In the heady glow of the Olympics, it may have escaped general notice that a new international rugby tournament begins on August 18.
South Africa is building its future and the National Development Plan’s target of poverty elimination requires effort by every South African.
The audit outcomes for municipalities for the 2010/11 financial year were accompanied by handwringing, blaming and credulity-stretching spin.
For many South Africans, the love affair with our president is on the rocks and his personal charisma is undermined by the rise of intimidation.
The lesson of Egypt’s Tahrir Square is clear: A system that benefits insiders only is unsustainable.
Some political observers are cynical about the role of Parliament in general, and in particular when it comes to the National Council of Provinces.
In Ghana, the reaction I get when I tell other women about my job and baby is usually a knowing nod, writes the Guardian’s west Africa correspondent.
Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.
In other countries the focus is on the teachers and their work ethic, not the delivery of textbooks.
Sandile July, the attorney presiding over the disciplinary hearing of suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach recused himself from the case.