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Accused Brig Mokwele slams CV fraud case as ‘sour grapes’

Brigadier Dineo Mokwele has hit back at the state’s fraud case against her, saying the allegations were stemming from people who could not read...

The right to feel safe is also a public health matter

South Africans are once again engaged in heated debates about crime, migration, xenophobia, vigilantism and social disorder. The arguments are often framed in political...

Wheels come off Mokgosi committee as members resign

The wheels appear to be coming off the North West legislature’s ad hoc committee investigating Premier Lazarus Mokgosi, with four members allegedly resigning and...

Inseta CEO vetting report highlights qualification anomalies

An MIE recruitment vetting report has flagged a matric verification inconsistency in respect of Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (Inseta) CEO Gugu Mkhize,...

Pathology ‘error’ delays FS family’s quest for justice

The remains of farmworker Duisend Andries Motlokoa might have to undergo a new autopsy after a pathology error was made in the report on...

Intercape threatens contempt action against SAPS, municipal officials after 17th-consecutive court...

Long-distance bus operator Intercape Ferreira Mainliner has accused municipalities in the Eastern Cape of illegally targeting its operations and failing to comply with multiple...

Gunmen open fire inside Gugulethu shack, killing 3

Detectives attached to the Provincial Serious Violent Crime Unit are investigating a triple murder after a shooting in Kanana informal settlement, Gugulethu, on Saturday,...

What the Netherlands teaches us about unemployment

South Africa has marked 50 years of the Youth Uprising of June 16, 1976. Fifty years later, we are still grappling with unemployment, particularly...

Poor leadership, governance fuel the immigration crisis

In the hype surrounding “Mabahambe” (they must leave) in South Africa, we risk losing an important opportunity for serious intellectual and analytical engagement. What...

Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina faces deportation

Controversial former Miss South Africa finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina is facing deportation from South Africa after she was caught allegedly living...