Category: News

As South Africans brace for significant changes that the government of national unity (GNU) is expected to bring about, we must advocate for leadership appointed according to merit rather than political affiliation. Government’s goal for the next five years should be to revitalise the economy, develop regulations that support the private sector and drive job… Read more

There were a few gags about the Irish government decision to make South Africans obtain visas for visits to their country, with some claiming it was payback for the Boks beating Ireland in the first Test. Sadly, though, this is no laughing matter and Dublin’s move is more confirmation that we cannot be trusted as… Read more

The way that the ANC’s self-assessment and disciplinary procedures work, we would expect that former Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu – just found responsible for some of the deaths in the Life Esidimeni tragedy – would be given an ambassador’s post, or even a ministerial job. After all, many of the ruling party’s worst… Read more

There was a time in the history of South Africa when voices of the liberation movement, which included the ANC and the Pan Africanist Congress, were muzzled by the powerful National Party apartheid regime machinery – led by PW Botha and the army of his securocrats. This was in the ’80s, decades after the Sharpeville… Read more

I find the first 100 days of any government department cringeworthy. The hype, hustle and bustle that created expectations of service delivery, dissipating as if they never were. The promises to investigate contracts are not fulfilled. Every minister of justice uses gender-based violence as their public relations tool. Women want to believe this to be… Read more

The Israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that the urban area, previously home… Read more

Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests against what they call a discriminatory system, lawyers said. The quota system reserves more than half of well-paid and massively over-subscribed civil service posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs, for specific groups including children… Read more

Uganda on Wednesday dismissed claims in a report by UN experts that it was backing M23 rebels active in the restive east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The report commissioned by the UN Security Council and seen by AFP this week alleged “active support” for the M23 by Ugandan army and military intelligence… Read more

The Ukrainian military has launched a new initiative to entice fighting-age men living abroad to enlist, as Kyiv desperately tries to replenish its depleted forces on the front lines. The establishment of the so-called “Ukrainian Legion” comes after more than two years of hard fighting, which has seen heavy casualties drain the military of much-needed… Read more

The Gauteng Provincial Government has fully accepted the judgment handed down by the High Court in Pretoria on the Life Esidimeni tragedy inquest. The High Court ruled that some of the deaths at Life Esidimeni were due to negligence on the part of the province’s former Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. In delivering her findings, Judge… Read more