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Cooking sensation: Mogau Seshoene has received numerous awards for her ‘Lazy Makoti’ brand and believes in making her recipes easy to follow, to create ‘a positive experience for people’. Photo: Nardus Engelbrecht

The Lazy Makoti creator bags her third Gourmand World Cookbook Award

Chef Mogau Seshoene reflects on her culinary journey as she receives her third Gourmand World Cookbook Award for her cookbook, Hosting With The Lazy Makoti.

Nyaope addicts – Madelene Cronje

Time for a humane and radical rethink on drug policy in South Africa

Punitive and draconic drug control systematically leads to human rights violations and abuse

Use it or lose it: Tim Caudill says among other reasons to use technology in change management is that it makes people happy

Why scenario planning is crucial for organisations right now

Because the analytical tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated, decisive action based on careful analysis is the best way to adapt to an inflationary environment

Give the youth the budget they deserve so they can prosper and grow

Funding, collaboration and innovation can improve the skills and prospects of young South Africans

Despite a high court ruling removing unlawfully-elected ANC mayor Dada Morero, the ANC still managed to score itself five new Johannesburg council chairperson positions on Thursday as it cemented its new-found strength in the city. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

The ANC must urgently revive itself for the sake of South Africa and Africa

The ANC relies on past glory and radical rhetoric and is unable to provide strategic political and economic direction.

South Africa’s two strongest rugby franchises want to progress and they have the means and manpower to do so. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

The Sharks and Bulls chase global ambitions

South Africa’s two strongest rugby franchises want to progress and they have the means and manpower to do so

Pope Francis.

Pope wants to meet Putin, compares Ukraine war to Rwanda

Pope Francis said in an interview published Tuesday that he requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine

South African actors John Kani (left, as ‘Creon’) and Winston Ntshona (1941-2018, as ‘Antigone’) perform at the final dress rehearsal of the Market Theatre of Johannesburg/Royal National Theatre revival of Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York, New York, March 31, 2003. Kani and Ntshona co-authored the play with Athol Fugard in 1973. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

Theatre can return to grassroots

The theatre industry is reeling from historical and current challenges. A return to the protest theatre form can bring back working-class audiences

The Biden administration failed to fix the latency that exists in the executive leadership and public strategic planning of the US Mission to South Africa. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Explainer: How severe are the new sanctions on Russia?

As Russia unleashes its war in Ukraine, the US and the EU have prepared new sanctions aimed at punishing Putin’s regime.

The SIU’s report recommends that officials at the master’s offices are referred to the courts for criminal prosecution.

SIU targets 15 in master of high court

As the Special Investigating Unit starts pushing for criminal and disciplinary cases, officials in the master’s offices start revealing crucial evidence

Moneymongers: Deputy master Bina Masuku and her boyfriend Elvis Kgosiemang, who posed as a lawyer, appear in the Mbombela magistrate’s court in September. Photo: Stefan de Villiers

SIU probes how master of the high court fleeces the poor

While the SIU delves into dozens of allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct against officials at the master of the high court, many families have been left destitute…

Life and death at the Beitbridge border post

The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the…

Insurrectionist mob storms US Capitol as Trump is accused of ‘coup’

Egged on in an extraordinary rally across town by an aggrieved Trump, a flag-waving mob broke down barricades outside the Capitol and swarmed inside, rampaging through offices…

Frenzy over fake: Perhaps Ace Magashule spun the wheel out of curiosity to see where his fortune lies. Photo: John Greim/LightRocket/Getty Images

Did Yster play ace in the hole?

Is the ANC secretary general a gambling man — or just stirring the pot over the ‘news’ of his arrest warrant

Could it be that these campaigners don’t care about women’s well-being and only want to control their bodies by reducing their reproductive health options so they give birth at whatever cost to their health?

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

Immovable objects: Neither Ethiopia nor Egypt have given much away during negotiations. (Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images)

An Ethiopian perspective: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Striving to redress the injustice of the past on the Nile river

Supporters of Ivory Coast’s president hold placards picturing Ouattara and reading “ADO” (for Alassane Dramane Ouattara) on October 9, 2015 in Yamoussoukro. (Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images)

Alassane Ouattara: In the eye of Côte d’Ivoire’s perpetual succession crisis

His road to the presidency was anchored in contention and acrimony, and if his bid is successful, Alassane Ouattara will have ruled for two decades when all is said and done.

The Satanic Church of South Africa co-founders Riaan Swiegelaar and Adri Norton at their office from where they deliver services and answer questions via live online broadcasts. Cape Town. (David Harrison/M&G)

Satanists say ‘hell no’ to gatherings during level three

Because of Covid-19, the newly formed South Africa Satanic Church will not emerge from the shadows under new lockdown rules

Protests by local suppliers have delayed PPE delivery, which according to the DBE, is one of the reasons the reopening of schools has been pushed back until June 8

‘Tenderpreneurs’ block the delivery of protective equipment to schools

Protests by local suppliers have delayed PPE delivery, which according to the DBE, is one of the reasons the reopening of schools has been pushed back until June 8

The supreme court of appeal is yet to rule on the appeal to the high court finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful and he should return to prison. (Michele Spatari/POOL/AFP)

Zuma turns on judiciary as trial nears

Former president says pre-trial correspondence is part of another plot