This week the government responded to two of the issues facing a depressed South Africa – Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla upgrade and protracted strikes.
The ANC Women’s League tried to defend itself this week following a widely condemned comment by Clara Ndlovu, its Mpumalanga provincial secretary.
The public works department claims businessperson Roux Shabangu fraudulently used his empowerment credentials for a R137-million lease deal.
The 2012 Nobel prize for literature has been awarded to the Chinese writer Mo Yan.
A world in which Mitt Romney holds the single most powerful office may sound a very different place from that of President Barack Obama.
The nasty response to a protest by black lesbians at the Jo’burg Gay Pride shows the event has lost its political thrust, writes Gillian Schutte.
Samar Yazbek was named by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy as international "writer of courage" with whom she will share the Pen/Pinter prize.
Xolela Mangcu says Andile Mngxitama’s take on his writings about Steve Biko shows Mngxitama’s ‘contempt for black communities’.
The Taliban’s attempt to kill a 14-year-old girl, famous for speaking out against Islamic militants, has triggered a wave of revulsion in Pakistan.
The Labour Court is due to rule on Friday morning whether 42000 Satawu members at two Transnet divisions may legally go on strike next week.