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The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and other interested parties have welcomed the judgment by the South Gauteng High Court, which sets aside the decision to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity.

No shit Sherlock! Naspers chairman Koos Bekker says MultiChoice is struggling against Netflix, which he perceives a major threat to the company.

As the South Africa government announced that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) will be subjected to an independent investigation, the trade union Solidarity said it served court papers to obtain information from the PIC.

The Chinese are coming! The South African government has signed several agreements with China, including a visa agreement, and a commitment for China to invest $14.7 billion (R194 billion).

The government claims South African Aircraze (SAA) is on the road to recovery.

The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise, will beprivately prosecuted by Adv. Gerrie Nel, head of the civil rights organisation AfriForom’s private prosecuting unit on behalf of thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA).

The Boere Mafia strikes again. It is being reported that “South African billionaire” (we think he is only a millionaire after the Steinhof debacle - Ed.) businessman, Christo Wiese, may be at the centre of a multi-billion rand tax evasion scheme involving Africa’s largest law firm and a London-listed company.

The United Nations (UN) marked the 100th year since the birth of the late anti-Apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela, by saying the fight for racial equality is not over.

Much better air service connectivity between national gateways and the city of Nelson Mandela Bay through Port Elizabeth International Airport is on the cards after the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) and key stakeholders, including Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBMM) and Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism (NMBT), signed a memorandum...

Duduzane Zuma’s appearance in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court this week on charges of manslaughter is not only a victory for the Dube family, Adv. Gerrie Nel and AfriForum, but also for everyone in the country who support the principle of equality before the law.

Applications for birth, marriage and death registrations in South Africa is going paperless soon - let’s pray citizens will not soon also be going without birth, marriage and death registrations…

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for South Africa Aircraze (SAA)? Trade union Solidarity thinks there might be.

The Boeremafia (read Naspers) is trying to dix its declining DStv Premium decline by developing a standalone DStv streaming service - apparently to take on Netflix.

After weeks of agony and chaos there is some better news for social grant recipients in OUth Africa. The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Acting CEO Abraham Mahlangu has now assured grants beneficiaries that their social grants will be paid in full.

The nationalisation of health care through the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) policy has been denounced in  strong terms by Solidarity. The trade unions says it will oppose "this damaging ideologically-motivated policy vehemently".

Soon when you think you have arrived in the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown, you will find that you are actually in Makhanda.

A third wave of a campaign to protect and extend the property rights of all South Africans by giving ordinary people the opportunity to address their concerns directly to President Cyril Ramaphosa has been launched by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

Final year medical students are in the dwang because they cannot register for their so called ‘Zuma Year’, the compulsory practical year before they formally qualify to commence their professional careers.

The incoming National Health Insurance Bill could drive doctors to emigrate from the country in search of better working opportunities abroad.

You keen on shooting yourself a great large elephant? Well, you are almost in for a change to do so in neighbouring Botswana.

A report warning of the negative economic and strategic consequences of expropriation without compensation has been launched in the in Washington to advance a campaign to protect and extend the property rights of all South Africans.

If the new draft Mining Charter denotes the direction of mining policy, the mining industry is in for a tough time in the coming years. Despite some improvements over the version produced to widespread dismay in 2017, it does not provide a framework for a competitive and sustainable industry.

The impending introduction of a regime of expropriation without compensation (EWC) is the most significant policy development to confront South Africa since the adopting of the 1996 Constitution.

This is a no-brainer. No need to have a survey for this - but yet they did. If forced to choose between Netflix and DStv, tech-savvy South Africans would opt for the US streaming service any day.

The clowns at Media24 took years of stupidity to eventually kill of the Eastern Cape edition of Afrikaans rag Die Burger. It’s just a matter of time before they do it to the Western Cape edition too.

Numerous constraints, like political uncertainty, have held South Africa’s economic growth back, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says in a statement at the end of an official staff visit to the country. 

Tens of thousands of South Africans are registering their opposition to the government’s proposal to take land without paying for it ahead of Friday’s deadline for public comment.

Last week’s rain in the Western Cape has brought some welcome relief as major dam levels have steadily improved.

Trade union Solidarity declared war on Eskom after the power utility failed to turn up for further wage negotiations on Monday bur promised actions will not disrupt SA’s power grid.

South African Aircraze (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jaraya has admitted that “tough decisions” are required to save the continent’s largest carrier from financial ruin.

Convicted axe murderer Henri van Breda has been handed down three life sentences for the murders of several of his family members.