The rape allegation that Zwelinzima Vavi has faced throws into sharp relief SA’s muddled conceptions of rape and morality, writes Verashni Pillay.
A hijacking claim delayed an SAA plane on the tarmac at OR Tambo, while police tried to determine whether the captain was not in fact a hijacker.
"It is very cold outside the ANC, but we are making it warm," said Julius Malema at the launch of his new platform, the Economic Freedom Fighters.
The DA is a cringe-worthy option for those who fancy themselves informed and sensitive. But it has grown on the most unlikely of people.
Just five years ago the prospect of Barack Obama visiting SA would have driven most South Africans wild with excitement, writes Verashni Pillay.
Watch the live feed of US President Barack Obama as he visits the University of Johannesburg for a Young African Leaders Initiative meeting.
The surprise briefing called by President Jacob Zuma turned out to be the first in a series of ANC punts ahead of the 2014 national general election.
Mac Maharaj has chastised reporters seeking information on Mandela’s health after Jacob Zuma left an address to editors on the youth and the economy.
The notion that SA will dissolve into race riots at the news of Nelson Mandela’s death is so unlikely as to be ridiculous, writes Verashni Pillay.
Dali Tambo’s mistake is to insist upon a mythical neutrality that gives him permission to avoid the hard questions, writes Verashni Pillay.