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Cop boss Dimpane confirms State Security Agency’s lifestyle audits of SAPS top brass

Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has confirmed to Parliament that the State Security Agency is conducting lifestyle audits of lieutenant generals and that more senior officers will be vetted. This is among several plans to ‘reset’ and bolster the police service.

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defend truth

Cop boss Dimpane confirms State Security Agency’s lifestyle audits of SAPS top brass

Morero’s swan song — defiant jabs at Cape Town can’t hide Joburg’s R5.2bn debt

Time for change: Ambassador Roelf Meyer begins new chapter for SA-US relations

Hilton College and others grapple with the cost of commercialisation in school sports

The internal chaos in Jacob Zuma’s MK leaves us all poorer

Unaccountable 00047 — Salim Essa, the shadow broker of State Capture, remains unaccountable

Naked puts car insurance quotes inside ChatGPT, but the fine print still matters

Understanding the Absa GAAR judgment and its impact on tax avoidance practices

Ramokgopa calls for Eskom to take over Joburg’s failing electricity revenue system

Struggling with depression, anxiety, or relationship burnout? Ask a mental health expert anything

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Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry

Annual consumer price inflation in April surges to 4%, more pain on the way

South African activists abducted from Gaza flotilla off the coast of Cyprus and Crete

Sandy fire forces evacuations as firefighting aircraft battle fast-moving blaze in California

Arsenal fans finally bask in Premier League glory after 22 years of heartbreak

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Minister Malatsi remains undeterred in his ambition to overhaul ICT sector

Sustainable use of wildlife is a conditional promise — that SA has not reached

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Scorpio

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Maverick News

Hilton College and others grapple with the cost of commercialisation in school sports

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Cop boss Dimpane confirms State Security Agency’s lifestyle audits of SAPS top brass

Sandy fire forces evacuations as firefighting aircraft battle fast-moving blaze in California

Apology to Coega Steels

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Op-eds

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