The supreme court of appeal has demanded action on Highveld air quality management plan
Counsel for the EFF told the high court that ActionSA was swindled in an unconstitutional manner to support a VAT hike.
Service providers have taken the Gauteng education department to court to halt the appointment of 49 new contractors, claiming that some companies have been deregistered, while others are not tax-compliant or are even non-existent.
BirdLife South Africa celebrates the ruling to save imperilled site
Fifty percent of the country’s teachers may leave the profession in 10 years, threatening education quality and rural staffing
Francis refused the version of Catholicism that ingratiates itself with the powerful while abandoning the poor
We runners, like good churchgoers, are a community, we follow rituals, we try to convert everyone and, best of all, we finally enter the zone
Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’
Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance
The asceticism of the elite presents inequality as virtue, while the poor endure real deprivation
Nichiren Buddhism can awaken our highest nature, foster compassion and change suffering into strength
Online culture makes it increasingly difficult to believe in coincidence or divine intervention because of the feedback loop of curated social media algorithms
Religious organisations, political leaders and citizens all have a role to play in defending the principle of secularism
Eva Haahjem-Gill reflects on the evolving role of religion in Johannesburg’s public schools
Amending his proposal at this stage would force more borrowing, the minister warned in papers filed in response to the DA
The party has proposed a R512.8bn revenue strategy and refuses to agree to a VAT increase
The spokesman said new special envoy to Washington Mcebisi Jonas’s censure of the US president was not an impediment to mending fences
Scientists warn of a health disaster as high numbers of schoolchildren and university students turn to vaping, despite the dangers
Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court
The Economic Freedom Fighters say the ANC only holds discussions with them during times of political crisis
As well as the indirect effects of the onslaught against its biggest trading partner, the overall slowdown in the global economy will also be felt locally
About 850 000 people are employed as domestic workers in South Africa, contributing to 5.2% of the country’s total employment
The former deputy finance minister has to salvage ties with Washington amid a diplomatic deep freeze and global trade war
The country was slapped with a 30% ‘reciprocal’ tariff – now on pause for 90 days – on exports to the US with some exemptions, but these don’t include agricultural products
The parties remain divided over an increase in VAT, which the DA says South Africans cannot afford
Scientists say defunct satellites and spent rocket stages returning to Earth, from the thousands launched every year, can be catastrophic
The stand-off between the two parties dates back to 19 February when DA leader John Steenhuisen made clear the party would not support a national budget that proposed a two percentage point increase in VAT
Donald’s trumped-up ‘liberation’ chart of tariffs has reset the world order – and my need to make my side hustle more lucrative
The department of international relations and cooperation rejected the claim, saying the government was bound by the Constitution to defend the rights of South Africans of all races
The Trump factor, plus the ANC and the DA playing to the brink, has cost the country R1 trillion
A draft bill that seeks to restrict the use of firearms has raised industry concern that it could cause violent crime to rise and lead to job losses
South Africa’s gun-free lobby has welcomed draft regulations that seek to disarm the private security industry, saying it is a massive sector — four times larger than the police service — which is operating “largely without oversight or control”. But security businesses and legal experts warned this week the “over- the-top” move would lead to […]