A toddler dressed in worn-out sandals, a bright red top and blue striped panties desperately pries her fingers into a tap that has run dry in Tambo informal settlement in the Free State town of Senekal. “You see how our children are,” comments a mother, cradling a baby in her[…]
The ANC has committed to developing a programme to fund the so-called ‘missing middle’ at higher institutions. This was said during an ANC media briefing held by a subcommittee on education, health, science and technology. Committee chairperson, Naledi Pandor, said their main challenge remained the ‘missing middle’. The missing middle[…]
University of the Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib has defended a decision to bring a private security company onto campus during student protests last week. Hiring a private security company gave the institution more operational control on campus, he said in an open letter to his colleagues on Monday. The university[…]
The ANC has called on South Africans to “embrace democratic principles” and declare war on racism and individuals who support it. “The African National Congress calls on all South Africans to declare war on racism and for political parties to refrain from undermining democracy through calls that undermine a democratic[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane is due to address an open forum of journalists, opinion makers and party members at a meeting at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg on Tuesday to discuss the issues of race and identity. The DA has been in a verbal tug of war with[…]
This year’s local government elections could see many students turning their back on the ANC, or the whole system of voting, opting instead for the ”direct democracy” of protests, a political analyst has said. ”They don’t channel their discontent into voting for an opposition party – they rather take it[…]
South Africa remains in the grip of its worst drought in decades. Last Thursday the South African Weather Service announced that 2015 was the driest year on record and it shows no sign of abating. Those records date back to 1904. To make matters worse health officials say 11 people[…]
The University of Pretoria (UP) will remain closed for registration until further notice, after violent protests by outsourced workers broke out last week. In a statement, UP spokesperson Anna-Retha Bouwer said efforts to resolve disputes with outsourced workers could not be reached on Saturday. “Since access to the entrances to[…]
The removal of the “Zuma Must Fall” banner from the Cape Town CBD has shown the true colours of “thugs” who supported the president. This is according to the #ZumaMustFall movement, who on Sunday said by tearing down the banner, President Jacob Zuma’s supporters have given the movement a powerful[…]
Additional crews have been deployed to help fight a fire that raged through the night over Overberg in the Western Cape. According to the municipality’s Reinard Geldenhuys, two helicopters and 30 groundsmen joined the crew on Sunday morning. Roads were closed and traffic was diverted on Saturday due to the[…]
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