Reports of hair thieves in Venezuela had South Africa all a-Twitter on Women’s Day.
Zimbabwe’s elections and the plagued arms deal commission: this and more awaits you on this week’s M&G Newsroom radio show on 2Oceansvibe.
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/ 21 December 2012
What happens when government plans to build a nuclear plant in your hometown? We went to the Eastern Cape to find out.
With her thumbs and a phone and despite zero artistic background, Verashni Pillay got her first exhibition.
The business tent in Mangaung saw a daily influx of powerful business people under its white canvas.
President Jacob Zuma has come out strongly against his enemies aligned to Julius Malema, and has put the ANC Youth League’s future in question.
Jacob Zuma has announced that the ANC’s former deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead the party’s new political school.
South Africa’s ruling party is moving to appease investors and business in the country, if its draft economic policy document is anything to go by.
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/ 19 December 2012
The terrorist threat at the ANC’s Mangaung conference has been revealed as an alleged assassination attempt on Jacob Zuma and other top leaders.
Events took a turn at the ANC Mangaung conference as liberation movements such as Zanu-PF began comparing themselves to the ANC.
Four men connected to an alleged right wing threat "directed" at the ANC’s conference in Mangaung have arrived at the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court.
Trevor Manuel took the decision to quit active politics after speaking at the Mail & Guardian’s annual top 200 Young South Africans event.
Verashni Pillay gives you a guide to using the ruling party’s favoured phrases and how to use them.
The ANC cozied up to big business at a fundraiser in Mangaung, re-imagining its failures as successes and forgetting the lessons from Marikana.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
Verashni Pillay hopes Africans can move from a hormonal defence of certain emotive issues to a consistent approach to our democracy.
Important people make idiotic remarks all the time, but these are now so much easier to appreciate thanks to the viral power of social media.
It isn’t just struggle heroes who have earned the right to offer solutions for our continent, argues Verashni Pillay.
A video by Equal Education succinctly summarises the crisis facing schools in South Africa, and their plans to take Angie Motshekga to court.
The direction of funds towards Nkandla speaks to a deeper malaise in our leaders, who are bent on satisfying their own needs, writes Verashni Pillay.
Helen Zille’s thwarted march to Nkandla and SA’s slide into mediocrity is like something out of a book. But it’s all too real, writes Verashni Pillay.
President Jacob Zuma has avoided acting on claims against Zapiro ahead of Mangaung but the cartoonist says he will remain involved with the battle.
#Gigabaforpresident has come up again, but what does it mean for South Africans should our tweeting minister be promoted, asks Verashni Pillay.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s incredible reticence lets his supporters believe whatever they want – a lot like they did with Jacob Zuma, argues Verashni Pillay.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s book launch turned into a rowdy pro-change rally favouring the enigmatic leader, despite his attempts otherwise.
The department of basic education has branched out from not delivering textbooks to taking out adverts about its failures, writes Verashni Pillay.
Treasury has agreed to a R5-billion guarantee for embattled state owned airline SAA, following a dramatic walk-out by the board.
Malusi Gigaba’s department has set its eyes on the burgeoning markets in the rest of Africa in a bid to grow profits for the SA’s ailing parastatals.
The timing of legal action against Julius Malema is too convenient, even if he does deserve it, argues Verashni Pillay.
Tuned out of the endless coverage of Cosatu’s conference this week? No matter, here’s everything you need to know in five snarky points.
Defiant NUM delegates set alight a pile of documents outside the Cosatu conference venue and sang pro-Zuma songs. Watch the videos.
The comical lost and found announcements at Cosatu’s elective conference provided light relief during the four-day event, writes Verashni Pillay.