13+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1223+ words) Cornelius Monama is the Head of Communication and Spokesperson at the Department of Higher Education and Training. South Africa faces a difficult contradiction. South Africa has millions of unemployed people while employers simultaneously report shortages of critical skills. Ours is…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (414+ words) By Dr Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza, Chairman of Safer South Africa Foundation. For the last few months, the Madlanga Commission has captured the public’s attention, exposing allegations of serious wrongdoing that have shaken confidence in the very institutions entrusted with enforcing the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1225+ words) Namritha Sivsanker, founder of Johannesburg-based Hope SA Foundation, says her experience of childhood abuse shaped a lifelong commitment to helping vulnerable women, children and communities, writes Monishka Govender. For Namritha Sivsanker, helping others is not simply a job. It is…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (649+ words) A rivalry like no other, but the respect between the Springboks and All Blacks remains after the final whistle. Not many rugby players would share a beer, a meal or even a church service after every match of a series…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (497+ words) Simo Luthuli of Marumo Gallants challenged by Player of the Match Siyanda Hlangabeza of Amazulu FC during their Betway Premiership encounter at Princess Magogo Stadium. AmaZulu coach Arthur Zwane has sounded the alarm to his side after a lacklustre 1-0 Betway…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (492+ words) Jacques Bebe Bile of La Cure Waves SC gives Orlando Pirates players a hard time during the CAF Champions League Preliminary Round second leg match at Orlando Amstel Arena. Abdeslam Ouaddou has warned his Orlando Pirates players that there will…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (913+ words) Tensions are escalating outside the Che Guevara Road Home Affairs office, where refugee leaders allege they were attacked by March and March supporters and are pleading for state protection ahead of another planned mobilisation. Refugee leaders living on the pavement…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1602+ words) A refugee who had been receiving tuberculosis (TB) treatment died after spending months on the pavement outside Durban’s Home Affairs refugee reception office, as tensions rise ahead of a planned March and March gathering on Thursday. Bienvenue Munga, 42, died on…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (509+ words) Black Consciousness Movement founder Steve Bantu Biko died in police custody on September 12 1977 The reopened inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko has been temporarily halted after his widow and son won an urgent order in the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (482+ words) Bafana Bafana playmaker Relebohile Mofokeng is among South African youngsters blazing the trail in Europe. Two years ago, five teenage footballers appeared on the cover of GQ South Africa’s Success Issue. Today, four are playing in Europe, while the fifth…...