

Support #NoMoreRaceLaws Bill, or bring back apartheid’s race registration law, IRR urges MPs
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 25, 2025
Parliament must either adopt the #NoMoreRaceLaws Bill – published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today – and so formally repeal all race-based statutory

SA Air Force is in tatters
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 25, 2025
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has all but collapsed, and has no fighting capacity left, according to News24. It has only six operable military

Carney calls snap election in Canada
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 25, 2025
Mark Carney, the new Canadian Prime Minister, has called a snap election for the end of April. Carney, who recently succeeded Justin Trudeau as leader

Ramaphosa’s cautionary stance on Trump “openly challenged”
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 24, 2025
News24 reports that ANC “elder” Snuki Zikalala has “openly challenged“ President Cyril Ramaphosa’s stance against exacerbating the tensions between South Africa and the United States.

Free trade in Canada could offset US tariffs – Carney
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 24, 2025
Freeing federal barriers to trade across provincial and territorial boundaries is being punted by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as a way of offsetting the

Pope Francis leaves hospital
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 24, 2025
Shortly after offering a blessing from his Gemelli hospital window in Rome yesterday, his first public appearance since 14 February, 88-year-old Pope Francis was discharged

Why R140m went to dead grant “beneficiaries” – Sassa
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 23, 2025
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has blamed delays in death registrations and system limitations for its payment of R140 million in social grants

Crime forces Italtile to shut, relocate stores
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 23, 2025
Italtile, which makes and sells tiles, bathroomware and other home products, is having to relocate or even close stores because of crime, BusinessTech reports. The

Shakespeare birthplace to be “decolonised”
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 23, 2025
Stratford-upon-Avon is to be “decolonised” due to “concerns” that the birthplace of Shakespeare could be used to promote “white supremacy”, according to an article in

Mixed day for ANC in by-elections
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 22, 2025
Three by-elections were held on Wednesday, all seats held by the ANC. The ANC successfully defended two, while being shocked by MK in the Western