Opinion

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) chief, Shamila Batohi, held a virtual press conference on Monday addressing the recent departure of advocate Hermione Cronje as head of the NPA’s Investigating Directorate. Cronje asked to prematurely step down from her position after a frustrating 30 months in the job and growing public discontent at the lack of high-level …

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MTN became the latest corporate to plunge into the vaccine mandate pool with its announcement this morning saying the mandate would take effect from January 2022 to protect its staff and customers from Covid-19 The telecoms giant joins the likes of Discovery, Sanlam and Standard Bank in deciding to call for mandatory vaccination among its …

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Spare a thought for the thousands of people who work in the tourism and hospitality sector. Perhaps we should spare more than thought because those that work in these two vital economic drivers for South Africa have been some of the hardest-hit throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Just when things were starting to look up, a …

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In the days leading up to and post the local government elections, there were many analysts, writers and pollsters predicting a heavy defeat for the governing party with many going so far as to say the largest political party in the country would dip below the 50% mark nationally and lose the 2024 elections, which …

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Forty years ago, the first case of HIV/Aids was reported, and no country has had to deal with the global war on the virus more than South Africa. For the last four-decade epoch the aids epidemic has been the number one health crisis facing this country and while we have made major strides in the …

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South Africa’s brilliant scientific community has begun testing the efficacy of the current vaccines against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus. Omicron has been reported in a dozen countries since first being detected by scientists in South Africa, which caused the international community to completely overreact at the news and saw the UK, among others, …

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A couple of months back private companies like Discovery decided to make vaccinations mandatory for all its staff with some exceptions. It was the first such decision from a major company to occur in South Africa. Now, with the new Omicron variant thrown into the mix and an international backlash against South Africa, should Cyril …

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The British government moved swiftly to place South Africa back on the dreaded red list of countries unable to travel to and from the United Kingdom following the emergence of another strain of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa. As of midday all flights to and from the UK have been grounded leaving many …

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Just when you thought we might begin to see the light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, talk of a fourth wave, potential lockdowns and as of today a new variant throws a spanner in the works. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed this morning that a new variant had indeed reared its …

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The DA made it a triple whammy in Gauteng yesterday when Randall Williams was elected unopposed for another term as mayor of Tshwane after the ANC decided it wasn’t even worth fielding a candidate as the “writing was on the wall”. The DA holds the mayoral chains in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Pretoria thanks to votes …

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