Michelle Solomon

The ‘Friends of SABC journalists’ Indiegogo online fundraising initiative was organised by News24 editor Adriaan Basson and opened on Tuesday July 29.

The SABC this week sacked eight journalists for disagreeing with a decision to censor coverage of protests.

Charlize Theron blew away the 18 000+ delegates at the International Aids conference opening ceremony with an impassioned speech about HIV/Aids.

Renowned adventurer and race car driver Gugu Zulu died on Monday just before summiting mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with the Trek4Mandela expedition.

The cyber hacking cooperative Anonymous Africa threatened and apparently shut down the websites of Gupta-linked companies on Wednesday.

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Sex education is often limited to blistering genitals and contraception. But what about the ethics of sex? Michelle Solomon argues for its inclusion.

This follows EFF leader Julius Malema’s vow in March this year that he would not allow the president to speak in Parliament again.

Police Minister decries Malema’s comment on Al Jazeera at the weekend that the South African government would be removed by the “barrel of a gun”.

The Thabo Mbeki Foundation issued a statement on Monday denying any connections with the Gupta family as had been reported in the media on Sunday.

On Tuesday the Presidency issued a statement saying the Concourt did not find that President Jacob Zuma broke his oath of office. Experts disagree.

While the process to impeach a South African president is straightforward, there is one big hurdle to face first.

Representatives of all parts of society came together for the first of a series of debates to uncover five questions every South African must answer.

Several hundred delegates from about 50 African countries gathered in Cape Town in September to adopt a declaration on access to information.

Last Friday, Zapiro published his third cartoon in a series that invokes a rape metaphor to describe government violations of democratic institutions.