Reports have highlighted that a significant number of elected councillors struggle with basic literacy and comprehension
South Africa has been given a narrow window to turn the ship around. Whether this Budget becomes a footnote or a foundation depends on what happens next — in Cabinet, in the SOEs, in municipalities and in the daily grind of governance
On paper, Godongwana presented a credible framework that marks a turning point for South Africa
The projected economic growth trajectory remains insufficient to address structural unemployment
Hunger in the country persists not because the system is failing but because it is functioning according to a set of rules that reward scale, concentration and profit
They have stressed the need for skilled oversight and preventive maintenance
These prosecutions mark a rising pattern: as elections approach across Africa, the distance between digital civic space and state power grows
The ANC provincial working committee in the Free State has been accused of defying the party’s deployees in government, resulting in the near collapse of the Matjhabeng local municipality. Sources say provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana and secretary Polediso Motsoeneng have used their political power to undermine premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae’s intervention in the municipality, which is […]
In Thabong township, many children have sores on their hands and feet, which locals say are caused by contact with sewage
On Zero Discrimination Day, we must reckon with the truth that inequality kills