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A campaign to give ordinary South Africans the opportunity to oppose the government’s threat to take away property rights has been set up by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

African civilisations and the effects of slavery and racism could be part of a new revised history curriculum which will be compulsory learning across South African high schools.

So the belief by the likes of part time singers Steve Hofmeyr and Sunette Bridges that there is an orchestrated plot to systematically kill off all white farmers in South Africa (there are even Aussie ministers who believe this - and the minority rights group AfriForum) is a figment of...

South African Aircraze (SAA) has announced an extended schedule as part of interventions to sustain its mismanaged little sister ‘airline’, the South African Express’ network.

Governments are not good at running airlines in general - and South Africa is a brilliant example of how not to do it. At best, the SA government cannot be trusted to run the ailing South African Aircraze (SAA).

In South Africa you cannot even get the death penalty for aggravated multiple murders but in Kenya they are now planning to even dish it out for poachers. 

While the entire world is gearing op to comply the white EU’s new GDPR legislation to protect online and date privacy, the South African government - not surprisingly - is doing the exact opposite. And we can blame traffic fines for the data leak.

If more criminal cases are withdrawn after farm murders, further enquiries should be made into the actions of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

An Education Charter to give South Africans the opportunity to endorse greater parental involvement in schools as a first step to rescuing the education system from its grave crisis has been launched by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

A new South African Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) will drastically change the manner in which South Africans are identified and will form a back-bone of how the public and private sector will manage the authentication of their clients.

Kick the Minister Minister of Women, Bathabile Dlamini, so far that nobody can find her again!That the advice the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuce (OUTA) is giving SA’s fresh president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The EFF has called on the South African government to expel the Israeli foreign mission “as an example to the whole world” that a relationship with Israel “apartheid state” is not acceptable.

A high court application to have South African Aircraze (SAA) placed under business rescue will go ahead despite government’s decision to throw another R5 billion at the ailing national carrier.

SA’s new sports minister is ready to throw the country’s “best lawyers” at trade unions Solidarity to prevent them continuing with their “apartheid agenda” in sport transformation and anti-quota stance. Solidarity is saying: Bring it on Minister - we will see you in court!

A new report examines the primary role played by then ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema ‘in the destruction of the National Prosecuting Authority’s original case against former President Jacob Zuma.

The one did not want to play cricket for South Africa and now cannot play the game at all, and the other one is in all probability the worst diplomat on the planet. Now these two muppets have teamed up to fight the trade in illegal wildlife products. 

The lack of good education is the single greatest obstacle to socio-economic advancement in South Africa. This is the gist of the April edition of Fast Facts, a report freshly released by the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

South Africa must revise its complex environmental regulations if it is to achieve effective environmental protection and continue to support a thriving mining sector capable of boosting economic growth and social progress.

South African Aircraze (SAA) has reached a dead. Only idiots can think that the national carrier can break even by 2021.

If you’re a tourist and you want to see more of Johannesburg today, you are stuffed. Not even the lovely red sightseeing buses are running. And who do you have to thank? Politics, of course!

Cyclists - no matter how irritating and annoying they can be on our roads - are about to be given the same rights and prominence as vehicles. While passing them will bedome tricky, it remains to be seen if they are going to start obeying traffic rules.

For those who employ people who work with children or disabled people, the government has urged employees to ask for access to the National Registrar for Sex Offenders (NSRO).

The South African film and television industry continues to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and create employment for the services sector, despite the economic challenges that South Africa is experiencing. 

The bulldog is after Julius - and it’s going to be a bitter battle.

State-owned company Denel paid more than R1million to the son of North-West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo, so the little brat can learn how to fly.

10 million hectares of land has been identified for previously disadvantaged people and communities to use as sustainable wildlife-based business ventures.

The question which may burn the green shoots of constitutionalism to cinders is whether the political will can be generated for the ANC to take the strong medicine of accountability for its institutional misdemeanours or “sins of incumbency” as they are sometimes called.

The new concept language policy for higher education is cool, according to minority rights group AfriForum.

While the Western Cape’s tourism sector has shown significant growth, making the sector a billion rand business, total  tourist arrivals into the rest of South Africa showed sluggish growth at best.

If you are in the mood to attend a memorial service for the Mother of your Nation, you’re in luck. Winnie Mandela’s memorial service today is open to the public.

The trade union Solidarity kicked the SA Police’s but in a big way by winning an interdict that could prevent the government’s racist policy to promote and favour former MK members.