Thirty years since democracy, the country needs a radical shift to steer it out of stagnation
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The ANC suspended Msibi, the party’s provincial treasurer, two weeks before the premier’s action
The electricity minister said the turnaround should be celebrated, and had nothing to do with next month’s elections
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The court agreed that it had no jurisdiction in the matter; it belonged before the electoral court and no other forum
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Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.
Local clothing manufacturers have been dealt a number of blows in recent years, including the rise of international fast fashion retailers
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The changes at Volswagen’s Eastern Cape factory will offer training and upskilling opportunities for production employees
Watch the biopic ‘Back to Black’ and you will want to play the singer’s music afterwards
During an NEC meeting, the party said all its ministers and provincial MECs must aggressively communicate success stories and urged the government to link its programmes with the ANC
The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections
Once the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (tabled five years ago)
is passed, marijuana can be removed from the Drugs Act
The second generation of the model makes a bold and sporty statement on the road
Only ActionSA, Rise Mzansi and the Inkatha Freedom Party have shared their thoughts on the holy herb with voters
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The father of two owns five cannabis stores in eThekwini and will soon open a sixth in the upmarket Durban North area
Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, should be made minister of finance because he has not stolen anything
Sky’s the limit for industrial hemp farming in SA
The decriminalisation of adult use in private was a relief to users who allege arrests are low-hanging fruit for police
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The boom in dispensaries and bud shops has seen traditional growers and sellers driven out of business while the government drags its feet
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Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
Court says it was the fault of the respondent, the office of the public protector, that her urgent demand for R10 million was not ripe for hearing
Defence advocate refutes his testimony to back the accused’s claims they did not know each other prior to being arrested in 2020
Experts like civil engineers say it is not too late to save South Africa’s waterways from high levels of pollution
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Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan
The ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson said coalitions had become transactional deals to satisfy politics of the stomach
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Judge Nkosinathi Chili said Zuma would not be prejudiced if the matter is removed from the roll pending his bid to appeal the invalidation of the private prosecution
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Cellphone data analyst Gideon Gouws tells the court calls and deleted messages were downloaded from the phones confiscated from the accused
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The minister said R23.8 billion would be allocated to implement the plan, with training opportunities running over the next 12 to 36 months
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The marginal improvement in sentiment has been buoyed by sectors such as manufacturing
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An irate Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng asked state prosecutor George Baloyi to read into the court record what the law says about court delays and the consequences
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Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
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