LETTER: Increase tax rate

By Taku Fundira – IN response to the article, “VAT burden on the poor bothers government” (May 28), I concur on some issues, especially...

The Robots are coming for your Job

By Leith van Onselen – Earlier this year, The Atlantic released a report, arguing that nearly half of current jobs in the United States could be replaced...

Too distracted for their own class

By GREG NICOLSON –  Cosatu had a meeting this week from Monday to Wednesday which focussed primarily on internal issues and divisions. With the platinum...

SA’s the fattest sub-Saharan African nation – study

By Mia Milan A new study has shown that South Africa has the highest overweight and obesity rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the reasons...

Platinum strike talks break down: minister

By AFP The latest talks to try to end South Africa’s months-long strike against the world’s top three platinum producers have broken down, the...

Baby swap nightmare

By Dominic Skelton- Two Gauteng mothers have discovered that their three-year-old daughters were switched at birth. Even worse, one wants her biological child back,...

Suffer little children

By Mandi Smallhorne ON THE radio a day or so ago they were talking about efforts to alleviate the suffering the platinum strike has...

Malawi vote recount may take two months – election official

By Reuters Malawi is only likely to have an official result of its chaotic May 20 election in two months, as the Malawi Electoral...

Sacci wary of govt’s ‘interventionist’ tone, but welcomes small business Ministry

By Natalie Greve – While the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) welcomed the creation of a small business Ministry by the...

New Film Exposes Apartheid-Era Working Conditions on Farms that Produce South Africa’s Table Grapes.

By Irin, The South African Civil Society Information Service The Western Cape produces more than 80 percent of South Africa’s table grapes and the...

Faiths unite against terror in Nigeria’s beleaguered city of Jos

By Monica Mark When Islamist militants set off two bombs that killed 123 people in Nigeria’s volatile city of Jos on Tuesday, many feared...

Presidential Inauguration and new cabinet: highlights

By Mondli Makhanya New term, new slate In his oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Zuma pledged that he will be...