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Malema says Afrikaner asylum seekers look like ‘car guards’, not farmers
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says none of the Afrikaners who left South Africa for the United States last week under refugee status are farmers, but instead appeared to be “car guards”. Malema made the remarks while addressing scores of EFF supporters outside the Union Buildings on Monday ahead of a march to […]
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Ramaphosa says decision to sign NHI Bill was politically sensitive
President Cyril Ramaphosa has argued in papers filed to the Pretoria high court that its ruling compelling him to submit his record of decision on assenting to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act was flawed on 10 counts. He is appealing the court’s order to hand over the record to the supreme court of appeal […]
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Why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and the veld
They were wrapped in plastic or foil or a piece of clothing, tucked inside a backpack or pulled from a burnt pile of rubbish. Those were some of the ways the remains of newborns and foetuses were found before being taken to the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto. Although discoveries like these rarely make […]
Generally, I am apprehensive of adaptations of foreign stories for local audiences — as if we don’t have pertinent stories of our own to tell. The crime thriller series Unseen on Netflix, however, is an exception due to its universal and contemporary themes. Adapted from the Turkish Netflix series Fatma, created by Özgür Önurme, Unseen […]
Recently, 49 South Africans quietly packed their bags, boarded a flight and were granted asylum in the United States. Not because they were stateless, undocumented or fleeing war but because they said they no longer felt safe here. The world noticed, social media stirred and, for a moment, the actions of a few seemed to […]
19 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Solidarity threatens Ntshavheni with defamation over ‘inflammatory rhetoric’
Trade union Solidarity has issued a letter of demand to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, accusing her of defamation, intimidation and unconstitutional conduct in a series of public statements that it says were “false, harmful and insulting” and intended to damage its public standing. The letter outlines a set of grievances against Ntshavheni arising […]
19 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Rise of canola production in SA an inspiration for other value chains
Many crops and their related value chains have shown dramatic progress in recent years. This should inspire further growth in this sector. I often write about South Africa’s soybean success story, involving an increase from 67 700 tonnes in the 1993-94 production season to an expected 2.3 million tonnes in 2024-25. This, in turn, has […]
Labour union federation Cosatu made famous the slogan “An injury to one is an injury to all.” The organisation was said to be more than just a federation of unions; their unions adopted the Freedom Charter and their demands were not limited to wages and conditions of service, but also what type of society they […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet US President Donald Trump this week. Having seen what happened with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, one thing is clear — fact-checking Trump is not useful. Trump, in any case, has access to any facts he needs; if he chooses to process them in a creative way, […]
19 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Three factors that could drive a turnaround in SA’s transport sector
Over the past 12 months, there have been some interesting developments in the country’s ailing transport sector. It could not come at a better time. Most of the sector is dominated by state-owned Transnet, which operates and controls the country’s transport infrastructure and is estimated to have cost the economy R1 billion a day in […]