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• EFF councillors face pressure to register 3 500 new voters

  COUNCILLOR candidates for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are under pressure to recruit new voters for the upcoming local government elections or risk losing their candidacy for the party.

• Western Cape High Court to hear Cape Union Mart’s protest bid

  The Western Cape High Court is set to hear an application this week by international retailer Cape Union Mart for an interdict to stop the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) from labelling it as supporting genocide.

• In ageing South Korea, AI dolls provide companionship for the elderly

  In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.

• ‘DJ Black Coffee bailed us out’: Husband claims poverty in maintenance battle

  A celebrity couple locked in divorce proceedings battled it out in court over interim maintenance, with the wife accusing her husband of shortchanging her in interim maintenance while he claims he has fallen on hard times.

• Where is our R700m for Ramaphosa’s National Convention?

  Exactly a year ago, on 10 June 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced with great fanfare his fancy new R700 million “National Convention” — a national dialogue billed as involving all South Africans in a conversation to

• The difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking

  Peacekeeper or peacemaker — you get to choose.

• NCOP probe reveals police watchdog overwhelmed by 8,751 cases

  Questions submitted by the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), and subsequent demands for detailed answers from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), have uncovered an alarming police accountability crisis in KwaZulu-Natal.

• What sin did Black people commit in just being born black?

  Children, half-starved, half-naked, freezing in the cold and fully exposed to the elements, huddle together at, for example, the playground at Sparks Estate.

• Israel is not fighting for Israel alone

  There is a word in Arabic that does not easily translate: Mahdi – the Hidden One or the Guided One.

• Smiling assassin strikes again: Steyn’s fifth straight Comrades record

  Gerda Steyn revealed that adopting a “run it like it’s my last race” mentality helped drive her to a fifth successive Comrades Marathon title and a record-breaking payday yesterday.

Featured documents

• Farmgate implicates Cape Town property developer as ‘central figure’

  A CAPE TOWN-based property developer has been named 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....

• Working together for people’s well-being

  On July 6, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and President of China Xi Jinping, President of the ANC and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, General Secretary of the South...

• Building on 100 years of extraordinary experience

  THE Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing from November 8 to 11....

• Nuclear power the answer to South Africa’s energy woes

  The original South African Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010) identified and approved a massive generating capacity expansion for South Africa. The plan envisaged adding just over 38GW, to basically double the capacity installed in 2014....

• Nersa should not have the mandate to set nor structure electricity tariffs

  IN SOUTH Africa, the consumer price of electricity is not set by Eskom, but rather determined by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) whose intention is presumably “to protect the consumers” against high electricity prices....

• ACSA's strategic role in unlocking AfCFTA's aviation and cargo potential

  Airports Company South Africa's (ACSA) announcement of its R1.1 billion net profit for the financial year 2024/2025 represents more than a financial milestone, it embodies a transformative moment that illuminates the company's evolving role as a critical economic engine for South Africa and the...

• Farewell to a revolutionary surgeon

  On Christmas Day 2020, in the presence of a handful of close family and a friend or two, we bade a final farewell to one of the most iconic in the medical profession, Mr CN Pillay, a friend and relative by marriage, whom I have known for virtually a lifetime....

• SA’s confectionery industry: the past, present and the attractive prospects

  ACCORDING to Squicciarini and Swinnen, the editors of the book titled Economics of Chocolate, cocoa was produced by tribes and empires for hundreds of years as a source of drink for the elite and wealthy in central America, before the Spanish colonisers introduced it to the rest of the world from...

• Innovative cars, power savers, cosmetics, comfort technology

  The world’s technology companies and start-ups descended on Las Vegas from January 5 to 8 where CES 2023, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, was presented. Over the years CES has become known for the introduction of many breakthrough and innovative technologies. Numerous companies...

• ANC-created Eskom disaster impedes the country’s digital transformation

  THE ANC-CREATED Eskom disaster impedes digital transformation. The past week I had to accompany an elderly friend to the Department of Home Affairs in Caledon to collect an identity card. But what a catastrophic experience....