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The Portfolio: Puleng Mongale

Friday Puleng Mongale - 16 Jun 2020

The artist is drawn to collage because it allows her to be as complex and layered as she wants to be

Covid-19 hurts the middle class

Article Lester Kiewit - 29 Apr 2020

The rich have a security blanket. The poorest have extended government assistance. But for South Africa’s middle class, there is little in the way of financial support during the Covid-19 lockdown. Lester Kiewit spoke to one family who are choosing between food, electricity and bond repayments

It’s time for a new year’s revolution at work

Article Alessandra Pigni - 8 Jan 2020

We don’t need a better work-life balance, we need a new way of working that doesn’t destroy our souls

It’s not right for SA’s left to reject elections

Article Benjamin Fogel - 6 Jun 2019

Elections can be used to build a movement that advances a democratic socialist alternative

Despite legislation, workers’s rights are still abused

Article Tseliso Thipanyane 1 - 14 Mar 2019

The Constitution enshrines the right to dignity, but it should also include the right to work

Kwesta’s snapshot of home

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jan 2018

Overtly reflective and intensely rousing, the visuals for ‘Spirit’ serve as far more than just a music video

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Sassa stakes are high for the most vulnerable

Article Govan Whittles - 10 Mar 2017

If social grants are not paid, the elderly, children and terminally ill people will suffer the most

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Blade’s puzzle: How to identify ‘missing middle’ students

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Dec 2016

Bawa said the assumption was that there were about 400 000 students who fell in the “missing middle” category.

The Boss battled the old SA

Article Pat Devereaux - 28 Oct 2016

First it was a hit single and LP. Now it’s the title of Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography. ‘Born to Run’ shows The Boss’s life’s work hasn’t ended.

Unsecured lending ‘has had a bad rap’

Article Thalia Holmes - 7 Oct 2016

Capitec, in September last year, said it would reduce interest rates on longer-term unsecured loans from 28% to about 20% over the next five years.

Why post apartheid order is only starting two decades on

Analysis Jason Musyoka - 3 Oct 2016

The old is dying and the new is yet to emerge, but the end of the interregnum is in sight.

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‘Lockdown quarter’ sees jobs bloodbath

Sarah Smit - 29 Sep 2020

The decline in employment has been accompanied by a larger increase in economic inactivity, resulting in a 42% expanded unemployment rate

National

Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

National

No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

Press Releases

Special Reports

UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

Special Reports

SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

Special Reports

The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

Special Reports

TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

Special Reports

The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

Special Reports

Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

Special Reports

SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

Special Reports

Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs