Improving educational outcomes will have to involve putting faith back into teachers’ professional judgement and creating the environment to allow them to respond to a child’s learning needs through evidence-informed approaches.

Former SA Air Force brigadier general Portia ‘Posh’ Anyamba, who has been sentenced to jail in the United States for being a foreign agent for South Africa, was apparently paid to go to events and secretly report back to officials from this country. These and other accusations and admissions are contained in a plea agreement.

Collusion between senior public officials and organised crime was able to flourish because South Africa’s integrity safeguards failed to detect or deter corruption, World Bank anti-corruption specialist Dr Albertus Schoeman told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Thursday.

Amid anti-foreigner protests, South Africa has repatriated and deported more than 53,000 foreign nationals, primarily Malawians, Zimbabweans, and Mozambicans, highlighting a significant humanitarian crisis.

Global economic activity and the outlook are being shaped by two major forces, pushing in opposite directions with asymmetric effects across countries.

SA’s High Commission in London has moved out of ‘neglected’ South Africa House as Dirco claims the iconic building has been temporarily closed to replace the heating system. However, the DA and anti apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain believe that Dirco has allowed the building to fall into ruin.

Durban embraces a proposed R17bn investment from UPL despite ongoing criminal charges related to a 2021 environmental disaster, raising questions about corporate influence on justice.

A Gqeberha High Court judge sentenced Mzwandile Mahambehlala to eight life terms for the execution-style massacre of eight people at a KwaZakhele birthday party, with the State saying communities cannot remain ‘imprisoned in their houses by criminals who rule at the barrel of the gun’.

Murals on Steve Biko Street in Gqeberha celebrate local icons and heritage, inviting residents to reconnect with their city’s rich history through vibrant public art.

Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has announced the completion of all pit-toilet eradication projects identified in the 2018 Sanitation Appropriate for Education (Safe) Initiative audit. However, civil society groups and non-profit organisations warn that an outdated 2018 database and unpublished audits mask ongoing failures, with estimates suggesting around 3,000 schools still rely on...

Today we debate in law whether animals feel fear, pleasure, pain and distress. In 1872, Darwin was already there – reading emotion in a pawing horse, an affectionate dog, a bristling cat and a chimpanzee pouting over a stolen orange.

It is this kind of rampant malfeasance that crippled Transnet’s capacity for years, a reflection of wider state failure with grave consequences that still hamper South Africa’s fragile economy.