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Employer loses Labour Court battle after firing worker over poor performance

A company has lost its bid to overturn an arbitration ruling that found the dismissal of an employee for poor work performance substantively unfair...

‘Cat’ Matlala admits paying R500 000 for Sibiya’s son’s wedding

Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala’s relationship with former police deputy national commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has come under renewed scrutiny after the alleged underworld figure admitted before...

Nozipho Dlamini | Gauteng government taking the fight against diabetes to...

Diabetes is no longer a health challenge that can be addressed through awareness campaigns alone. It is a growing public health challenge that demands...

Matlala says he was too heavily medicated to remember paying Sibiya...

"I no longer remember because I was heavily medicated and undergoing psychiatric treatment at the time." These are the words of tender tycoon Vusimuzi 'Cat'...

Madlanga rejects Matlala’s attempt to block evidence linked to failed Section...

Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala's attempt to shield evidence linked to his collapsed plea agreement from scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry suffered a setback...

Goodbye my lover: Ode to Agoa

Dear President Donald Trump Thank you for announcing your intention to divorce South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). Some of us...

When voters start asking questions after the ballot

For some, the conversation that might have changed their vote came a day too late. After the government elections, some social media users described...

If you fail to vote or fail to vote responsibly, are...

I remember a confrontational road-safety campaign poster that proclaimed: “If you drink and drive, you are a killer.” The message was deliberately uncomfortable. It challenged...

The vote is done and now a new test for coalition...

With the Electoral Commission of South Africa set to declare results of the local government elections today, coalition governments face a test beyond surviving...

What is to be done with my beloved ANC?

I knew it was going to be brutal, but I didn’t expect such a poor showing. The ANC, as I predicted, lost all the...