After facing challenges in the music industry, Sandy Mrd plans a much more calculated comeback into the music industry
A new report highlights how freedom of expression is waning as reporters, activists and citizens speak out, at high risk to their personal safety
In our rush to lionise Nelson Mandela we are liable to forget that it was his humanity that made him a great president and statesman
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The revolutionary and the philosopher held values that have stood true for two millennia
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Ten years after South Africans mourned the loss of Nelson Mandela, his legacy still looms large – but is the huge political vacuum he left that affects our lives the most
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Nelson Mandela stood for something — a claim very few of our politicians could make today
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What if we never believed any of the fake reports by a fanatical spook community backing Jacob Zuma?
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It should be the day of ANC’s reckoning, but opposition parties such as the Democratic Alliance should polish up their messaging on Israel’s war in Gaza
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South Africa lacks a detailed, long-term national system of data collection on dust storms
The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s nonprofit price for its anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA, is four times what it can pay
The upcoming elections are a vital opportunity to return safety and equality to our communities
The football team begin their qualification campaign this weekend, and two former players believe that they have enough to make it to 2026
Mining has a key role to play in helping to ease youth unemployment
The first group of 155 Cape and African White-backed Vultures will find a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape
The bank is terminating its relationship with the financial intermediary which is now directing clients to a business that has a director in common with BHI Trust’s administrator
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An NGO is providing parents with reusable nappies made out of bamboo fibre to replace disposable ones
But the local muso clarifies that he has not been nominated yet but is being considered for the awards
Dozens of desperate investors are demanding answers about how their money could simply ‘disappear’ from the fund that claimed to have used registered financial service providers
People have now been forced to seriously consider whether the duty to protect one’s family can be left to the police
Developing countries, including South Africa, will argue for a financial mechanism to help them curb plastic pollution
The world can no longer remain coy in the face of war: the United States is a bully and we must stand up to it
The old trade winds are blowing again and we must take notice, writes editor-in-chief Ron Derby
The world is changing and alliances shifting which presents opportunities for the continent if the citizenry is engaged
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was with captain Siya Kolisi when he lifted the Webb Ellis Cup, said sport had the ability to lift the spirits of entire nations
Head coach Ian Forster was extremely proud of how his New Zealand side had taken it to the wire despite playing one man down for about 50 minutes.
The All Blacks were winning the battle for both territory and possession but the Springboks drew on their reservoirs of self-belief to win 12-11
Rugby, represented by the Springboks, is the country’s most symbolic, just as baseball is to Americans.
A new report by the Global Wind Energy Council’s Africa Wind Power initiative examines the status of wind energy in Africa
It says the international community has failed to recognise and stem the persecution of Rwandan refugees and critics of the Kagame regime
The Russian leader is the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a provision that South Africa as an ICC member would be expected to implement if he were to set foot in the country
With most of the NDP targets way off the mark, our fiscal path defers the NDP goals by another decade, if we are lucky, while an incapable state will spell its death
In a polarised world, Ramaphosa’s administration dodged some fatal bullets in the past five months that carried some hard long-term risks