The blade that Soyinka has eloquently wielded over the course of his long and distinguished career has clearly cut through Trump’s notoriously thin skin — or at least the skin of his toadies in the State Department who pay attention to what critics of their Dear Leader are saying.

South Africa’s relations with the US are showing signs of improvement, but there’s a long way to go for normalisation.

Reports by the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze have spotlighted service delivery challenges at health facilities in Gauteng, KZN and the Eastern Cape, with more than 90% of clinics in some regions reporting staff shortages.

On Wednesday, 29 October, the domestic worker, Tandiswa Tokwe, noted that it was exactly two years to the day since she had opened a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against Nokwazi Ngonyama.

Israel said on Wednesday it was still committed to the US-backed ceasefire in Gaza, despite pounding the enclave in retaliation for the death of an Israeli soldier with a day of bombardment that Gaza health authorities said killed 104 people.

Welcome to the age of algorithmic suspicion, where intimacy is mediated by sleep-technology devices and betrayal is inferred from biometrics.

South Africa prides itself on being one of the most biodiverse nations on Earth, yet a new report reveals that the very lands entrusted to safeguard this wealth are falling apart, in a systemic collapse of provincial conservation governance.

It has been obvious since June 2024 that the current national government coalition would endure if voters believed it was improving their lives. Now, there is some evidence that, in certain areas, life is improving for many (but probably not most) people. And, it is often in areas where the ANC has dramatically changed policies that were once foundational to the governing political party’s core...

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has launched a construction reform plan to fix South Africa’s broken public infrastructure system and hold failing contractors to account.

Evidence at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry this week revealed a crisis at the SAPS ballistics division, which is overwhelmed by a backlog of over 41,000 criminal cases, hamstrung by staff shortages and paralysed by delays.

Weeks before COP30, a new UN report has revealed that developing nations need twelve times more funding to adapt to the impact of extreme weather events.

In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi reflects on Johannesburg, a city rich in promise, the economic heart of southern Africa, yet held back by poor leadership and indifference. ‘You can modernise it, clean it up, put in all the cosmetic fixes you want. But without vision, and without people who care, Johannesburg will not thrive,’ she laments.