After securing a place in another global semi-final, Proteas player Laura Wolvaardt admits the hosts must find a way to overcome the mental pressure if they are to progress to the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape…
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is seen as a lifeline for many households. These social grants are used to help families put food on the table. However, we must admit that in other cases, these funds are received…
Civil servants returned to the National Treasury office in Pretoria for the second time to protest against a 3% wage increase imposed without union consensus. Members of the Marching National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), the SA Police…
Human rights groups in Congo-Brazzaville on Wednesday accused the central African country’s government of hundreds of abuses in the past year, ranging from torture to electoral fraud. In a report, the Center for Action for Development (CAD) group said it…
Eskom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) André de Ruyter is to leave the struggling state-owned entity with immediate effect. The announcement was made by Eskom on Wednesday night. De Ruyter is the eleventh CEO in 13 years to leave Eskom. Mutual…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that there would be no deal with the EU on Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade review, vowing to “keep fighting” for a satisfactory outcome. Facing strong criticism from pro-British unions in Northern Ireland…
Participants at a global UN conference in the French capital on Wednesday urged the international community to seek better protection against online disinformation and hate speech. Hundreds of officials, tech firm representatives, academics and members of civil society were invited…
Six Palestinians were killed and dozens were shot in an attack by the Israeli military on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said. Six people aged 23 to 72 were killed “as a…
Outgoing Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter, who has overseen South Africa’s longest period of load shedding in more than a decade since the electricity crisis, has left the troubled parastatal with immediate effect. He is expected to give notice…
The government is doing nothing for the beneficiaries by increasing social funds as South Africa continues to struggle with high unemployment rates and the rising cost of living. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced the increase in social funds…