The boss isn’t going to end the lockdown in six days time — not if he’s called out the army and got a welfare grant from the World Bank
Supporting the lockdown rules and holding the government to account is a delicate balancing act
Parliament told 70 000 member SANDF deployment there to support the health department, while questions over army conduct still hang in the air
The enforcement of the lockdown has seen authorities inflict brutal actions on citizens
Gauteng Premier David Makhura tweeted this week that 41 suspects linked to the burning and burglary of schools in the province have been arrested
The state has not done everything right, but much depends on how cases are put together
The family of Collin Khosa — allegedly killed at the hands of SANDF and JMPD members — want the president to explain how he will ensure this never happens again
This week the South African Military Health Service issued a call to registered medical personnel to join the Reserve Force as volunteers until June 23 as part of the operation against Covid-19
Regulation uncertainty leaves slap-happy police and soldiers to decide when people should or shouldn’t be allowed on the streets
Striking a balance between individual liberties and the welfare of broader society
Women in Africa should not be viewed as having ‘special negotiating skills’. Instead, we should motivate for more women in leadership positions because of their equality as citizens
The 122 South Africans repatriated from the disease epicentre in Wuhan, China are expected back in the country on Friday
A long-delayed flight to repatriate South African citizens from Wuhan will depart tonight and return on Friday the 13th, before a 21-day quarantine
Calls for ‘patriotic media’ in reporting on outbreak
Insiders says that no one is willing to make the daunting journey to rescue fellow citizens
They have not been diagnosed with the coronavirus and the health department says there’s no need for citizens to panic
A small Free State dorp and 14 days of isolation — this is the plan for citizens returning from China, to prevent a potential outbreak of the disease
SANDF officials considered launching a probe into the ‘doctored’ certificate
A senior soldier who is part of South Africa’s peacekeeping missions is accused by her colleagues of swindling them out of of hundreds of thousands of rands in a nonexistent business deal
Internal documents show that soldiers, meant to protect South Africa and keep the peace outside our borders, are sexually assaulting people
As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
The president has directed the police minister to deploy another 1 000 troops in the Western Cape in the second wave of ‘Operation Lockdown’
Is the township safer five years after a commission of inquiry into policing issued recommendations on how to make it better?
The auditor general wants expenditure on the maintenance of aged military vehicles to be declared irregular spending
The Cape Flats needs positive peace, not just the enforced absence of violence — a lesson South Africa should’ve learnt from the past
Their plan to redraft procurement law to put it
in the defence force’s control has been scrapped
The charges against Major Fatima Isaacs are another example of how liberal democracies try to prescribe Muslim women’s dress code
Eskom says that South Africans will face load shedding all day on Monday because of a capacity shortage
A detour through John Matshikiza’s old M&G columns sparks memories of defiance
Some have criticised the South African National Defence Force showcase
Beautiful voices, good laughs and sadness in this film, about religion, war and conscripts during apartheid
Thousands of black South Africans haven’t led the lives they wanted because of apartheid policies