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The Department of Health has a new director-general (DG) - Dr Sandile Buthelezi.During its meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, Cabinet approved Buthelezi's appointment, according to the very last line of the statement released on Thursday. The approval is still subject to the verification of his qualifications and the relevant clearance, Cabinet said. On 1 November last…

Read the order hereThat trial is set to resume on 23 June. Thales stands accused of offering Zuma a R500 000-a-year bribe - in exchange for the then deputy president's "political protection" from any potential investigation of the R60 billion arms deal. While Zuma recently abandoned his Constitutional Court bid to prevent the case from proceeding, Thales…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe judiciary has issued a list of offences under the Disaster Management Act that carry admission of guilt fines of between R500 and R5 000. Judiciary spokesperson Nathi Mncube told News24 the chief magistrate determined fines annually, but that there was particular interest in the latest fines, owing to lockdown regulations. "In…

If cigarette sales spread coronavirus prove it -Tobacco AssociationThe Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) launched an urgent legal challenge to the ban earlier this week, in which the organisation – which counts cigarette trader Adriano Mazzotti as one of its founder members – demanded that the NCCC be ordered to provide minutes of its…

Tobacco sale U-turn was collective decision - Ramaphosa defends Dlamini-Zuma"The ongoing harassment and the untruthful allegations that are being continuously published about me continues unabated. During this very trying time in our country and globally, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, when there should be focus on flattening the curve and ensuring the health…