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Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi. File photo.Image: TREVOR SAMSON
BUSHIRI S ESCAPE FROM SA

Senior home affairs official in Bushiri saga challenging dismissal, MPs told

A home affairs chief director who was sacked for his involvement in the Shepherd Bushiri saga is not going down without a fight. Updating MPs on the suspensions of department officials and Bushiri’s escape from SA into Malawi in November…

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Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi. File photo.Image: SIYABULELA DUDA
HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER

Home affairs will offer limited services during level 3 – here’s what you need to know

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Tuesday that the department will offer limited services to the public for the duration of lockdown level 3. He was speaking during a media briefing by the national coronavirus command…

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The department of health wants to force smokers to quit and to deter nonsmokers from taking up the habit.Image: Jackie Clausen
COMMANDMENT

Smokers face possible fines or jail time if new regulations are passed

Thou shalt not smoke or vape. That’s the commandment from the department of health, whose “draconian” planned changes to the country’s laws have smokers hot under the collar. In his stand against smoking, health minister Aaron Motsoaledi…

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