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Former president Thabo Mbeki is demanding specific questions from the commission investigating Truth and Reconciliation Commission-era crimes that his administration allegedly blocked from being ...

Retired Justice Sisi Khampepe during the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on 10 November 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN Former statesmen Jacob ...

Nearly two years after Thabo Bester’s escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre brought the criminal justice system under intense scrutiny, the criminal trial linked to the escape has yet to begin. The ...

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