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President Cyril Ramaphosa used an address to the Swiss parliament in Bern on Tuesday to make a robust case for Switzerland as a pivotal...

Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou is fast learning how fickle and troublesome Mzansi football supporters can really be. When he took over from Jose Riveiro...

As an avid, social runner who has two full 42,2km Soweto Marathon medals, with a finishing time that will remain classified information for eternity,...

The South African political, social and moral atmosphere is invaded by a pungent smell of unbridled selfishness that has left the citizens apoplectic. If it is...

South Africa’s small and secondary towns – once engines of industrial vitality – are quietly collapsing under the weight of de-industrialisation. Places like Lichtenburg in...

The recent media reports of a Gauteng High Court judge in Pretoria delivering a judgment three years after reserving it are a huge blot on...

Barney Mthombothi calls them cretins masquerading as students. They are worse than that. They are young criminal minds drunk on entitlement. It is unfathomable to...

The media, as a pillar of democracy, plays a pivotal role against those entrusted with power, and its influence as the fourth estate, over...

Had it not been for Vincent Tseka’s blooper, some Bafana Bafana supporters would be now going through the US map and circling must see...

It has been quite some time since I heard someone complain about loadshedding. For months now, lights have stayed on; a quiet but powerful...

Intangible cultural heritage comprises performing arts and oral traditions, among others, with radio one of the platforms utilized to promote elements of performing arts,...

While today’s generation of children watches their favourite movies on cellphone screens, we grew up watching television through a neighbour’s window. Our biggest cinematic moments...

I find it a deeply disconcerting development when the “other side” arrogates to itself the duty to take both umbrage and cudgels on behalf...

The recent death by a stray bullet of Chumani Guqaza, an aspiring young footballer from Mfuleni in Western Cape, highlights the harsh reali­ties faced...

Don Makatile The first time I took notice of Trevor Manuel was when he addressed a rally in the late 1980s at the Bob van...

Not all helping hands come clad in good and sincere intentions  A cabinet minister doles out a relatively handsome donation to the bereaved family of...

The people who conceived democracy never considered the possibility of voters having no idea of what a properly run government should be like. In a...

This week, I stood flabbergasted while eavesdropping on a group of men critiquing speaker after speaker at an anti-GBV imbizo in rural Mpumalanga. As...

There was huge anticipation when the Premier Soccer League (PSL) was set to announce the venue for the 2025 MTN8 final between defending champions...

Limpopo and Eastern Cape, the two provinces where the ANC enjoys the biggest electoral support, are due for their provincial conferences in mid-2026. But with...