Nair was implicated by a number of witnesses at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Suspended Pretoria chief magistrate Desmond Nair is set to submit a request to the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) for intervention and an…
Despite the urgent need to scale early learning provisioning to ensure universal access for all children, South Africa’s restrictive regulatory environment and inadequate public funding constrict the availability of this service. As the elections draw near, conversations about our country’s…
The Public Procurement Bill centralises procurement to fight corruption, yet concerns persist about the quality of goods and services provided. Although the recently passed Public Procurement Bill is seen as a safeguard against corruption and wasteful expenditure, there is still…
Plug-A-Graduate is an innovative feature on The Groundbreaker show hosted by Obakeng Moeketsi and broadcasting from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve South campus. Photo: Gallo Images / Beeld / Deon Raath) As the 2024 autumn graduation season draws to…
Russia’s forces have made their biggest territorial gains in the war-battered east in the last 18 months as Ukraine waits for supplies. Russia said Wednesday that its forces had retaken Klishchiivka, one of a handful of villages on the eastern…
Chicken farmers are not the only ones to have borne the brunt of government failings, but their experience illustrates what can go wrong. File photo South Africa’s unemployment rate is dangerously high and keeps on rising, while the government desperately…
MPs cheered as Craig Mackinlay – who has called himself “the bionic MP” – took his seat in the House of Commons. A British lawmaker received a standing ovation in parliament on Wednesday, as he made his first appearance since…
The secretaries of Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga told the Mail & Guardian they are confident the party will retain their provinces on 29 May. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) The secretaries of the three provinces have cited weakness and nonexistence of opposition…
The 20 minute “deluge” hit villages in the east of the Somme department, not far from the border with Belgium, late Tuesday. A “river of mud” triggered by a sudden storm flooded dozens of houses in northern France, prompting evacuations,…
Innovative solutions are needed to meet the rise and spread of fake news in Africa On 26 July 2023, Niger’s Presidential Guard staged a coup that ousted and detained President Mohamed Bazoum and his family. But this was not just…