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Welcome move on Tolashe, but what about Phala Phala?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally bowed to what public outrage demanded: he has fired Minister of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe. For that decisive...
Oversight is not ‘academic xenophobia’
South Africa’s universities occupy a special place in our democracy. They are centres of knowledge, innovation and debate, and they shape the minds that...
Police rescue KZN family kidnapped after RAF windfall
Police are appealing to Road Accident Fund (RAF) beneficiaries not to disclose their payouts or brag about the money.
This comes after police in KwaZulu-Natal...
Can Mali find a path out of prolonged conflict?
Since coordinated attacks launched on April 25, Mali's security situation has remained highly volatile, with armed groups intensifying assaults on military positions and key...
Lotto results for Saturday, May 16 2026
Lotto results for Saturday, May 16 2026
Lotto: 34 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 56 |...
Differences over West Asia prevent consensus at the Brics meeting
Sharp differences in the collective’s approach towards conflict in West Asia, where two
member-states held opposing views, led to the two-day foreign ministers meeting ending
in...
EC High Court judge Belinda Hartle faces suspension after racism complaint
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that Eastern Cape High Court judge Belinda Hartle be placed on suspension following a complaint from an...
Somebody call Hasina Subedar, the brain behind our LEN rollout
Amidst the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out...
Ignoring men in HPV prevention no longer an option
A 40-year-old man walks into his doctor’s room with a lump in his throat. He doesn’t smoke. He barely drinks. He has no family...
Lehohla Ledger: siphoning of Eastern Cape’s human vitality is structural
According to the Lehohla Ledger (the certified statistical factfinder anchored in intergenerational value creation), the primary structural impasse facing South Africa is not underdevelopment...
