The trusted sidekick of murdered “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein testified on Wednesday about a wild life of illegal steroid sales, huge deliveries of money to be laundered, as he revealed the events that led to him eventually turning on Wainstein and becoming part of the plot to murder him.
Developments on the Left of the political spectrum serve to reinforce the perception that we have a generalised leadership crisis in South Africa, argues Ebrahim Harvey.
Two years ago, Inga Mkoko lost his legs during the Mdlalose Tavern shooting in Soweto. Despite facing various challenges, he describes himself as steel: unbreakable.
Evan Roos was the standout performer in a team performance which Stormers mentor John Dobson labelled “unquestionably” the worst of their URC era, as they slumped to a 21-27 defeat at home.
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with game designer Abubakar Salim about the long journey of creating a game to process the grief of losing his father to cancer.
Allowing independent candidates to contest the next general election in South Africa is a boon for democracy. Prof. Colin Thakur asks if it is time to move to an electronic voting system?
The World Bank said on Tuesday it has suspended funding for a tourism and conservation project in Tanzania following allegations of human rights abuses.
The Rwandan government says it is safe and ready to receive deportees from Britain, and the passage of the fraught Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is testament to that.
A resignation and abrupt dismissals have sowed division in former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party, with one former leader claiming some members were the “corrupt and dodgy characters” who caused “problems” in the ANC.
But Khehla Mngwengwe argued that the term ‘coolie’ was not a hateful term
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