ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has hit back at US President Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio after they accused the SA government of persecuting white Afrikaners and announced that the US would boycott the upcoming G20 Summit
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) board has confirmed that its acting CEO, CFO, chief governance officer and head of the office of the CEO have been placed on precautionary suspension with immediate effect.
South Africans across social media have turned their profile pictures purple in support of a planned nationwide shutdown against gender-based violence and femicide led by the Women for Change organisation.
Nelson Mandela University (NMU) is once again in mourning after the death of a sixth student in just two months.
This one had all the ingredients of a blockbuster from the very beginning and what a blockbuster it was. As in all blockbusters, the best came last after a captivating build-up for the first hour.
An East London man who allegedly attempted to scam the Road Accident Fund out of R600,000 was arrested this week.
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In SA, this is particularly important: we live in a society marked by profound inequalities, legacies of exclusion, high burdens of disease, socioeconomic vulnerability and the imperative of development.
I concur with Peter Bruce’s recent column, “DA’s Fig Leaf” (Sunday Times, Oct 26) that the DA’s proposed Economic Inclusion for All Bill (intended to replace BEE) is more political theatre than a substantive strategy for transformation.
I have been thoroughly traumatised by Cape Flats funerals these past few months. Too many of my friends and schoolmates are dropping dead — “it’s your age group, dad” — offers my daughter in a reassuring voice. That’s not the problem; it’s how they go.
