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Treacherous how black women in top academic posts are demeaned
If black men have faced the worst of fates, then black women have also placed their lives and bodies on the line. Black women...
More bad news for Mkhize as rapist, dirty lawyers linked to...
A convicted rapist and two disgraced lawyers. These are three people who have now been implicated in benefiting from the feeding frenzy that characterised...
We can’t allow foreign thugs to disgrace SA
Last Sunday, this newspaper published the story of a certain self-christened Lebogang Ndlovu – a Bangladesh citizen who was arrested at OR Tambo International...
Woman of valour left us too early
Words alone cannot express the calibre of person Phindile Xaba was in the 21 years and beyond that, we knew each other as fellow...
Power cuts make every day a blue day
We have blue Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays thanks to Eskom and cable thieves. We take them on the chin.
We don’t waste...
Mapheto hustled and proved hard work pays off
Lesedi Mapheto - who owns a printing company - is living proof that resilience and hard work pay off.
Mapheto, 39, grew up in Ga-Mphahlele...
Parents of boy dragged to death wait for justice
The swift arrest of the suspects in the murder of Hillary Gardee has been a bitter reminder for the parents of Taegrin Morris, who...
Ghost workers remain invisible
To talk from both sides of the mouth is a key part of equivocating. It is when a speaker gives voice to two opposing...
Lebogang the Bangladeshi caught in Home Affairs’ anti-graft net
Lebogang Ndlovu. Sounds like a South African name, right? Not if you illegally buy your citizenship. This is the name a Bangladesh citizen, who...
Students with disabilities still face uphill battle at varsities
Advocacy and rights groups for students with disabilities have painted a dismal picture of the work done at universities to ensure that teaching and...
Teachers refuse to work after pupil is killed in class
Teachers at Qhamuka High School in eMacekane, a rural village under eMpangeni, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, are refusing to teach, fearing for their...
Digital Vibes set aside R20m for Mkhize’s bid for ANC presidency
Former health minister Zweli Mkhize has been thrown under the bus after his self-proclaimed comrades, who were awarded the R150-million tender, allegedly decided to...
Dlamini, Jones business partnership also falls apart
The business partnership between sultry media personality Minnie Dlamini and her estranged husband Quinton Jones has crumbled after their much-publicised separation.
Dlamini and Jones, who...
End of ‘abusive’ marriage was a blessing for adored Sannah Mchunu
When actress Sannah Mchunu dumped her "abusive" husband and closed the door on her marriage, little did she know the door to showbiz would...
NGOs elevate our democracy
South Africans have learnt that democracy isn’t simply a destination that they reached with the formal end of apartheid on April 27, 1994. It...
Eyes on the crown for TikTok sensation Moghelingz
Banele Ndaba, better known as Moghelingz, has taken the entertainment industry by storm.
The 19-year-old Mpumalanga-born content creator is a TikTok sensation with his comedic...
The Gift that keeps ‘hyenas’ at bay
When Zimbabwe was blighted by a cholera outbreak in 2008-2009, they were the first relief organisation to respond, delivering medical supplies.
When Pakistan was battered...
My father’s rules and occasional smack did not make life any...
Violent abuse was my father’s response to almost every engagement I had with him. I never heard the words “please” or “thank you” from...
Political ambition gives rise to the age of izinkabis
Izinkabi, a Zulu word, in its ordinary daily usage connotes no harm; it literally refers to a herd of cattle, and is never meant...
Dr Molapo: Unleashing the human potential
If you are township born and raised, old or young, sooner or later your inner fire goes out. It is not easy to get...
