Treasury has Myeni in its crosshairs
Two SAA executives have been fired but the hearing also fingered the former chairperson
ANC still tied up in faction-driven court challenges
Although the ANC has won some of its provincial court battles, it still faces several more as its top leadership continues to resolve the gridlock caused by factional conflict in its lower structures.
‘They’re out to get Magashule’
The secretary general’s supporters claim he is not consulted on matters that fall under his office
ANC’s no longer just listening, it’s doing – Mchunu
Less talk and more action — that is the strategy the ANC will adopt in the run-up to the 2019 elections. The party’s hands-on approach under President Ramaphosa will resonate with voters when it begins campaigning, according to the ANC chairperson of organising and campaigning, Senzo Mchunu.
Soviet ready to clean shop
The controversial politician hopes to regain public confidence in the ANC
Hlophe complaint faces fresh hurdle
Ten years after the initial complaint, a call for a judge’s recusal could stall the judicial conduct tribunal before it starts
Corruption claims rock mining Seta
It’s alleged that large sums of money were allocated to firms without following due process
Mind control for little monsters
We’ve just learned that brain-hijacking parasites can bend even uninfected bystanders to their will
Interdict adds extra fuel to Wentworth residents’ ire
On Monday, an interim interdict banning residents from holding unauthorised protests at the refinery was granted
Slice of Life: ‘I have to talk to Mama’
‘I do not know where I will have my party but I have already spoken to Mama about it’
DA wannabe premiers line up
With the party eyeing control of three provinces, there is no shortage of takers for the top positions
Race row hits upmarket school
Black teachers say they were segregated from their white counterparts and were undermined
Northern Cape Nama farmers fear expropriation of ancestral land
Where else would we go? ask Nama descendants who fret that communal land will be taken.
Some still follow traditional ways, writes Carl Collison
‘Our land is being taken and sold’
KwaDlovinga residents are fighting to secure title deeds for land they lost to the traditional authority in the area
‘Test land tenure in court’
An Ingonyama Trust challenge to the land reform process could see a landmark ruling
Squabbles, red tape hold up restitution in KwaZulu-Natal
A toxic mix of bureaucratic failure, tensions between local government and traditional leaders and infighting among residents has slowed down the process of land restitution in KwaZulu-Natal.
Section 25 hearings underscore the racial economic divide
Present were white landowners with their 4x4s and landless black people from shantytowns, who came in minibuses.
HEALTH:
Abortion: Whose right to choose comes first?
When religion trumps science in medicine, women’s bodies and constitutional rights may be caught in the crossfire
Will the NHI actually work?
The health minister will be met with court cases from the private healthcare sector while dealing with pressure from trade unions to speed up the process.
AFRICA:
Whose injera is it anyway?
A Dutch company holds the patent for Ethiopia’s most popular ancient food — but now Ethiopia wants its intellectual property back
The explosive power of reform
Reactions to attacks in Zim and Ethiopia will reveal new leaders’ commitment to reform
Djibouti’s squandered independence
My country is not independent. It’s an open-air prison; a corrupt mafia state
BUSINESS:
How Moyane led Sars to brink of ruin
Senior revenue service executives tell the Nugent inquiry how their ‘higher purpose’ was subverted
WhatsApp at work is useful – up to a point
Although some people do not mind how the platform is managed, or even the occasional joke or message from a colleague, others find it an unwelcome distraction, according to a social media poll by the Mail & Guardian.
Health Bills’ diagnostic value limited
For all the bluster, the proposed legislation has left industry experts in the dark about key issues
Fees can reduce retirement savings
Small differences in fund management fees can be an investment killer in the long term
South Africa walks mining tightrope
Despite some concessions, the draft charter still has provisions that investors find unpalatable
SA must up its skills in wooing skilled migrants ― report
South Africa’s job opportunities, established education system and modern technology attract skilled immigrants to the country, the report noted
COMMENT & ANALYSIS:
Break the hold of digital colonialism
Your data is giving Big Tech control of everything and only a huge shift by the people can halt it
Editorial: Power corrupts ― even in our respected NGOs
‘As the M&G turns its focus to allegations of abuse of power in the NGO space, our work has been met with hostility. And it has left us perplexed’
Letters to the Editor: June 29 to July 5
Readers write in about Neville Alexander, South Africa’s immigration policies and land reform
This beautiful land is your land
Claimants told sad tales of dispossession but they are dogged in their bid to get it back
‘My husband’s killers have not faced the law’
The family of a former Lesotho army chief demand justice and a return to the rule of law in the country
Students who sacrificed for #FeesMustFall deserve recognition
Thirty-nine years after the events of June 16 1976, the #FeesMustFall movement, which began on October 12 2015, led to protests by university students about the high tuition fees at South African universities
Youth is not an excuse
XXXTentacion’s demise shows how victims are painted as being out to ruin a perpetrator’s life
FIFTH COLUMN: A note from Igor, the lonely goalie
“Hello friends! This is note from Igor, your goalie. I’m just writing to say hi, we haven’t spoken for maybe forever.”
Go beyond living up to Mandela
His legacy is couched in cisheteropatriarchy; social justice and equality need a new approach
Get into the mania, Wiki wants your contributions
A key focus of the first Wikimania conference in sub-Saharan Africa, which was held in Cape Town last week, was on increasing regional contributions to the world’s largest free, collaboratively built online encyclopedia.
FRIDAY:
What does blue-ticking mean for building trust?
“I used to think it was “molo”, until I learned that that is a naturalised pronunciation of the Afrikaans “môre”. An indigenous greeting, therefore, is a very profound mutual agreement between people.”
SA’s Mr Bollywood dies after long film career
The custodian of the oldest independent cinema and entertainment company in South Africa, Moosa Moosa of the Avalon Group, died in Johannesburg on Monday, aged 75.
In the lists this week
In your list this week: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Bhoza by Darkie Fiction, and Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.
Opening spaces for new dancers
Mamela Nyamza is heading for the Grahamstown festival but after that plans to hang up her dancing shoes
The essayist who froze history’s quiet moments
David Goldblatt has left South African documentary photography incalculably richer, writes Niren Tolsi
Art does not need another hero: Reflections on the 10th Berlin Biennale
This year’s Berlin Biennale poses questions about otherness, power, violence and patriarchy
Bopape rattles biennale cage
The South African artist’s new film about a rape challenges the curators and concepts of art
Expanding gqom’s visual palette
The dance space, be it legendary clubs such as downtown Durban’s 101 or the ubiquitous, cyberspace clubs offered by cellphones and social media, the culture of gqom is propelled by vocalists and DJs as much as, if not more, by dancers
SPORT:
KG: ‘I’m obsessed with winning’
He is all passion and there’s no holding back when presented with a good wicket or a big player
Africa’s promise still unfulfilled
The continent has everything it takes to win the World Cup, so why the repeated failures?
Half the game is lost off the pitch
The toxic debates that have dogged former titans demonstrate how national attitudes shape team performance
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