Blade Nzimande
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Blade Nzimande: Science, Technology and Innovation
SCORE: C Nzimande’s first full year leading the ministry of science, technology and innovation has been defined by institutional housekeeping and strategic repositioning rather…
Tunisia: A democratic dream destroyed
Fourteen years ago, Tunisia was the very emblem of hope
‘Turn crisis into opportunity,’ say African health leaders
Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for…
SACP set on ‘divorcing’ the ANC
The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently
Blade Nzimande
SCORE: E Blade Nzimande faces allegations of bribery for the procurement of tenders at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Although the minister has refuted the…
The December curse of SA’s political class: Congress time arrives again
If the original uMkhonto weSizwe had been launched on 16 July and not 16 December, we would all be on holiday
SACP Members to fund party’s election campaign for 2026
The party is also set to discuss whether to ‘donate’ its votes to the ANC after the poll
SACP to endorse decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
Staff and students at beleaguered Educor institutions still ‘in the dark’
As the months roll on since the company’s institutions were provisionally reregistered, salaries remain unpaid and learning has ground to a halt
EFF headquarters a halfway stop on the road to Nxamalala
The SACP appears ready to embrace undemocratic centralism in its search for a new alliance partner
Korner Talk | Solly Mapaila still riding his high horse
The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government
Solly stays home as John does the Beijing Boogie
John Steenhuisen’s appointment of Roman Cabanac is a bro too far.
Blue light blues in the Birchwood parking lot as the ANC wraps up its lekgotla lite
John and Gayton are driving the comrades’ cars, eating their lunch and hogging their headlines
Editorial | Elections and the perils of provoking students
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
South Africa faces skills gap in hydrogen economy, report finds
The Labour Market Intelligence report has found that occupational workers lack hydrogen-specific skills to compete in the global economy