The businessman alleges that money from a heritage fund meant for the poor has been stolen. But treasury and the Reserve Bank have called the fund a scam
An expected announcement on how many fans can attend each event is being pushed back as the city faces tightening restrictions
The council doesn’t pay its bills, residents are subjected to electricity and water outages and the Vaal River is treated like a sewer but councillors get their salaries every month
The court’s judgment not to allow a father to bring his children home is a travesty
Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption
Using power and hierarchy creates a culture of fear and discomfort – and no extraordinary customer service has ever been delivered from that type of environment
In the rare event that you experience a severe side-effect as a result of Covid-19 vaccines, this fund will pay you out
The damning Muse report, commissioned by the Rwandan government, labels France a ‘collaborator’ of the Hutu regime, but falls short of labelling the country as complicit
Covid-19 has devastated the economy, but it has also opened a window of opportunity for businesses
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby Itno, in power for three decades, died Tuesday of injuries while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country
Parliament should be asking the public what we think of Karpowerships before approaching the energy department about its deal
The Super Falcons are the undisputed queens of African football, winning 11 of the 13 women’s continental championships ever played. But they still have to beg the Nigerian federation for pay and respect
The speaker told the Zondo commission she doesn’t know why the legislature woke up to state capture so late, but believes this won’t happen again
Women in the personal services sector and young people have been hard hit by the pandemic in terms of employment, but they struggled even before Covid-19
The government’s recent commitments to the Open Government Partnership fall short of what is needed, but there is a chance to improve them
The 12 founding clubs of the breakaway competition have faced backlash from the football community
South Africa’s latest proposed reduction targets on greenhouse gas emissions, while an improvement on before, do not go far enough to avert a disastrous rise in global temperatures this century.
A new study has shown that similarities between human brains and those of mice can make them useful for studying mental illness, something previously believed impossible
It’s no good complaining about your child’s school if you don’t participate in the school governing body elections
A full 41 years after ‘freedom’, many Zimbabweans still strive for what they sought then – the enjoyment of their fundamental human rights and freedoms
The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die
A group of South African Uber drivers plan to go to court to seek employee rights including compensation for overtime and holiday pay, hoping for a similar victory to that of British drivers in March
The chief justice played into the hands of Julius Malema at a point at which the judiciary is weathering a political onslaught that too shall pass
A candidate for the Northern Cape bench lucidly explained in reply to the Gauteng Judge President that bribing a judge is a lottery you are bound to lose
This month the African Blogtable asks some of the top basketball minds from across the continent to name their MVP for the 2020-21 NBA season
A recent report by the alcohol industry contradicting established research and should be thoroughly questioned
In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?
Users of social media and journalists need to take care when posting or reporting about children and tragic events
The recent department of higher education and training report on universities’ research productivity is interesting but it is only part of the picture
Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]
Public enterprises minister denies that he tried to influence the appointment of a judge and friend to the SCA in 2016
Nuclear sector says it should be poised to take up more than 50% of the 24GW left vacant by coal