Parliament’s powers and privileges committee has agreed to hold an inquiry into the conduct of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs for their hostile disruption of a legislature sitting involving Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan. This is one of two complaints being…
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In his visit to the Central University of Technology (CUT) in the Free State, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Buti Manamela said that he appreciates the university’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 and ensuring that…
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Outside Ethiopia’s consulate in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, about 60 young women brace themselves for another night of sleeping on the street. They used to be employed as housekeepers, but the combination of a crippling economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic…
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COMMENT For Americans living abroad, Saturday, September 19 is Ballot Day. The ballots will arrive via email and, depending on which state sends them out, they can be returned by email or courier, or dropped at a consulate. Because of…
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PwC’s Annual Taxing Times 2020 Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution Survey shows that efficiency at the South African Revenue Service (Sars) has improved. But this has not resulted in the revenue services meeting its tax collection target of R66-billion in…
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Abducted. Tortured. Dehumanised. And yet, in the brutal context of Zimbabwe’s recent history, Tawanda Muchehiwa can almost consider himself to be one of the lucky ones. Unlike the activist Itai Dzamara, who disappeared in 2015 and has never been heard…
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Could we begin with your personal background and how you began writing? Briefly, I was born in Johannesburg in Newclare. It was a fairly cosmopolitan township in which all the black population groups, including Indians and some Chinese and even…
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COMMENT Leadership is paramount to develop and foster an inclusive culture for any organisation and broader society. Some important aspects are the character of the leader, their level of self- and social awareness, social skills and their personal beliefs and…
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The ANC appears to have lost an opening round in its fight to clean up its image. Hundreds of its members defied the party’s ban on associating with corruption-accused leaders and turned out at KwaZulu-Natal MPL Zandile Gumede’s court appearance…
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The government has given SAA R9.3-billion towards paying the R16.4-billion it owes creditors. The debt includes interest on historical debt and additional funds that banks lent to SAA to ensure its operations continued while it is under business rescue. The…
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