The court found that Parliament had violated the Constitution by designating Hlophe — an impeached judge who had fallen foul of his oath of office — to serve on the JSC.

President Ramaphosa expects that members of the executive ‘conduct themselves professionally, transparently and cordially in engaging with Parliament and other accountability structures’, says the Presidency.

Found guilty of data sharing and other invasive practices, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram was issued with a $290-million penalty. 

The OECD’s latest Economic Survey, backed by Treasury, leading economists, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index and the recently released Kearney Global Economic Outlook, warns that failure to implement urgent structural reforms risks tipping South Africa into an entrenched economic stall.

Spar shareholders might still be waiting for a dividend, but with a strategic retreat from Europe and a renewed focus on local markets, there’s hope for payouts by 2026—if it can navigate the consumer pressure back home.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a Bellville school’s decision to change its name from DF Malan High School to DF Akademie to distance itself from its apartheid past, despite objections from some parents.

Tensions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view on Thursday, as the US president said he was “very disappointed” by his billionaire former aide’s criticisms and Musk hit back in real time on social media.

The Mail and Guardian has become the latest victim of the declining South African and global media industry — but insiders say the seeds of its demise were sown some time ago.

The whiff of VBS corruption clings to Floyd Shivambu like the odour of a tampered cricket ball, raising eyebrows every time he steps up to the political crease. It is the unspoken sledging from the opposition benches: ‘Pay back the money!

Both Chris Hani and Steve Biko echoed Frantz Fanon’s warning that unless the fight against oppression is a fundamental one, decolonisation will just mean ‘the transfer into native hands of those unfair advantages which are the legacy of the colonial period’. Part 2 in a two-part series.