In today’s news, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced he is retiring from politics, the Hawks raided the home of the South African Football Association looking for evidence of fraud, and the ANC submitted its list of election candidates after…
Gender-based violence is not a women’s-only issue nor is it an only-male problem. It is a human issue, a societal issue, a national issue. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP The world is way off track to meet the gender targets that were…
The ANC has revealed that only four members of the party have been declared ineligible to stand as public representatives. This is despite the Zondo commission report into state capture flagging almost 100 ANC members and leaders, along with the…
The Free State department of education has confirmed that it had to shut schools in the Xhariep district after 100 pupils were infected with influenza B and human rhinovirus. The Free State department of education has confirmed that it had…
UNICEF reports over 230 million survivors of female genital mutilation worldwide, a 15% increase since 2016. The number of female genital mutilation survivors tops 230 million worldwide, UNICEF said in a new report Thursday, an increase of 15 percent since…
Some city residents have had no water for 150 days, yet have received bills of up to R60 000. (Rogan Ward) Durban residents are fed up with the water crisis in the city, which has seen some of them go…
Gunmen abducted over 200 pupils in northwest Nigeria, marking one of the largest mass abductions in three years. Gunmen have kidnapped more than 200 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a teacher and local residents said,…
Mediterranean Shipping Company chose Durban as the location for its first designed, built and owned cold storage facility, globally. Photos: Brenton Geach/Getty Images Global shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) opened its first cold storage facility in the world in…
Our Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world to bring you a visual snapshot of the day’s events. Protesters dressed as handmaids from The Handmaid’s Tale hold placards reading “Woman Life Freedom” prior…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Photo: Essa Alexander/Sunday Times Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has announced that he will retire after the 29 May 2024 general election to prepare the way for the new administration. The Department of Public…