South Africa's major state-owned companies should be removed from the control of "pseudo-capitalists" and sold to real ones. This is one of the key arguments put forward by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in a paper entitled Privatisation or Bust released in Johannesburg today.
Like chickens voting for KFC, the oldest black business organisation, the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc), says it will support Jacob Zuma even if the old fart has no idea what he is doing.
Former tennis star and convicted child abuser Bob Hewitt is set to hand himself in to authorities in Port Elizabeth to start his 6 year jail term for the rape and sexual assault of youngsters he was coaching.
South African born Formula 1 champion-wining race-car designer Gordon Murray has developed the first Ikea-styled ‘flat-pack’ truck that can be assembled in under 12 hours and is said to eat Africa’s tough roads for breakfast.
As on third of grade 6 teachers in South Africa lack critical reading skills the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has called for an in-depth review of teacher training and development in the country.
The United Nations (UN) has taken the ANC government to task about affirmative action as well as its apartheid style classifications when dealing with statistics.
In a second hard blow to the University of the Free State (UFS) plan to ditch Afrikaans as method of learning, the a full bench of the Bloemfontein High Court ruled the university may not implement its new language policy before the university’s appeal against an earlier ruling in favour...
What on earth will Juju now have to complain about? Zuma #didpaybackthemoney!
Rhino poaching is on the decline in the Kruger National Park – the area hardest hit by the crime – says Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa.
Follow the money and eventually you will find the crooks. That the tactic the Democratic Alliance (DA) is following with regards to the dodgy “tall train” deal, which has already seen two derailments of Afro4000 locomotives on South African rail tracks.
There should be no reason or excuse for a teacher to speak to students in this manner and I would NOT want my kids to be anywhere near her.
South Africa’s state owned entities (SOEs) are in a dire state costing the country billions as government continues to prop them up despite their immense losses. At the root of their mismanagement is largescale corruption that feeds an ANC patronage network headed up by president Jacob Zuma. Now is the...
Nelson Mandela Bay’s new DA mayor Athol Trollip wants the municipality to freeze a multi-million rand communications contract with Johannesburg-based company Mohlaleng Media, pending a full investigation into the deal.
The ANC governed Greater Tzaneen Municipality wasted more than R1.6 million on purchasing two new vehicles for the new Mayor, Maripe Mangena, and its Speaker.
How to waste money and make you underlings poorer. That’s the book President Jacob Zuma should write as his lasting legacy.
The murder rate in South Africa increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2015/2016, to a total of 18,673 murders. In the past decade, a higher murder rate was reported only in the 2006/2007 financial year, which was a very violent year in our nation’s history. But which provinces are...
The re-appointment of President Jacob Zuma's female buddy, Dudu Myeni as Chairperson of the Board of the failing South African Airways (SAA), is about to lead to legal action.
Scammers are increasingly resourceful and this time it’s the liquor trade that’s being ripped off.
Team South Africa (pictured) has successfully defended its International Spirit of Amarok Trophy. The 2016 competition recently took place north of Upington in the unrelenting dunes and pans of the Kalahari Desert.
Ever wondered why the Democratic Alliance (DA) should rule every city and town in South Africa? Well, have a look at the prospects for Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay) under DA rule. If they only achieve 10% of this, it will still be better than 20 years under the decay...
He wants to “kill white people with a bazooka or an AK-47” and in his opinion the reasons for his intention is: “F**K WHITE PEOPLE!”.
South Africa's Institute for Race Relations (IRR) has welcomed the investigation into allegations of racism - especially with regards to hair styles - at the Pretoria Girls High School.
Facebook has shut down growing support on the social network for embattled Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. But as one goes down, another goes up!
A report suggests that Treasury has a “nuclear bomb”, which will guarantee the end of President Jacob Zuma, but will also drag South Africa into the pits.
The world’s oldest man - Indonesian Mbah Gotho (145) - says his only wish is to die. In fact, he has been preparing for his death in 1992. Gotho, who has documents showing he was born in 1870, says he had his gravestone made 24 years ago. The UK’s Independent...
Today (31 August) 65 years ago the first South African built Volkswagen rolled off the assembly line in Uitenhage.
The recent International Criminal Court ruling against the destruction of monuments in Mali should come as a stark warning to rulers in South Africa intent on the destruction of important heritage sights and symbols.
In a landmark ruling for South Africa a High Court in KwaZulu/Natal has stopped the development of a property development in its tracks to protect a nearby estuary lake system.
Many white South Africans will be forced to leave the country under the ANC ruler's policies.
Tender irregularities at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is starting to look as a foregone conclusion wrote the main question behing - who benefitted from it and who will - eventually end up in prison for it.
A legal challenge to Oscar Pistorius’s ‘shockingly too lenient’ six-year jail term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was today rejected for having ‘no reasonable prospects of success’.
