20+ hour, 38+ min ago   (534+ words) US president George W Bush, hardly a year in office, was in Florida on September 11 2001 listening attentively as elementary school pupils read from The Pet Goat, when Andrew Card, his chief of staff, quietly walked into the classroom and whispered…...

19+ hour, 53+ min ago   (439+ words) The department of health is blaming you for providing inaccurate population numbers. Do you accept that? If your numbers are accurate, then according to the department of health we’re facing an immunisation crisis. But the experts agree we’re not, don’t…...

19+ hour, 56+ min ago   (636+ words) How depressing to hear reports that pro-Palestinian protesters have returned to picket outside the stores of Cape Union Mart owner Philip Krawitz despite losing comprehensively in the Western Cape High Court on September 4 in a case Krawitz had brought as…...

18+ hour, 52+ min ago   (819+ words) For millions of South Africans, the problem is not whether they want private health-care cover. It is whether they can afford it. As the Sunday Times recently reported, the cost of health insurance is growing an estimated 14%-16% a year, while…...

20+ hour, 29+ min ago   (905+ words) Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube and the department’s director-general (DG), Mathanzima Mweli, are embroiled in a cold war as Mweli refuses to be subjected to a lifestyle audit by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). This is the latest episode in…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (664+ words) The irony is difficult to miss: South Africa keeps telling people to blow the whistle, while the people who actually do it are left fighting for their jobs, their reputations and, in Hasane’s case, their safety. Mphuthi’s dismissal from the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (545+ words) The ANC has now taken its 2024 municipal candidates list chaos to the Electoral Court, asking it to overturn the Independent Electoral Commission’s decision to refuse to process more than 181 nominations affecting six municipalities because they were not submitted within the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (873+ words) 1972 — Cliff Drysdale and Briton Roger Taylor win the US Open men’s doubles crown at Forest Hills in New York, beating Australians Owen Davidson and John Newcombe 6-4 7-6 6-3 in the final. Taylor and Newcombe had won the title the previous year. Drysdale…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (590+ words) Patients at one of Khayelitsha’s busiest health facilities have endured broken and inadequate toilets for months, with some forced to queue for facilities at the trauma unit and others having to use a toilet without a door. The Site B…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (793+ words) The local government elections will be a defining moment in our country’s democratic journey. They present voters with an opportunity and a responsibility, to determine the quality of leadership, governance and public services that will shape our communities for years…...