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Q&A Sessions: Frank Chikane on the rainbow where colours never meet

Politics Carien Du Plessis - 30 Nov 2020

Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised

Zuma maintains his true colours at Zondo commission

National Niren Tolsi - 30 Nov 2020

The former president’s escapades at the commission of inquiry into state capture are a far cry from Nelson Mandela’s response when summonsed to testify in the high court

Gordhan tells Zondo how Moyane wanted to advance the objectives of state capture

National Emma Balfour - 30 Nov 2020

The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations

General Council of the Bar slams Zuma Foundation

Politics Emma Balfour - 26 Nov 2020

Another summons has been served on Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla residence, requiring the former president to appear before the Zondo Commission next year

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

National Sarah Smit - 23 Nov 2020

The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons

Masterclasses in duck-and-dive

Opinion Paddy Harper - 21 Nov 2020

You didn’t need to be a genius or a prophet to predict that Bushiri would run or that Zuma would stall

Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application

Politics Sarah Smit - 19 Nov 2020

The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head

Eusebius McKaiser: Zuma’s recusal case is utterly unconvincing

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 18 Nov 2020

The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent

Zondo: Zuma was MEC, not president so he couldn’t boost my judicial career

Politics Khaya Koko - 16 Nov 2020

The application for the state capture commission chair to recuse himself lays bare the history of the two men

Unlawful payments and a solid state witness could sink Ace Magashule

Politics Khaya Koko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 13 Nov 2020

Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved

Zuma: Don’t bully me

Politics Thando Maeko - 12 Nov 2020

The former president has, through his lawyers, told the Zondo commission to not ‘bully’ him into appearing before the inquiry

A cycle of diminishing expectations

Opinion Benjamin Fogel - 9 Nov 2020

South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up

Nought as constant as change

Opinion Paddy Harper - 7 Nov 2020

Dudu Myeni is out of favour, an interim leader becomes The Permanent One, and Meyiwa’s killers ‘found’

The Zondo commission of evasion

Politics Sarah Smit - 5 Nov 2020

Obfuscation, non sequiturs, outright lies, senseless babble, curry breaks — and we’re paying for it all

‘Myeni obstructed the work of the Zondo commission’ — Hofmeyer

National Sarah Smit - 5 Nov 2020

Advocate Kate Hofmeyr submitted that deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo should direct the secretary of the commission to lay a charge against Dudi Myeni for revealing the identity of secret witness ‘Mr X’

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Zuma maintains his true colours at Zondo commission

Niren Tolsi - 30 Nov 2020

The former president’s escapades at the commission of inquiry into state capture are a far cry from Nelson Mandela’s response when summonsed to testify in the high court

National

Gordhan tells Zondo how Moyane wanted to advance the objectives of state capture

emma balfour - 30 Nov 2020

The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations

National

Shadow of eviction looms over farm dwellers

tshepiso mabula ka ndongeni - 29 Nov 2020

In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction

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Touching lives through innovation

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

Africa has a high youth population that adapts to technology quickly, and this phenomenon is something which should be taken advantage of

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Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

In The Whistleblowers, Mandy Wiener talks to a wide range of the people who have revealed corruption and malfeasance in government and business

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The CWGS aims to resuscitate the histories of African women from all walks of life in an intellectual cleansing/ukuhlambulula of her story

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Greening the Future

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The awards are a way of encouraging progress and celebrating those who wake up every day and work to make this country a better more sustainable place

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Failing to learn the lessons? The impact of Covid-19 on a Broken and Unequal Education System

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

If the president was serious about fixing basic education, he would appoint his most competent minister with a powerful mandate to start fixing it

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National Science and Technology Forum

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

It's an independent SETI platform, an essential element of an active democracy and an important part of the collaboration process needed in SETI

Special Reports

Milestones over the NSTF’s 25-year history

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

The organisation celebrates its Silver Jubilee as an established player in the NSI and as promoter and influencer of SET and innovation in South Africa

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Huawei Cloud’s Year-End Sales Carnival

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

Massive discounts on hot cloud services are on offer along with special coupons and other privileges, but hurry, supplies are limited!