Financial sector regulator turns its attention to fund’s board to probe its compliance with fiduciary duty requirements
After losing R60-million of municipal workers’ money in a VBS-linked investment scam, the asset manager also faces a legal wrangle in Eswatini
An asset manager, VBS Mutual Bank and a Namibian bank have put the retirement funds of 26 000 municipal workers in South Africa at risk
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
Rights group calls for South Africa to show stronger leadership
Customary law and cultural practices must be consistent with South Africa’s Constitution — and if they don’t these practices are unlawful
Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested
A stateless woman in Durban is waging a court battle to receive identification documents so she can apply for birth certificates for her children
Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s wrongdoings
Blurb: Read the July 5 to 11 edition of the Mail & Guardian
The Gupta-linked company that had an ‘interest’ in South African SOE’s also tried to get a slice of the pie in eSwatini’s government projects
The story, carried by the Zambian Observer said that Swazi men would have to marry several wives starting from June
The eSwatini maestro who plays the smilerphone is making a comeback after years spent in Amsterdam
The government of eSwatini has exiled and clamped down on political dissidents. But now, it faces a new threat: the unionised working class
The British colonial government dismantled amaHlubi kingship but now, the nation is gearing up for a legal battle to have their kingship restored
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah gets a chance to rediscover his scoring touch when he plays for Egypt against Swaziland
Affordable housing is one of Kenya’s development priorities. But how does it aim to achieve this when it continues to render thousands homeless?
Does King Mswati III have the authority to change the name of his country without consultation?
When King Mswati III celebrated his 50th birthday last month, he was apparently wearing a diamond encrusted watch worth an incredible $1.6-million
The Bushfire festival is one place where Swatis can let their hair down and be themselves, and it is slowly sowing the seeds of change
Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi explores the strides the Bushfire Festival has made now that it’s in its twelfth edition