The Times Editorial –  The Jacob Zuma led African National Congress (ANC) has campaigned behind the implementation of the much talked about the National...

By Simon Allison Is it a coincidence that Africa’s most troubled region is also its least integrated? SIMON ALLISON explores why central Africa has...

By Richard Poplak It all came to an official close this weekend. But as new realities sink in, old ones start bubbling up. Is...

THE consensus among political analysts before Wednesday’s election was that a mandate of less than 60% for the African National Congress (ANC), from just...

By Franz Wild –  SA’s wealth gap on show, 20 years later. Mpho Mpshane can’t wait to escape the whiff of kerosene and the...

Gauteng’s etolls not affected. Toll tariffs will increase in line with the consumer price index (CPI) on May 24, the SA National Roads Agency...

Johannesburg – As South Africa’s fifth general elections ended on Wednesday night, young South Africans voted for a better, brighter future. Qinisela Hlongwa, 26,...

TO GO into election day with official statistics showing that unemployment is worse than it was last time around cannot be a happy turn...

By Sapa The High Court in Pretoria ruled that the basic education department violated pupils’ rights to education by failing to deliver textbooks in...

By Sapa –  A row over the rebranding of two school buses in ANC colours erupted this week with the company that donated them...

By Sapa – Trade union Amcu will continue its marathon strike in the platinum mining sector, the mining companies said on Tuesday. “The Association...

By Simon Kuper – WHEN I close my eyes and think back to apartheid, it’s 1984 and I’m sitting on my grandparents’ veranda in...