Cyril can’t lose the wicked trio – yet
The president needs to consolidate his position and can only make his moves after the 2019 elections
Communications ministry in fifth reshuffle
The ministry of communications is just over four years old and has had five ministers since it was created in May 2014.
JZ’s deal with apartheid spymaster
The State Security Agency is challenging a R24-million claim for a report on climate change and land redistribution report
Slice of life: They would die for Bo-Kaap
‘It was really so encouraging to see that people are prepared, you know, to sacrifice their lives for this community’
After years of barking, the AG gets teeth
A new law gives the auditor general the power to act against corruption and wasteful expenditure
Offline horrors hit home affairs
One of the department’s centres was unavailable for 130 out of SA’s 248 working days in the past year
Bo-Kaap divided over developers
Two groups trying to protect the area’s heritage from gentrification are now at loggerheads
EFF seizes on divisions in the ANC
The Economic Freedom Fighters are targeting Pravin Gordhan, a symbol of unity, and fighting the battle of disgruntled ANC members
SA fiddles while world burns
Two new reports show just how little countries are doing about climate change, and our own failings are laid bare
Gas prospectors to explore three provinces
In the new plan, wind and solar will provide 25 000MW of capacity by 2030
How two million children go hungry
The Child Gauge highlights that black children in single or no parent households fare the worst
KZN mine fight goes on, despite ruling
KwaZulu-Natal villagers are fighting mining they say violates their land rights and harms the environment
Gordhan decries EFF attack on daughter
The party made these and other claims during its protest outside the state capture commission
‘Zwelithini is not collecting rent, the Ingonyama Trust is’
King Goodwill Zwelithini has distanced himself from the court action taken against the Ingonyama Trust Board because of its lease programme.
Cops can’t cope with hate crimes
Various organisations say officers are not yet able to carry out the policing aspects of speech and actions based on prejudice
SA’s Poles recall a bitter journey
On November 11, the Polish diaspora in South Africa honoured the 500 children — among the 1.7-million Poles forcefully removed by the Red Army to labour camps in Siberia during World War II — who found refuge in Oudtshoorn in 1943.
HEALTH:
Could your favourite birth control put you at risk of HIV?
For more than 25 years, scientists have suspected ‘the shot’ could increase women’s chances of contracting HIV but they couldn’t prove it. Now, we could be months away from an answer
Should you believe Motsoaledi’s hype about the ‘foreign threat’?
Last week, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi claimed in a speech at the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union’s Nurses’ Summit that undocumented immigrants are flooding South Africa and overburdening clinics and hospitals.
AFRICA:
Hope flickers in disappointed Zim
Unhappiness is widespread but a political veteran says things are changing for the better
‘Crocodile’ shows his instinct is still to bite
It is one year since the resignation of Robert Mugabe, and it is still difficult to find the right terminology to describe the dramatic events that forced him to step down after nearly four decades in charge.
‘Targeted crackdown’ on society
A new report claims the Zambian government is harassing and threatening its critics
The shortlist: Africa’s best inventions
Sixteen engineers with bright ideas will compete for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Shaun’s new job: Murder in Lesotho
SA’s former NPA boss will prosecute the Mountain Kingdom’s most politically sensitive case
BUSINESS:
Failing Eskom cripples one and all
Its financial and operational problems are hurting not only big users and consumers but also its own position
Red flags raised over Black Friday
But amid worries that consumers could binge on credit there are signs they are handling debt better
Insurance payments demands clients’ honesty
Momentum found itself in consumers’ crosshairs this week after it declined to pay out the death benefit cover
Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my levy
Treasury is coining it as South Africans continue to shell out for their favourite sugary drinks
IMF backs state-issued digital currency
Cryptocurrencies are imploding but Lagarde says central banks should join the fintech revolution
COMMENT & ANALYSIS:
The issue of money and death is vulgar
Justice does not always serve fairness and the Momentum debacle raises the issue of good faith
Editorial: Malema plays a dangerous game
Many of the journalists on Malema’s list have already been subjected to a torrent of abuse on social media platforms
Editorial: Rights undermine miner
Thursday’s decision by the high court in Pretoria is historic
Letters to the Editor: November 23 to 29
Our readers write in about: Eusebius McKaiser’s agenda and the weakness of the mining inspectorate
Service delivery’s up shit street
My hunt for Jacob Zuma’s affidavit was as successful as finding a working toilet at the labour centre
Continent must be smart about funding
To limit dependence on China, Africa has several options to raise cash for infrastructure development
Customary law can pose problems for widows
Despite a new Act, many women and children are up against discriminatory practices
Election season brings the conflation of party and state
Based on our history, the election period will probably be marked by the misuse and abuse of state resources
Technology can uplift world’s ‘bottom billion’
Technology is often oversold as either a panacea for the world’s problems or a curse inflicting disruption and displacement on the most vulnerable. Historically, neither of these characterisations is accurate.
South Africa’s entrepreneurs remain elusive
Perhaps the reason is less about poor support and more about a bad attitude to self-employment
The fear of the feminine is futile
The heterosexual community is not the only group responsible for gender suppression
FIFTH COLUMN: The blank black and criminality
Having been burgled soon after I moved into a new house in Melville last year, I am appreciative of (dependent upon?) the services of a security company.
Multicultural SA offers a great benefit
Understanding and being able to work with different people is a globally sought-after skill
UCT aims to make IT appealing to women students
Information Technology is traditionally a male-dominated sector.
Basic education is failing the economy
A second-class system for the majority poor population entrenches social and economic inequality
FRIDAY:
Winnie ‘unashamedly’ resurrected
Msimang’s The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela is well written and easy to read, which is as reflective as it is poetic in parts.
This weekend
A Coarse Sorting of the Readily Available by Michael MacGarry, The Art Franschhoek Festival, A Strawberry Affair Market
On our lists this week
I Want to Go Home Forever edited by Loren B Landau and Tanya Pampalone, Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements edited by Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha
Ngobeni’s beautiful nightmare
“There’s so much body language among black people, since long ago; it shows when they communicateâ€
‘Five Bhobh’ is a taxi to the end of an era
The exhibition, by 29 Zimbabwean artists, uses the minibus taxi to explore the end of Robert Mugabe’s rule and the country’s future
‘Woza Sisi’ tracks the ways of street hairstylists
Photographer Dahlia Maubane explores this informal economy in Jo’burg city centre
Hair-raising six hours every six weeks
Stylists nudge one another and shrug at her tantrum. “She wants beautiful hair, she must sit in there until I say soâ€
Learning to commune with the dead
When I fell asleep, Mkhulu visited my dreams for the first time. I sat through a service in which he gave the sermon and then we walked home hand in hand.
‘Homeland’ is a thriller,   but one with depth
Former journalist Karin Brynard has established herself as one of a handful of great thriller writers in South Africa, along with Deon Meyer, Mike Nicol and Margie Orford.
‘Sankomota’ ode explores a cultural treasure
A publisher explains why he wrote a book dedicated to Sankomota’s album
SPORT:
Go shopping to boost PSL season
The lacklustre top three sides could look at recruiting new talent to kick-start their bids for glory
A Wales win would seal Boks’ tour
South Africa’s tour has been fairly good, but the All Blacks are stinging from last week’s Ireland loss
Banyana on tough quest for glory
Zambia could be the only stumbling block in the team’s journey to the group stages
