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EDITORIAL | As luxury car allegations roil, will Ramaphosa bend to Sisisi Tolashe's ANCWL clout?
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (780+ words) If social development minister Sisisi Tolashe were a South African driver she would surely be one of the 752 minibus taxi drivers pulled off the road in Gauteng in March for operating an unroadworthy vehicle and without a valid driving licence....
Pick a side: ANC leagues to call for strong action against SACP in special NEC
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (1003+ words) With the ANC set to decide the fate of its alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) this week, its leagues have raised their voices on the matter. ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji has called for the mother…...
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12+ hour, 6+ min ago (13+ words) WRENELLE STANDER | Seeding growth: how venture capital can cultivate SA's economy'Times LIVE...
Malatsi backs Hill-Lewis for DA leader and signals shake-up of party's cabinet posts
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (648+ words) Minister of communications & digital technologies Solly Malatsi, a candidate for deputy federal chairperson at this weekend's DA Congress, has endorsed Geordin Hill-Lewis for the party's top position. Malatsi said leadership changes at the congress will likely trigger broader organisational changes,…...
Across continents, schools are becoming the frontline in the fight against food poverty
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (915+ words) As schools reopen across South Africa, for millions of children the first day back is not only about books and uniforms, it is about survival. In classrooms where hunger often sits quietly beside learning, the promise of a daily meal…...
Our friend drowned while lifeguards were on phones
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (845+ words) Friends of a Gauteng teenager who drowned at a municipal swimming pool say they are the ones who pulled him out of the water and performed CPR on him as lifeguards were speaking on their phones at the time the…...
EDITORIAL| Jozi ANC's response to a problem of its own making is a poor start to its campaign
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (492+ words) It is one thing for a once-great organisation to lose its direction to careerists. It is quite another for it to fail repeatedly to respond to the mess it has made with any semblance of meaningful engagement. The African National…...
PALI LEHOHLA | The infrastructure illusion: why South Africa's "build' is breaking the bank
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (627+ words) Deindustrialisation because the markets so dictated was a dummy sold and bought by South Africa at the dawn of democracy. The World Bank's tears overflow for their 30-year misguided advice to countries. The milk has sadly been spilt. Now the…...
Sobering truth: South Africa among global leaders in boozing decline
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (689+ words) South Africa is emerging as one of the global leaders in the shift away from alcohol consumption, with new data showing that a higher share of consumers plan to cut back compared to international averages. As more South Africans adopt…...
From the streets of Rio to recovery: inside a city battling addiction as a health crisis " and what SA can learn
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (797+ words) I lost my home because of my son, who was a drug addict," said Leonor Miranda, her voice steady but marked by experience. For four months, she lived on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, a city famed for its…...