Experts caution against going ahead with local government elections in October
The government has been warned not to go ahead with local government elections scheduled for late October, as the country is expected to be in
More aggressive transformation needed – Nxesi
Thulas Nxesi, the minister of labour, has lamented the number of white males employed in the upper reaches of many companies. He was speaking at
Zuma sentenced to prison
Former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court. The Constitutional Court yesterday found the former President guilty,
Top UN bureaucrat calls for reparations for racism
Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile and current High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations (UN), has called for reparations for slavery
SOEs ‘mostly associated’ with corruption, inefficiency – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that, for ‘some years now’, the country’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) ‘have mostly been associated in the public eye with state
North Koreans worried about Kim Jong-un
State media in North Korea reports that the country’s people have been traumatised by the appearance of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Video footage of
Cronin casts doubt on Section 25 amendment
Veteran member of the South African Communist Party, Jeremy Cronin, told a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) that he was not confident that
Mabuza takes leave to visit Russia – for (another) medical check-up
Deputy President David Mabuza has taken ‘a few days leave’ to visit the Russian Federation for a ‘routine (medical) check-up’, raising questions about the government’s
Jail term for secretary who stole R11 million
Eastern Cape secretary Margaretha Voogt, 47, was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison for defrauding the Road Accident Fund (RAF) of more than
Catholic churches razed in Canada
Canadian police are regarding as ‘suspicious’ the razing of two more Catholic churches – two others were destroyed by fire a week ago – in