A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible
I had to quit my job and move from my home in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape — a town best known for its Volkswagen manufacturing plant. I didn’t want to work in a factory my whole life. So I studied tourism and came to Cape Town to work in the hotel industry. But I […]
Three lawyers, two of them from corporates, have set up a firm offering legal and business advice
Can the stokvel, the home-grown savings institution tried and tested over the ages, go digital? At least two startup fintech companies reckon so, arguing that bringing zeros and ones to the traditional way of doing things offers a stockpile of advantages. An amount of R44-billion is collectively saved in 820 000 stokvels in the country annually, […]
The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change
Rights groups say government needs to intervene and expropriate land in cases where rich farmers don’t maintain labourer accommodation
Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality
South Africa’s best coach might think globally but he has a local mission to accomplish first
Local government has long been the site of gross mismanagement and corruption. Both of these deny people their hopes and dreams and can lead to them also losing their lives.
Two bits of law need to be approved before a court can decide if land owners will be compensated
“The photographs in the series act as a symbol of, or a witness to, the economic imbalance that exists in contemporary South Africa, where people increasingly inhabit contrasting economic realities.”
Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities
The obsessive drive by provincial departments of education to be ranked the best performing province in the matric exams is dangerous and risks compromising the value of education in the South African public school system. MECs for education downplay this as “healthy competition” but I’ve covered the release of matric results for long enough now […]
Just 7% of learners writing a two-year matric programme created to help them passed
and a mere 0.003% got distinctions
Ocean temperatures last year were the hottest in recorded history, driving destructive weather around the world and pushing a rise in sea levels. This is according to research — titled Record-setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019 — published this week by a team of scientists from China and the United States in the peer-reviewed Advances […]
Landmark judgment paves the way for South Africans
to use legal system to hold councils responsible
Changed market conditions and an appalling economy has hit low end cash-and-carry outlets
Lekwa Municipality has been without a fire engine for six months — even though half a million rand has been paid for the rental of two
The finance minister says despite the difficult fiscal environment, structural reforms are under way to put SA on a new growth path
The financial scheme assisting those in higher learning institutions says it is ready for the year ahead, but many don’t know that they qualify
The former chief executive must pay the company’s legal costs acquired in the six-month battle that harmed investor confidence
No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support
ANC president says only his party can improve lives, as Northern Cape residents lament their struggles in South Africa’s sparsest province
"My narratives are fragmented, characters and objects isolated and stripped down."
The netball team want to show last year’s success was not fluke when they take on world’s best
JSE chief executive Dr Leila Fourie details how the exchange is aiming to become more inclusive
The South African company is aiming to build
a food-delivery empire and already has investments in Brazil, India and Germany
The environment department has lost patience with Eskom’s defiance of air pollution regulations
President Ramaphosa is in a disastrous position for someone elected the way he was and with enemies circling
Performance in critical subjects is declining and the number of passes at 30% is a sign of the shortage
The electricity crisis has spurred the government on to use independent power producers to boost the grid
Sibabalwe Mkungwana did not attend school until age 10. Now she’s a top matric achiever