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‘Municipalities functioned well until ANC lost power in 2016’

The ANC has placed the blame for the deterioration of governance and service delivery in South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities on coalition governments that took...

Education MEC Lebogang Maile blasts Eastbank High School vandalism

Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has strongly condemned the burning of school furniture and the disruption of teaching and learning at Eastbank High School...

ConCourt rejects Vuyo Zungula’s Ramaphosa impeachment interdict appeal

The Constitutional Court has rejected African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyolwethu Zungula's bid to take his legal challenge over President Cyril Ramaphosa's interim interdict...

Cop bought a R2.35m property on a R26k salary, Ipid tells...

How does a police colonel earning less than R26 000 a month account for millions in cash flowing through his and his wife’s finances,...

Randall Carolissen | Advancing intellectual activism in SA higher education: An...

The genesis of this article is the recollection of a reality so stark that that even a hardened cynic was shocked. Recently we visited...

Ronald Lamola concedes legitimate migration concerns, but says no to vigilantism

South Africa must address the country’s growing migration concerns without turning to vigilantism or trampling on human rights, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald...

IPID witness implicates Mkhwanazi in controversial CIT Task Team shooting

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has been placed at the centre of a controversial shooting involving the province’s Cash-in-Transit (CIT) Task Team. An...

Mpumalanga University reviews R30m per annum foreign lecturer jobs

The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) is reviewing the appointment of its 38 foreign academics after Parliament questioned whether qualified South Africans were overlooked for...

Oops! Parliament has no record of Fadiel Adams’ broken laptop

Parliament has poured cold water on Member of Parliament (MP), Fadiel Adams' claim that a malfunctioning parliamentary laptop contributed to his extraordinary delay in...

149 deaths linked to KZN police task teams, IPID tells Madlanga...

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard a disturbing account of alleged police misconduct in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID)...