14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (648+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe multimillion-rand tenders awarded by the North West government to controversial businessman Suliman Carrim, in a process that could see his assets forfeited to the state. The SIU’s probe…...

14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (455+ words) A 2023 question-and-answer session in the Gauteng legislature has revealed that a company owned by Mpho Edward Malema, who was recently arrested in connection with a “dodgy” R16m Emfuleni fleet tender, had been paid R34.7m. In response to DA questions, the municipality confirmed…...

14+ hour, 55+ 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, 18+ hour ago   (1057+ words) There comes a point where legitimate criticism of a national football federation becomes something entirely different: an attempt by a select group of former players, self-appointed “legends” and football personalities to dictate how the country’s football administration should be conducted....

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…...

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, 1+ hour ago   (626+ words) Some parties in parliament say the “GN—U bloc” within the impeachment committee is hellbent on “railroading” them at every turn as they prepare for the impeachment inquiry against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The comes after GNU partners — the ANC, 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…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (873+ words) 1972 — Cliff Drysdale and Briton Roger Taylor win the US Open men’s doubles crown at Forest Hills in New York, beating Australians Owen Davidson and John Newcombe 6-4 7-6 6-3 in the final. Taylor and Newcombe had won the title the previous year. Drysdale…...