The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial and another jurist who is a friend of Cyril Ramaphosa failed to clinch an endorsement for the new post.
Ben Okri’s recent talk in Pretoria on African renaissance, left some indignant and still nowhere closer to discovering their own “mini enlightenment”.
The imagining of a friendship between Sol Plaatje and Cecil Rhodes feels particularly relevant right now.
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The sax legend, who ‘graduated from the University of James Brown’, on the joys of leading his own band.
In its bid to rid the city’s intersections of beggars and traders, Jo’burg is criminalising the poor.
Tactically Sundowns were outsmarted by Clinton Larsen, the Celtic coach who had travelled to Mbombela in the last week to spy on the opposition.
Surveys favour a yes vote in the referendum but activists fear the public may yet spring a shock defeat.
Although the latest outbursts revolve around xenophobia, the state needs to put a stop to all violence in South Africa.
Bogged down with problems, one would think Jacob Zuma had no reason to celebrate his birthday.