6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (583+ words) After five seasons building its reputation in Paris, South African luxury fashion house MaXhosa Africa has been selected by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the governing body behind Paris Fashion Week (PFW), to present its…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (369+ words) Before his resignation as PIC chair, deputy finance minister David Masondo is believed to have proposed to President Cyril Ramaphosa the creation of a clandestine war room comprising trusted allies who would publicly defend him and seek to change the…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (693+ words) Sunday Times deputy editor Perhaps it’s a consequence of our exasperation with endemic corruption, especially in our public institutions, but we have become very prone to seeing our world in binary terms — as either black or white, inhabited by saintly…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (561+ words) Every winter the country seems to go through an annual ritual of mourning, grieving for the young lives needlessly lost in so-called initiation schools. Every year, without fail, families and mothers bury sons they’d hoped would grow into useful adults....

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (284+ words) The women’s national soccer team, Banyana Banyana, have pitched their tent in Morocco, where they are in pursuit of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) crown. It was in the North African country where Banyana became queens of the…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (515+ words) KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s claims about corruption and political meddling in the South African Police Service, made a year ago this month, have torn aside the veil of secrecy behind which figures in law enforcement have operated as a…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (498+ words) These claims are false and fail to reflect the broader reality of South Africa’s relationship with the continent. The freedom enjoyed by South Africans today was not won by South Africa and its liberation movement alone. During the struggle against…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (577+ words) This week’s most glamorous shindig wasn’t celebs sashaying down the red carpet but the unveiling of giant slabs of porcelain that weigh as much as a rugby fly-half. Mind you, these were no ordinary tiles but the latest designer offering…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (867+ words) Johannesburg’s City Power is plagued by a R44bn backlog, rampant vandalism and severe revenue losses and is now deferring critical infrastructure projects as its financial crisis deepens. To make things worse, the entity is not bringing in enough money to make…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (412+ words) As another flight carrying Afrikaners prepares to leave South Africa for the US next week, animal shelters have been flooded with calls by “refugees” wanting to surrender their pets. “I have received at least 20 calls in the past few days…...