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Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni died in Pretoria on Tuesday.Mlangeni was the last surviving Rivonia Trialist. On 12 June 1964, Judge Quartus de Wet sentenced them to life imprisonment.The 95-year-old will be laid to rest in a special official funeral on Saturday.In this week's episode of The Story, we reflect on the life and times…

Statues all across the world are making headlines - some being vandalised, others torn down.There is a legitimacy to the anger about statues.This week on The Story, we contemplate whether statues of individuals, who represent oppression, still have a place in modern society.Statues across the world are being torn down or vandalised in response to…

Explosive testimony aired at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture this week supports long-held suspicions that former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana allegedly received massive bribes from one of the SoE's foremost contractors. Scorpio analysed the latest evidence alongside other documentation and source accounts to piece together what could be one of South Africa's most…

After a massive outcry over his non-attendance earlier this year, former president Jacob Zuma finally returned to court on Tuesday.Judge Kate Pillay cancelled a warrant of arrest issued against him after his lawyers produced a sick note.The corruption trial against him endured yet another postponement, with his next appearance expected to be in September.As lockdown…

In this week's episode of The Story, we look at the recent surge in reported gender-based violence cases. We speak to News24's politics editor Qaanitah Hunter about the response of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Cabinet.Hunter joins us to give her assessment of government's fitness to curb the continuous abuse of women and children.In a 30-minute televised speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa read…