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.