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Tokyo Sexwale’s name enters ANC succession debate ahead of 2027 elective conference
The ANC succession debate is beginning to take shape ahead of its 2027 elective conference, with former minister Tokyo Sexwale emerging as a possible contender after a lobby…
Bold. African. Unapologetic.
Koketso Mohlala challenges Western beauty standards and shines a global spotlight on authentic African craftsmanship
Twenty years of moving from good to great: The Tshwane University of Technology
TUT embraces AI and has made it central to all of its teaching, research and innovation
I still reap the rewards of my mother’s prayers
So many strong black women are marginalised and forgotten — and their roles seen as expected and natural
School dropout Rose Kashaka’s passion for education
Poverty forced her to drop out of school in Zimbabwe, but now she is helping children in her neighbourhood learn to read and write
R350 a month: Inside the lives of special grant recipients
The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
Townships hold fate of Gauteng in their hands
Nearly a million votes will decide who will rule the financial heartland of South Africa
Tshwane residents join nationwide protest action
Residents of the nation’s capital have joined other parts of the country in protest against corruption and a lack of service delivery.
EFF manifesto calls for scrapping of the tender system to eliminate corruption
The manifesto incorporates the party’s seven cardinal pillars — including land redistribution without compensation
TUT suspends academic activities, students at both Soshanguve campuses
The university says all academic activities had been suspended until further notice and several students have received suspension notices
Bloody sand marks student’s death
A protest over alleged rigged SRC elections at TUT ended tragically
TUT Soshanguve students march to the offices of police minister
According to one student leader, the march is meant to ‘garner public sympathy to force the minister of police to give this issue special attention’
Students hit out at college of disgrace
They are hungry, disillusioned and angry about the maladminstration and decay on campus.
Township funeral: Wie sien ons?
In March, Soshanguve made the news after a video showing women twerking and gyrating at a cemetery during a burial ceremony, went viral.
Soshanguve residents battle floods every December
Low-cost housing developer Gough Cooper Homes sold Soshanguve residents down the river when it built houses on the flood plain of the Soutpanspruit.