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Nations rise and fall on citizens’ character
From the service-delivery and civil protests that periodically shake South Africa’s municipalities to Botswana’s ongoing debates about public accountability and governance standards to Zimbabwe’s...
This war has been a strategic defeat for the US and...
Let me be very clear. This two-week ceasefire is not the end of this war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
The mayor and the movement: Can Hill-Lewis remake the DA?
As the DA commences its elective federal congress, the party stands at a precipice that feels strangely familiar: poised for growth yet seemingly unable...
R600m coal theft charges hit mining firm, directors
A coal mining company and its directors have been accused of stealing more than R600-million worth of coal in a criminal case linked to...
Police bust drug den in Sandton leafy suburbs
Thugs who think running a crack house from the tranquil upmarket suburbs will help them evade law enforcers had better think again. Law enforcement...
Legal battle over Mpumalanga airport’s millions
The Mpumalanga Land Reform and Rural Development Department wants the Mbombela High Court to place the Mbuyane Communal Property Association (MCPA) under administration, arguing...
Streaming platforms keep broadcasting regulators on their toes
Globally there are growing shifts and blurred lines that are developing between audio-visual streaming services and the concept of traditional television broadcasting.
These developments have...
Mapaila blasts Mbeki over alliance rift
Former president Thabo Mbeki is in the firing line of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which accuses him of being the mastermind behind...
Think of Others: Empathy is the medicine South Africa needs
A poignant poem written in an ordinary language such that ordinary mortals like me who do not master the queen’s language all that well...
Geordin Hill-Lewis takes over as DA leader
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has elected Geordin Hill-Lewis as its new federal leader, marking a fresh chapter for South Africa’s second largest party.
Hill-Lewis, who...
