Monitoring has focused on health risks, but palynologists are now using it to study climatic changes in various landscapes
‘I protected Pityana’s job’
Ramaphosa has an opportunity to do better than his predecessors by not further perpetuating the gender divide in our judiciary
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates
Better service delivery and morality are among the things needed to save the ANC from sinking further
It is not clear yet whether the Taliban government will clamp down on the illicit trade
Trees are most vulnerable to human-caused climate change because they can’t migrate fast enough to survive
Beauty pageants are political. Calling these women role models, talking about their natural hair, their ambition, their voice is all political. Representing a country on a global stage is also political
The last days of COP26 have been marred by backtracking and what human and environmental rights watchdogs are calling ‘weak texts’
SMEs are investing in their growth at a rate we’ve never seen before. That is resilience. It is also a sign of the pent-up growth just waiting to explode into our economy — if only the government would see it
Joe Phaahla expressed concern about the slow vaccine uptake among young adults and said it was vital to speed up vaccination as the festive season neared
The Economic Freedom Fighters are said to have made an attempt to convince Herman Mashaba to consider an ANC alliance in Gauteng
Godongwana warns that the outer limits of the budget are non-negotiable as a debt cliff loomed
The regime’s last president may have ushered in democracy but he refused to take responsibility for the deeds of his National Party government
Mixed reactions from South Africans as apartheid’s last president, FW de Klerk, dies after battling with cancer
The Covid-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented widening of the budget deficit and a spike in debt stock but a commodity price surge gave the treasury room to breathe.
The new finance minister said there would be no new bailout for Eskom or other parastatals, with the exception of Denel, which was thrown a lifeline after defaulting on debt to the tune of R2.9-billion
The death of apartheid’s last leader means some questions now remain forever unanswered
Enoch Godongwana’s first medium-term budget policy statement includes more funding local government, but with more terms and conditions for after service delivery failures cost the ANC dearly at the polls
Meet Ralf Schmitt, the mastermind behind the Ndlovu Youth Choir. The conductor, composer and producer talks to Ntombizodwa Makhoba about how the choir was born, his dreams and hopes for the choristers, his musical journey and how his family is his world
The finance minister says more grants would mean the money would have to be cut elsewhere as he sticks to fiscal consolidation
FW De Klerk died in his home having suffered from cancer
Inadequate electricity supply and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic remain a binding constraint on economic recovery in the near term, says the treasury
The beleaguered power utility has managed to recover 2000 megawatts in partial load losses from when it implemented stage four load-shedding earlier in the week
The ruling party is scheduled to start interviewing prospective metro mayors this weekend with some usual suspects on the list
The order overrules a decision by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to extradite the former Mozambican finance minister to his home country amid doubts that he would be tried there for a scandal that triggered a sovereign default
André de Ruyter assures the public that the power utility is currently on track to lift load-shedding on Saturday morning
The power utility’s external auditors said record-keeping was so inadequate that it would have to be resolved before management could devise a realistic plan to curb waste and fraud
An expert says the theft of drugs worth R200-million is ‘not random’; inquiry will be launched
Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry
A growth-oriented bid-term budget statement would go a long way towards creating a fertile environment for new investments
The Fix The Patent Laws Campaign wants Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel to publish amendments to the Patent Act to make all medication affordable