3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1033+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa often envisions the history of a democratic SA pivoting on the actions of heroic individuals. This is the central theme of his presidential speeches, the “Thuma Mina” factor and the Ramaphosa presidency factor, which portray the heroic…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (444+ words) SA is deep in the throes of poverty, unemployment and inequality. The triple challenges are even more pronounced in our deeply rural province. This publication has reported on mothers killing their children and later taking their own lives due to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (655+ words) Former ANC Youth League leader and senior AmaMpondo prince Nkosi Mlimandlela Ndamase has dumped the governing party and found a new political home in the UDM, ahead of the November local government elections. UDM president Bantu Holomisa announced on Tuesday…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (936+ words) There is so much that has become apparent as the ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled his party’s 2026 local government election manifesto at Riverside Park in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg last Sunday, ahead of the seventh local government elections on November…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) Social development MEC Bukiwe Fanta has called on communities, families and churches to take greater responsibility for protecting children from abuse and neglect. Speaking at a Women’s Month gathering at Cofimvaba Methodist Church, Fanta revealed that 3,168 cases of child abuse…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (329+ words) The MK Party, which is hoping to make inroads in the Eastern Cape during the November local government elections, has called on citizens in the province to free themselves from being “indoctrinated into a party which doesn’t serve their interest…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (781+ words) The Eastern Cape desperately needs jobs. At the same time, it possesses one of SA’s greatest tourism assets. Recent provincial figures indicate that the province welcomed about 2.2-million tourists in the final quarter of 2025, including about 350,000 international visitors who spent…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (598+ words) Marchers forced several shops they identified as foreign-owned to close in Qonce on Thursday as the March and March anti-immigration campaign vowed to continue its activities, despite struggling to raise money to fund its operations. Police were deployed to monitor…...