Retrenchments are not completely off the table. Pick n Pay group has paused retrenchments affecting 22 000 workers across different levels within the company after a meeting with Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth and other relevant parties. But the…
Egocentric: Siphiwe Tshabalala celebrating after scoring against Mexico in 2010. Fifa might give the illusion of a public institution but it is a private association focused only on itself. Photo: Giorgio Perottino/Manfrotto Where were you when British commentator Jim Beglin,…
Police used the occasion to warn communities against taking immigration enforcement into their own hands. Fourteen undocumented foreign nationals were arrested in Witbank on Thursday after Department of Home Affairs officials conducted an on-site screening exercise during a mass community…
Prof Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School. By Prof Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School. South Africa’s higher education system continues to expand at a time when the economy into which it feeds remains…
The homogenous society has built itself into an almost self-sufficient, if not strictly speaking autonomous, community. Every generation, so the song goes, blames the one before. Fledglings leave the nest and fly off to establish their own new lives. Which…
Captain: President Cyril Ramaphosa will not save the ANC and may instead be presiding over a sinking ship, argues the writer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy In the maritime tradition, there is an old saying: “The captain goes down with the ship”,…
Donations continue climbing as South Africans back an officer many see as courageous. What started as a fundraiser to replace a stolen coffee machine has grown into a powerful show of appreciation for a police officer many South Africans regard…
Championing cooperation: Kenyan President William Ruto and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed plans to deploy envoys across Africa and beyond to engage governments on migration after raising the issue directly with Kenyan President…
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. People hold electronic candles during a vigil at Liberty Square in Taipei on June 4, 2026 to commemorate the anniversary of…
The Geely E5 EM-I Geely entered South Africa in 2007, but they were gone by 2009. I have a personal story about those old Geely’s that probably tells you why. My brother-in-law owned an old Geely CK 1.3 GT. On…