-profile boxing event which will be headlined by the heavyweight unification bout at Wembley Stadium in London on July 19. Oleksandr Usyk's WBA super, WBC, WBO and Ring Magazine belts will be on the line against IBF champ Daniel Dubois. The winner will be crowned as the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Then, in the main supporting event, Lerena and Lawrence Okolie will meet for the vacant WBC silver heavyweight belt.