The party has removed members facing charges in terms of the step-aside resolution, including Newcastle’s mayor and eThekwini former mayor
Fielding councillors charged with corruption, along with Zandile Gumede, would bring the party into disrepute.
What’s been happening on the continent this week?
Lungu’s defeat in the Zambian elections will be a constant reminder to the new government that the Zambian people have the power to vote for change
The scientific process is like a hamburger. By examining the quality of each ingredient, you can see how good the end product is. You wouldn’t want mouldy bread or wilted lettuce ruining a perfectly good meal — and similarly you don’t want bad science ruining what could otherwise be a perfectly good vaccine. We look at whether Sputnik V could make it onto the menu.
Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and created sceptics about its underlying science.
Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s characterisation of the constitution and the law of contract as being ideologically at odds is inaccurate
The ANC in the North West is scrambling to oust its premier after a ‘bungled’ process
To be effective, the General Education Certificate must plug gaps, not create new ones
When 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from a remote area in Nigeria, the world called for their rescue. A new book, Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria’s Missing Schoolgirls, gives the details of how 164 were freed.
A visit to the cinema in a pandemic reveals that there aren’t any audiences to watch the ads
With a third of their habitat burnt, scientists feared the silver-headed antechinus had not survived
The new finance minister now has an opportunity to support SMEs with more than words
The allocation of special drawing rights is based on the size of a country’s economy, which means the richest countries on the African continent will get the lion’s share
The stunning scenery of Malawi’s only mountain is a drawcard for local and foreign visitors
Vaccine acceptance has risen to 72%, but inequality remains the biggest stumbling block for poor people’s access to the jab
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Hesitancy is this week’s theme: from white men who don’t want a jab, to Bushy Maape, who doesn’t seem all that keen on his new job
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
What energy mix will make up for the loss of South Africa’s coal power over the next decade or two? Will renewables alone fill the gap, or is nuclear power needed?
John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the US in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella Moris
Food inflation was unchanged at 6.7% in July, but remained elevated on continued upward pressure from prices for meat and the oils and fats category.
The use of the phrase ‘lighting up the shadows’ was a deliberate application of mind on Jeremy Vearey’s part targeted at the SAPS, police counsel argues.
Africa’s particular logistical challenges require inventive solutions for keeping vaccines cold while not relying on the electricity grid
You can start palliative care at any stage of a serious illness, even as soon as you receive a diagnosis or start treatment, says Dr Linda Holding
North West premier Job Mokgoro is now officially jobless after the ANC recalled him and replaced him with Bushy Maape, a member of the interim provincial committee (IPC) running the party in the province. The recall of Mokgoro, an ally of ousted former premier Supra Mahumapelo, has already sparked a backlash from the latter’s supporters, […]
As the economy takes a beating, digital tools may help your job search and career upskilling journey
Ivorian health workers had previously said that vaccinations of “targeted groups” had already begun on Sunday
Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims of a “brutal regime that is exiting”
In his first public appearance since the Islamist insurgents seized control of the country at the weekend, Biden admitted the Taliban advance had unfolded more quickly than expected
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU Commission’s chairperson
We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’