The level of profligate spending required to reach R1 bn in a single year certainly calls for a detailed probe to determine who spent what, and who received what. ...
The numbers don't lie: far too many South Africans have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. The Department of Social Development says alcohol consumption contributes ...
Who can forget EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi calling out Maite Nkoana-Mashabane with his impassioned "She is sleeping in Parliament"?
Because gambling is so easily available online, it is consequently that easy to become addicted. But where access previously meant gambling addiction was an adult ...
The resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury should be just the start of making reparations for the horrific abuse perpetrated by John Smyth that ...
The cases of food poisoning after eating food bought from spaza shops around the country, including the deaths of six children in Soweto, is a matter of national ...
Given the effects of the July 2021 riots in terms of lives lost (about 350), businesses damaged and destroyed, jobs shed and damage to the economy estimated at R50 ...
The 30% pass mark is intended to ensure that the school conveyor belt continues pushing pupils forward and out of the system, making way for those coming from lower ...
The Independent on Saturday and other titles within the Independent Media stable remain committed to the principles of good, fair and responsible journalism despite ...
Several political parties, including some in the governing coalition, have promised to call for the NPA to review its decision, and to account for it before the ...
Julius Malema put on a brave face at the press conference announcing the departure of Floyd Shivambu to Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto Wesizwe, but both his tone and demeanour ...
While women are increasingly joining the police services in numbers, policing has historically been a masculine career, and masculine in a way which leaves no room ...
Any effort to attract pupils to the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects should be welcomed and encouraged, not spurned because of petty squabbling. ...
The recent UK Supreme Court ruling that the government of South Africa was the rightful owner of 2 364 bars of silver recovered from a ship torpedoed by a Japanese ...
The George building collapse tragedy leaves more questions than answers. Here in KwaZulu-Natal, however, hundreds of families are celebrating the accomplishments ...
Looking to the elections, it is our forlorn hope that the new government will learn from the Dr Rassie Erasmus and Springbok example, and govern in the interests ...
Unlike in the past, when it was difficult to produce pornography, modern technology ensures that the tools – any cellphone with a camera will do – are present in ...
A 32% unemployment rate, with high rates among the young, does not paint a pretty picture in any year but could be disastrous for the ANC in an election year.
South Africans have been quick to take advantage of online bargains on foreign-based websites. The unseen cost is huge losses in an already crippled labour market. ...
For more than 100 years the aged, frail, physically and mentally challenged, children and victims of domestic violence have found help at the doors of the Aryan ...
DKMS, previously the Sunflower Fund, is pairing up with soccer clubs around the country to ask players and their supporters to make small sacrifices in becoming ...
In a province with a history of political violence, it is imperative that voters are educated to verify information before spreading and reacting, and that parties ...
The huge investment in the Durban Metro Police Service must show results.
In the midst of a crippling strike by its own workers, the eThekwini Municipality sees fit to crow about organising a beauty pageant for fuller-figured women to ...
The current crisis affects students at 26 tertiary institutions, which should surely be reason to act with some alacrity.