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Former president, Thabo Mbeki, took a swipe at his successor Jacob Zuma, saying his newly-formed party is led by people who tried to destroy the South African Revenue Service (SARS). "You destroy SARS, you destroy the democratic state. And yet there were people who made a decision to do exactly that." Mbeki made the remarks at a student lecture on socio political issues at Unisa yesterday. The MK Party gained […]

Reputation Management Specialist, Dominik Heil, says the  Old Mutual saga has exposed a broader discontent within the insurance company. His remarks comes after the insurance company apologised to South Africans over how it handled its fallout with a client who had dragged it on social media. Sebabatso Molefi put the company on blast after it refused to pay her mother's pension fund, despite a court order. Heil says the incident […]

An official of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been fire for leaking the ANC and MK Party's lists of candidates. Parties had until Friday last week to submit the lists to the electoral body. In less than a few hours after the deadline, the ANC and MK names of potential lawmakers surfaced on social media, revealing some of the controversial names that could potentially head to parliament after the […]

Political Analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says it's strange that the Democratic Alliance (DA) would seek assistance from a state, which borders on undermining the sovereignty of South Africa. In a move that aggrieved many, the official opposition penned a letter to the United States government, among others, requesting that they come and oversee the country's upcoming elections. The blue party asserts that 2024 is the most crucial year for South […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says anyone found to be inciting violence ahead of the general elections will be arrested.   The President issued a stern warning following alleged threats that riots are looming in the country.   South Africans will be heading to the polls on the 29th of May.   Umkhonto Wesizwe Party member in KwaZulu-Natal, Visin Reddy, told the media that there'll be anarchy if the party is barred […]

A patriotic citizen stood up against the staff members of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria for neglecting a dying patient, In a video making the rounds on social media, a 28-year-old male patient can be seen laying on the passage floor, while another woman keeps reprimanding and demanding that the nurses attend to the man who seemed to be running out of breath.  The patient subsequently passed away. […]

Institutions of higher learning in and around Braamfontein, in Johannesburg, are offering counselling and support to students following the fatal shooting in the area on Thursday. Three people, including a University of Johannesburg (UJ) student, were shot dead when unknown gunmen opened fire on the occupants of a BMW vehicle that was parked opposite the Wits Art Museum. The incident took place in full view of the public, including students. […]

South African authors, readers, and stakeholders in the book industry have written to the National Assembly imploring them to protect the creatives by rejecting the Copyright Amendment Bill should it be put to vote today. Concurrence on the bill by the country’s lawmakers is scheduled for this afternoon. The authors say the bill’s proposed hybrid model of copyright exceptions goes too far and threatens to weaken copyright protection. They say […]

Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says the nomination of Justice Mandisa Maya as the next Chief Justice marks a turning point for the country's judiciary. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the nomination yesterday. The Deputy Chief Justice will become the first female to occupy the top judicial position not just in South Africa, but the entire continent. Maya will assume office on the 1st of September after Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's […]