14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (691+ words) School principals are getting into personal debt to keep schools functioning while provincial education departments delay releasing funds for basic operating costs. At the South African Principals’ Association (Sapa) national conference in Limpopo, attended by more than 850 principals, school leaders…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (257+ words) Yet, for decades, the historical record of the slave trade and colonial underdevelopment has remained trapped in macro-narratives — broad aggregate figures of millions displaced, generalised accounts of mercantilist extraction, and colonial archives written by the victors. 1. Reconstructing the slave trade:…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (467+ words) Drowning in a slew of criminal charges, alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has also now caught the beady eye of the taxman. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is targeting his company, Medicare24 Tshwane District, over R14.2m in outstanding…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (439+ words) The department of health is blaming you for providing inaccurate population numbers. Do you accept that? If your numbers are accurate, then according to the department of health we’re facing an immunisation crisis. But the experts agree we’re not, don’t…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (879+ words) Conflicting accounts of when a call for help was made to hotel reception before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged during a formal inquest into her death at the Cape Town magistrate’s court this week, raising questions about the timeline of…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (819+ words) For millions of South Africans, the problem is not whether they want private health-care cover. It is whether they can afford it. As the Sunday Times recently reported, the cost of health insurance is growing an estimated 14%-16% a year, while…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (956+ words) The Gauteng high court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday that renovations to the home of former defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula began in 2004, a long time before she was appointed minister of defence. Mapisa-Nqakula appeared in court on…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (664+ words) The irony is difficult to miss: South Africa keeps telling people to blow the whistle, while the people who actually do it are left fighting for their jobs, their reputations and, in Hasane’s case, their safety. Mphuthi’s dismissal from the…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (545+ words) The ANC has now taken its 2024 municipal candidates list chaos to the Electoral Court, asking it to overturn the Independent Electoral Commission’s decision to refuse to process more than 181 nominations affecting six municipalities because they were not submitted within the…...