A Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting convened to brief councillors on flood damage and emergency response collapsed after disputes over the absence of an acting city manager, exposing governance paralysis amid calls for provincial intervention.

No economy can reach its full potential while gender-based violence continues to undermine workforce stability, productivity and human capital development at scale.

Despite assuring the NSFAS board in January that no administrative action would be taken until legal proceedings concluded, Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has placed the student funding scheme under administration amid allegations of interference with CEO appointments.

Gabrielle Goliath’s powerful installation, Elegy, opens as an independent exhibit at the same time of the official Venice Biennale amid political controversy, showcasing the urgent need for remembrance and reflection on loss and violence.

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The lives of Constable Stach Jantjies and her boyfriend were abruptly ended by a fellow officer, a shocking event that reveals disturbing patterns of jealousy and violence within the police force.

In a landscape where the right and the left converge on the necessity of Black Economic Empowerment, this has been disrupted by the government’s recent proposed changes to BEE codes of practice.

Heavy rains have pushed Kouga Dam to overflowing, forcing evacuations in the Gamtoos River valley and leaving a trail of devastation in agricultural areas.

A retired policeman has told the Madlanga Commission that a R593.56 monthly security contract was not renewed before thieves stole a R200-million cocaine consignment from a vulnerable Hawks building in KwaZulu- Natal. He says there is still no security at the building.

Ghana has asked the African Union to address ‘xenophobic attacks’ in South Africa. Minister Ronald Lamola has welcomed the opportunity to raise broader migration issues.

Testifying at the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions, veteran advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza told the panel that apartheid-era generals had threatened to ‘expose’ compromised senior ANC officials.

Sappi says worsening geopolitical tensions, weak global demand and a bruising currency environment have combined to create one of the toughest operating backdrops the group has faced in years, with the paper and pulp giant warning that the current quarter is likely to be even weaker.

The Woolies-Beyers Chocolates saga demonstrates that the exclusivity of a Chuckle is incredibly valuable – but lingering questions about corporate ethics leave a bitter taste.

At time when whole food farmers’ markets have been replaced by Whole Foods Market Inc, and glitzy packaged foods trump home-grown greens, research with farmers on the Wild Coast shows that sometimes progress means returning to our roots.

The infinite money glitch known as the ‘yen carry trade’, which was at the heart of bitcoin bull runs of years gone by, is being squashed as Japan defends its currency.