Analysis: Landmark judgment – what constitutes a home?

By JARED SACKS. On Thursday, the Cape High Court ruled in favour of the Marikana occupiers and instructed the City of Cape Town to...

Problems facing ECD centres: report

By SAPA JOHANNESBURG:Early childhood development (ECD) centres face many problems, the social development department said on Thursday. “ECD centres are battling with issues of...

SA hurtling towards poverty – ACDP

By BHEKI MBANJWA Durban – South Africa is fast heading towards a crisis of poverty and inequality, a senior African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)...

Why can’t Africa tackle poverty like Asia can?

By Luke Smolinski Sub-Saharan Africa has enjoyed rapid growth over the past 20 years but its citizens seem not to share the zeal of...

Marikana ‘shooter’ cop grilled at commission

By SAPA Counsel for Marikana miners wounded and arrested in August 2012 got the opportunity on Thursday to question a police officer who fired...

The poor are punished for demanding our constitutional rights

S’Bu Zikode The word ‘democracy’ has often been misunderstood. It has been misused to legitimise certain projects in a way that is incorrect and...

Over eight million pupils exempt from paying fees: Zuma

By SAPA More than eight million pupils are exempted from paying school fees in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. “It is...

Increase in disposable income slower than inflation

By SAPA Bankserv Africa’s Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) released on Friday indicated that the increase in disposable income would again be slower than inflation...

East Africa: New Report Shows Alarming EAC Inequality Gap

BY IVAN R. MUGISHA & ERIC KABEERA Gains from integration among the five East African Community (EAC) states could be hampered by the enlarging...

The State of Class Struggle in South Africa

A. The world we live in today and our 20 years of “Democracy” It is impossible to deny that the world has seen the...

Eskom declares power emergency, possible load shedding

By SAPA After a week of rain left coal stocks wet, Eskom says the country could experience power cuts after declaring an emergency. Eskom...

Amcu blinks for the first time since Marikana

BY KARL GERNETZKY THE Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has softened its stance on a wage demand of R12 500 from strike-affected...