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latest news & developmentsSoil and trials: South Africans embroiled in US farm worker visa debate
The Mississippi court case is unique; usually the grievances are against Mexicans accused of taking work from Americans
Most South Africans in Afghanistan have been evacuated
‘The Taliban also registered the serial numbers of their weapons and just asked them not to move around in the streets while armed but stay within the compound until everything…
Editorial: Unrest death count the highest in more than 180 years
We need a commission of inquiry to find the central characters in the tragic event that played out in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
Editorial: Last week’s unrest: Who is left to clean up the mess?
Once again, people of all races, religions and ages have come together to sort out the devastation that can largely be laid at the doorstep of our government
Gatvol citizens don’t trust the state
Prolonged hardship drives anger, which will worsen as cuts to the shrinking public purse are made.
Story of South Africa’s first black Olympians keeps us guessing
A single image shows Len Taunyane and Jan Mashiani took part in the 1904 marathon but it cannot tell their story.
The local elections will go ahead, but the IEC’s failings have not escaped the Concourt
The Constitutional Court judgment has revealed a keen appreciation of the limits of state institutions.
Jo’burg marchers protest against power tariff hike
About 400 marchers under the banner of the Anti-Privatisation Forum handed over a memorandum to City Power and Eskom in Johannesburg on Wednesday in protest against a proposed…
Grim memories of Rwanda genocide come alive
Marguerite Sabamahoro, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, remembers the moment she was woken at her home in Kigali on April 7 1994 by the sound of gunfire and bombing as if it…
Property tops investors’ wish list
Residential property is the asset most South Africans would buy if they had R1-million to invest, according to a recent poll by online property portal <i>Propertygenie.co.za</i>…