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
As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
Internal documents show that soldiers, meant to protect South Africa and keep the peace outside our borders, are sexually assaulting people
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
The judge ordered that they return to their homes or that the military provide alternative accommodation
‘Zwelithini has reacted with bluster and threats, seemingly ignoring the report’s contents that speak the words of people’
"We can still avoid day zero if everyone remains within the limit of 50 litres per person per day"
On Sunday, Rapport, sister publication of News24, reported that the Presidency had started to compose regulations for a state of emergency.
Sporadic gun battles in gang hotspots around the Cape Flats area have increased and prompted authorities to call for an army intervention
Commemorative events and memorials, as well as consultants, cost millions
Maphatsoe accused Ramaphosa of being factional and of lying when he claimed to have attended the conference to forge unity within the MK.
United Nations money for SA peacekeepers is channelled to treasury instead of defence