13+ hour, 51+ 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…...

13+ hour, 51+ 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…...

13+ hour, 51+ 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, 12+ hour ago   (726+ words) A self-taught KwaZulu-Natal artist has relied on lipstick, coffee, chocolate and even curry to create signature portraits to help him and his family make a living. Ricollin Moodley, 25, who lived with his parents Ahmed and Evelyn in Port Edward on…...

1+ day, 18+ 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, 16+ 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…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (905+ words) Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube and the department’s director-general (DG), Mathanzima Mweli, are embroiled in a cold war as Mweli refuses to be subjected to a lifestyle audit by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). This is the latest episode in…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (659+ words) Pikitup chair Maxwell Nedzamba says the Johannesburg metro’s financing model is at the centre of the waste collection crisis in the city. Nedzamba told the Sunday Times that the policy governing the city’s coffers needed an overhaul. “There is a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (565+ words) The illicit economy has become too big to ignore, and South Africa can no longer afford to treat illicit trade as a peripheral problem for the police, customs officials or individual industries to deal with. A comprehensive study by Econometrix…...

1+ week, 33+ min ago   (310+ words) MultiChoice is overhauling DStv’s package line-up for the first time in 15 years, with standalone sports and movies packages. The new packages, which launch on September 17, expand access to channels including M-Net, kykNET and Mzansi Magic, while giving more customers access…...