1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (639+ words) The South African Human Rights Commission has issued a strong alert about disinformation ahead of local elections and called for mechanisms to safeguard information integrity as a precondition for rights. Information integrity is vital for a functional democracy and recommendations…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago   (1010+ words) With the 4 November local government elections some 70 days away, President Cyril Ramaphosa defended both his administration’s measures to improve municipal governance and the national water action plan to deal with water shortages and sewage spills. In response to a sweetheart…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1021+ words) Johannesburg’s council-owned rental housing portfolio is collapsing under the weight of arrears, vacancies and hijacked buildings, while thousands of residents remain on the yearslong waiting list. In a striking sign of municipal decay, 15 of the City of Johannesburg’s residential properties…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (827+ words) Daily Maverick The two political opposites have joined in a marriage of convenience where AfriForum is looking for a domestic image upgrade while March and March gets to learn valuable lessons in how to legitimise and normalise anti-black discrimination. As…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (699+ words) The leaders of the two major GNU parties set aside their differences to put up a united front to woo infrastructure investors and partners at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa. A last-minute schedule change forced by Ramaphosa’s parliamentary…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1411+ words) The Gauteng metros are not suffering from bad faith. They are suffering from a voting system that pays for it. Themba Dlamini is a husband, father of four, pastor and chartered accountant who loves South Africa – warts and all. He…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (742+ words) The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng. “They used us and threw us away when they were done,” Raphike Bado, a Malawian immigrant who had worked in South Africa…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (743+ words) For decades in South Africa, few words have carried a heavier stigma than impimpi. Historically used during the liberation struggle to refer to apartheid collaborators who betrayed their own communities for personal gain or survival, the term became closely associated…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (743+ words) For decades in South Africa, few words have carried a heavier stigma than impimpi. Historically used during the liberation struggle to refer to apartheid collaborators who betrayed their own communities for personal gain or survival, the term became closely associated…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago   (1075+ words) Serious questions are emerging from Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s evidence about his relationship with suspended deputy police chief Shadrack Sibiya, which he was reluctant to discuss. On Monday, the Madlanga Commission turned to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s continued reluctance to answer questions,…...