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Black lives don’t matter in this country

How many more must die before we call it what it is? The spate of mass shootings in SA is becoming an agonising occurrence...

First drive: Toyota bets on the new Land Cruiser FJ to...

After months of anticipation, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has launched the new Toyota Land Cruiser FJ to the media. At the media launch in...

Steinhoff enters classroom while public anger smoulders

An award-winning University of Johannesburg ethics programme built around the documentary Steinheist draws uncomfortable questions about whether South Africa is turning one of its...

Charmza of the week

US skateboarder Jason Vanporppal is our charmza. He finally landed in Cape Town after an epic journey that saw him skateboard 6 000km from Uganda...

Moegoe of the week

The South African Football Association is the undisputed Moegoe of the Week after it treated the six players who were left out of the...

SA artists deserve respect

We welcome the dissolution of the National Arts Council (NAC). The decision was long overdue. For far too long, the institution failed the creative sector...

Assault, crimen injuria charges loom for Free State mayor

Tswelopele Municipality mayor and ANC provincial executive council member (PEC) Kenalemang Phukuntsi could face crimen injuria and assault charges after her former bodyguard, Henry...

Frog-in-boiling-pot strategy won’t work against Russia

It seems the European leaders have entered a new phase of their proxy war in Ukraine against their arch enemy, Russia. I will call...

SA needs to shift from an ‘age of accountability’ to ‘accountability...

South Africans are hearing a great deal lately about us finally being in “the age of accountability”. The phrase appears constantly in headlines, political...

Bafana, we wish you well but we also want you to...

Bafana Bafana pack their bags today and bid farewell to South African soil as they head for the sprawling, chaotic, beautiful football carnival that...