Domestic Abuse Claims Fly As State of Nation Debate Turns Into Shouting Match

News24Wire

The debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) descended into a shouting match in the National Assembly after an ANC MP accused EFF leader Julius… Read more »

'Money-Launderer-in-Chief' Fingered At Zondo Commission Lands Big Council Job [analysis]

Daily Maverick

The Mhlathuze Water Board engineer named by Mr X in a major money-laundering scam has landed a top job at the Ekurhuleni metro council. Read more »

Climate Change Threatens SA Socio-Economic Development - Environment Minister Creecy

News24Wire

Climate change poses a "significant risk" to South Africa's socio-economic development, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy said in the debate on President… Read more »

Precarious Life for Immigrant Job-Seekers

GroundUp

Suburban Johannesburg street corners attract many people seeking casual work Read more »

Mkhize Says MPs 'Went Too Far' On Domestic Violence At SONA

News24Wire

Gender-based violence was used as a weapon to "hurt, throw stones and shoot at each other", Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities Hlengiwe… Read more »

Gauteng DA Leader Calls On SA to Forgive De Klerk Because He's Shown 'Contrition'

News24Wire

Gauteng DA leader and federal leader candidate John Moodey says calls that former president FW de Klerk be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize are "a step too far". Read more »

How Wineland Workers Used Global Networks to Fight for Their Rights [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. Debates around these malpractices were given fresh impetus four years ago with… Read more »

Desmond Tutu's Long History of Fighting for Lesbian and Gay Rights [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is mostly known to the world for his highly prominent role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. This role was internationally recognised… Read more »

The Politics Behind Property Clause Amendment [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

It is hard to comment on a draft constitutional amendment that is apparently not in its final form. But the stakes surrounding the proposed change to section 25 of South Africa's… Read more »

'We Have Nowhere to Go' - Cape Town Refugees Fear the Worst After Court Grants Interdict

Daily Maverick

The court order against refugees living in Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, has sparked fears among the group, who have no clue where they will go. In seven days the City of Cape… Read more »

Development Bank's R3.5 Billion Bailout of SAA May Be Depleted By Early March - Gordhan

News24Wire

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has said that the R3.5bn in emergency funding that SAA received from the state-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa earlier in… Read more »

Milestones On the Cards for a Handful At 2020 Dusi

News24Wire

In among the huge field of paddlers setting off from Camps Drift at the start of the 69th edition of the Dusi Canoe Marathon will be three stalwarts aiming for their 40th Dusi… Read more »

African Free Trade Area to Level Playing Field

SAnews.gov.za

The African Continental Free Trade Area will level the playing field for African businesses, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. Read more »

Ambassador to South Africa meets ZANU-PF Cape District

Zanu-PF

On Friday the 14th of February, His Excellency, David Hamadziripi, Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa made time to meet with the ZANU PF Capetown District, to hear their… Read more »

In 7 Working Days, City of Cape Town Can Enforce Bylaws On Refugees Living Outside Church

News24Wire

In seven working days, the City of Cape Town can enforce its bylaws on the refugees and asylum seekers living outside the Central Methodist Mission church on Greenmarket Square in… Read more »