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• A bitter-sweet tale of love, fate and chaos

  Love in the Eleventh Hour

• The roots of responsible leadership

  Coming In From The Cold

• New NDPP Mothibi faces tough job of fixing the NPA

  Asked a direct question by the CNN award-winning journalist, Christiane Amanpour, on whether he has “any information that might implicate President Zuma in any acts of corruption”, the late Pravin Gordhan responded matter-of-factly. “No, I don’t have any personal information, but as I said, there are all sorts of suggestions not just about the president”.

• Parliament cannot let witnesses dictate terms

  Parliament does not often find itself negotiating the terms on which it will hear evidence. That alone should trouble anyone who still believes oversight carries weight.

• Bozell’s welcome betrays South Africa’s principles

  Pretoria’s acceptance of Brent Bozell as US ambassador, despite his explicit intent to undermine South Africa’s foreign policy, represents a profound diplomatic and moral capitulation that validates American power over South African sovereignty.

• Burundi sentences journalist to prison

  A Burundian journalist held since April 2024 was sentenced to four years in prison, one of her lawyers told AFP this week.

• SAHRC warns Gauteng school delays breach Constitutional rights

  The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has sounded the alarm over persistent delays in school placements in Gauteng, warning that the failure to admit learners on time poses a direct threat to the constitutional right to basic education.

• DA captured by anc, other criminal interests – George

  The resignation of the DA Federal Finance Chairperson, Dr Dion George, could be related to the party’s Federal Legal Commission (FLC) report, which cleared its leader, John Steenhuisen, of allegations of misappropriating funds through the party-issued credit card.

• COVID-19 SRD grant not ending, DSD warns against fake news

  The Department of Social Development (DSD) has moved to calm fears among grant beneficiaries after false claims circulated on social media suggesting that the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is about to be terminated.

• Stolen motorcycles intercepted en route to Mozambique

  Police in Mpumalanga have arrested two suspects for possession of suspected stolen motorcycle parts following an operation along the N4 near Waterval Boven.

Featured documents

• A new era of inclusive development

  As the Global South embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is essential to review whether and how its countries have benefitted from previous technological revolutions....

• Zuma v Ramaphosa judgment reserved

  Judgment was reserved by the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, in the application for an urgent interdict by President Cyril Ramaphosa regarding his private prosecution by former president Jacob Zuma....

• Lesotho to select 7 new judges on merit

  LESOTHO’S Judicial Service Commission has started a process to recruit seven judges of the high court through a merit-based process....

• Property mogul ‘helped Cyril to move $20m’

  A CAPE TOWN-based property developer has emerged as an alleged central figure in helping President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special adviser, Bejani Chauke, store more than $20 million in cash three weeks after the Phala Phala farm scandal was exposed....

• Collusion by banks of worst kind

  General Shazli, a famous Egyptian, once said: “Accidents don’t just happen, they are caused”. If one has read the newspapers over the last few weeks, one can clearly detect a concerted and sustained effort to vilify and character-assassinate the Sekunjalo Group of Companies and Dr Iqbal Survé...

• The opportunities of carbon dioxide – and their cost to life per se

  A 300 000-YEAR-OLD story is told that throughout the many episodes of the ice age and its warm interludes, humans eked it out on a fossil fuel chance discovery, and somehow clawed their way out of the cave straight into the Stone Age. From that time hitherto, the criticality of greenhouse gases...

• Deeper quality investment co-operation for China- Africa community with shared future in new era

  In a few days, another Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac) will be held in Senegal. Under the theme of “Deepening China-Africa Partnership and Promoting Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era”, the...

• economic prospects Opening the gateway to the law

  Fundamental to the Struggle for liberation in South Africa was the ending of white power and the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist, prosperous and democratic South Africa. To achieve this, an allegedly “home-grown” but eclectic genre of liberal democratic constitutionalism was embraced as the...

• Mayor slated for behaviour while Joburg suffers blows

  THE MAYOR of Joburg, Mpho Phalatse, has been accused of being on “honeymoon” while floods, storms, and other pressing matters are affecting the city....

• Going off the grid: stages 1 to 6 explained

  More South Africans are considering going off the grid, with unreliable electricity and water supplies. However, the costs are usually the deterring factor....