Do you know who the mayor of your municipality is, are they visible, on the ground leaders or do you barely hear a word from them other than the odd radio soundbite and quote in your favourite news source? Do you even know what your mayor’s day-to-day job entails? Qaanitah Hunter asks for better leadership …
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Last week the UK government decided to scrap the controversial red list and removed the 11 African countries that had been subjected to the travel ban, among them South Africa. UK nationals will no longer be required to quarantine upon arrival back in the country while non-UK nationals also won’t be required to quarantine. Vaccinated …
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When Cyril Ramaphosa was first elected president by the National Assembly back in 2018 there was a collective sigh of relief from South Africans as the nine years under Jacob Zuma came to an end. Zuma’s time in office was underscored by scandal after scandal after scandal. We couldn’t keep up anymore. State Capture hollowed …
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Do you remember President Cyril Ramaphosa dressed in ANC regalia while riding the trains and campaigning during the 2019 national elections? It was a strategy based on trying to convince working-class voters that he, along with the ANC, would fix South Africa’s broken rail network and provide much-needed rail infrastructure to the country. Fast forward …
Opinions of the Day: Fixing the trains or steamrolling the rail network? Read More »
Have you ever picked up that dreaded card in the Monopoly board game that tells the player to head straight to jail, not to pass go and do not collect your R200 for the next turn round the board? Seems the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria played that card this morning when it found that …
On Monday, over 13 000 new positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded as the positivity rate went past 30% and another 11 people died as a result of coronavirus complications. While Gauteng continues to be the epicentre of the fourth wave, the Western Cape confirmed yesterday that it too had entered the fourth wave. Gauteng Premier …
This week traditionally marks the end of the business year for many with annual leave and time off with family always a welcome relief after a gruelling past 12 months. This year will certainly be no different as we approach a full two years of living with Covid-19. Many will get their much-deserved break after …
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On January 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the final report from the state capture commission and finally, after three years of investigation and testimony, the country will collectively have an opportunity to read the commission’s findings. The report will be made public confirmed minister in the presidency, Mondli Gungubele, on Thursday. Since August 21, …
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Over the last two years, we’ve all more than likely gone for a Covid-19 test and experienced that horrible sensation of having a stick shoved up your nostril. But what brings more discomfort than the sensation of having your insides tickled is the cost of the test, which has been R850 for the most part. …
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President Ramaphosa is locked in meetings today to discuss possible new lockdown restrictions for the busy festive season while the restaurant industry pleads for looser restrictions or face the alternative of a jobs bloodbath. But with mandatory vaccinations surely on the slate for discussion, should public interest override personal choice when it comes to vaccinations? …
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