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When foreign governments, organisations or political networks speak about offering South African farmers land, visas or farming opportunities abroad, they should define farming skill through competence rather than ownership
AfriForum cannot, on one hand, criticise state-owned entities for their perpetual reliance on bailouts and on the other hand, also criticise them when they engage in secondary activities that generate revenue
We will tell our fallen heroes that when they ran to the world in anguish seeking help against the racist Nationalist regime, at present, the world looks to us for help
The protests rejected this. They insisted that what we are seeing is the expansion of a single logic: imperial in character, colonial in structure, even when it speaks the language of democracy, security and humanitarian concern
Nelson Mandela Bay spokesperson says Despatch residents should not panic after the discovery of E.coli contamination in one of the town’s reservoirs. There is no health hazard, he stressed.
Cadre deployment has, in part, caused economic decline in South Africa over the past 30 years as peer emerging markets such as South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Poland have thrived.
Ekurhuleni city manager Kagiso Lerutla and deputy police chief Julius Mkhwanazi face grave allegations in court, including murder cover-ups and corruption, as they seek bail.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the police’s chief financial officer, Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, to stand in for suspended cop boss Fannie Masemola. She has previously warned that there is ‘a culture’ of senior police managers not seriously dealing with irregular expenditure.
Recent fatalities in Gauteng’s East Rand have highlighted a growing trend of violent attacks directed at school principals and senior management. As the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union warns of a ‘targeted’ pattern of violence linked to school governance and financial oversight, those on the ground describe a state of ‘constant fear’ and a ‘nightmare’ of inadequate protection.
With pollution levels far exceeding international standards and the deterioration of wastewater treatment plants, the rivers and streams in and around the City of Johannesburg are not safe for people or animals.
The ANC and SACP clash over a contentious ultimatum that requires members with dual affiliations to declare their political intentions, amid fears of a growing rift between the parties.
In a market shaped by evolving consumer expectations, retail giants Clicks and Pick n Pay are navigating fierce competition by enhancing their loyalty programmes. But, as big fuel price hikes loom, stores might find that shopping programmes and cards and promotions are not the only ways to compete in the retail space.
Minister Barbara Creecy’s new plan may finally exorcise the demons of the nine wasted State Capture years – and South Africa may get back on the rails again.
South Africa’s economic reform story is increasingly one of two speeds — steady progress at the centre, and stubborn dysfunction on the ground.
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The Mail & Guardian Digital Edition – 24 April 2026
Political parties have raised concern over instability in the SAPS leadership after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s suspension and Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane’s appointment as acting commissioner
Great white sharks, tuna and other warm-bodied fish burn nearly four times more energy than cold-blooded species, leaving them increasingly vulnerable as rising ocean temperatures shrink their habitats, a new study has found
The genocidal mentality of the US and Israel is a supremacist nexus of settler colonialism and endless wars. With Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu presiding, the logic replicates with renewed force.