As national lockdown regulations ease, President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to vaccinate
The positive effect on the children has spilled over into the local community and improved social cohesion
The Zupta decade: Governments and global corporates, banks and consultants must stop enabling money laundering
An international panel of lawyers is asking the International Criminal Court to do just that
Online learning provides many opportunities for international students to overcome the usual hurdles of studying in South Africa
The spirit of philanthropy and community building is not only a virtue that serves a moral purpose, it is a function of collective human survival
Fans are desperate to return but authorities in the sector have shown little appetite to tackle difficult questions
Aaron White was six years old in New York City when the Towers fell. For the lucky ones, life just moved on
Ugandan opposition leader’s popularity frightened Museveni into even greater autocracy
A classic bandit extortion strategy is to set homes and grain stores on fire to intimidate individuals into paying up.
Witnessing 9/11 in New York, the fear and the unity, no one could agree if we were entering a new world, or a depressingly familiar one
They want to be compensated for shattered dreams, material losses, cattle impounded and never returned, goats killed, homes burnt to ashes, and their dignity stripped when they were forcibly removed
She combines a fighting spirit with a commitment to feminist and ubuntu ethics — qualities that will drive change at the institution
The correctional services commissioner (and former spy boss tied to state capture) overruled the medical board’s dismissal of the former president’s application for parole
South Africa is developing internet-based suicide prevention tools on university campuses
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The ANC’s inability to meet deadlines could have given us more municipal managers with bodybuilding certificates
How does South Africa return to a pre-pandemic world, or at least one closely resembling it? That’s the question for policymakers as our country’s recovery lags its peers
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors
Trump’s ban on the visa lottery was ruled to be illegal, but the government says it can’t help hundreds of Afghans who won it for at least another year.
The Botswana middle-distance runner suffered an injury in qualifiers and could not make a podium finish in the finals. Though gutted, he is hard at work again and hopes to do better in the next Games
Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping centres
Environmentalists are up in arms over the decision
Social media influencers are routinely paid by scammers to help them pump and dump new tokens on the back of pure speculation
There is a huge difference between holding a governing party to account and making it an excuse for failing to face deep-rooted problems. Fixating on the ANC has given the one-third an excuse not to face difficult realities
Organ and tissue donation has not received the priority that it should have from the South African government. A few concrete steps would make a dramatic difference.
Last month Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, saying Addis Ababa had spurned its efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Tigray conflict.
South Africa must make dramatic shifts in its Covid-19 prevention strategies to include new evidence that Sars-CoV-2 spreads mainly through the air
Kemi Adetiba’s Netflix miniseries is certainly stylish — but it’s missing the panache of the original
The platinum belt is roiling with tension once more after the assassination of Numsa organiser Malibongwe Mdazo
Whether national security should be located inside or outside the presidency must be considered based on functionality and constitutional values