The Times Editorial: The education crises in Eastern Cape are far from over. Today we reveal yet another scandal, this one involving 9000 teachers who have not shown up for work in three years but continue to draw their salaries.
Many parents, desperate to secure a better future for their children, have been queuing outside one former Model C school in Gauteng since the weekend in a bid to find space for their children for the 2014 academic year.
The Times Editorial: President Jacob Zuma and his Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, will have to explain to wary South Africans why we are giving $100-million (R914-million) to our neighbour Zimbabwe.
The Times Editorial: Corruption is big business - and not just for the beneficiaries of graft. An extraordinary story published in The Times today suggests that international law firms are flocking to this continent, not simply because of its growing attractiveness as an investment destination but because of an increasing demand for their services in dealing with red tape and corrupt administrations in Africa.
The Times Editorial: You must love the constitution ... You must love democracy because there is no money that can compensate for anybody's life, said Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros yesterday.
The Times Editorial: The interviews of candidates for judgeships by the Judicial Service Commission this week have raised important questions that should dominate our discussion.
The Times Editorial: Yet again the future of the black child is being treated with disdain - and it seems that no one cares. The animosity between teachers' union Sadtu, the biggest voice in the public service, and Minister of Education Angie Motshekga must end if we are serious about the future of our children.
The Times Editorial: Perhaps more than any other leader in peace time, Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday after suffering a stroke, helped refashion the global political landscape.
The Times Editorial: The decision to pull our troops out of the Central African Republic, though delayed for several days, is welcome. Any mission that does not have the backing of the host nation is doomed to fail.
I didn’t have anything much I felt confident saying on South Africa’s mission to the Central African Republic right up until the memorial was held for the 13 soldiers killed there.
The Times Editorial: Trevor Manuel, the minister in the presidency, yesterday chose a path that many of his colleagues in government and the ANC have avoided.
The Times Editorial: The pictures of rebel soldiers in the Central African Republic driving captured South African military vehicles rammed the message deep into our open wounds.
The Times Editorial: The DA's plan to table a resolution, at an emergency sitting of parliament, to force President Jacob Zuma to terminate the deployment of SANDF troops in the war-torn Central African Republic, is inopportune.
The Times Editorial: President Jacob Zuma should, without any further waste of time, speak candidly to the nation and clear up the many unanswered questions about the involvement - and deaths - of our troops in the Central African Republic.
The Times Editorial: The intention by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to give the public vetting powers over who is fit to be a police officer is baffling, to say the least.
The Times Editorial: The killing of 13 of our soldiers on foreign soil at the weekend was a massive blow to the morale of the SA National Defence Force and the nation.
The Times Editorial: The death of South African soldiers in the Central African Republic, where rebels seized control of the capital, Bangui, yesterday, is a reminder of the massive work Africans still need to do to bring about stability on the continent.
The Times Editorial: Human Rights Day is in danger of becoming irrelevant because many of us seemingly cannot connect with our painful past.
The Times Editorial: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is on a mission to reduce the harm caused by alcohol abuse . He also wants to further tighten the noose on smokers.
South Africa’s teachers went gone on strike, essentially depriving the children under their care of an education in the name of equal education.
The Times Editorial: We have been on this road before and we should not be surprised by the headlines this morning telling us of yet another collapse of the SABC board.
The Times Editorial: An estimated two million Zimbabweans voted on a new constitution on Saturday as a precursor to democratic elections in the troubled country later this year.
The Times Editorial: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on citizens to work with the police to help root out criminals in their ranks.
The Times Editorial: Auditor-general Terence Nombembe has revealed that taxpayers are still being milked of millions. His audit of the state exposes the number of public servants who continue to do business with the government.
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SABC power play would be laughable if not so destructive
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Tentative steps for families to finally find closure
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Two centres of power unhealthy for education system
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It's up to Zuma to pull in the leash on these rogue cops
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We'll hold you to that promise, Minister Motshekga
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Financial shambles makes mockery of world-class claims
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A courageous new voice in the service of South Africa
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Hard conversations required to halt the scourge of rape
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Let us not reduce the Oscar tragedy to sensationalism
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Rape shows there are no South African men
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Economic realities make Zuma's task an uphill battle
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Rape: Anger must be tempered with sober thought
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Anene's memory must spur the nation into action
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Ramphele is not a messiah, our destiny is in our own hands
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'Naughty miners' unlikely to get back in line any time soon
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We pay, you deliver: The failed people's pact with the state
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Racists cannot be tolerated, no matter what their colour
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Higher wages alone will not solve the problems of farming
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How much moregovernment graft can we take?
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Ermahgerd! Cerncerrts!
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Cool heads needed to restore stability on the mines
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They huff and they puff but they won't escape Nkandla
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ANC needs to take heed of Cosatu's real concerns
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Sorry, Thulas, but SA wants better excuses than that
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Paying consultants to do civil servants' jobs is outrageous
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Leaders nowhere in sight as Sasolburg writhes and burns
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Government stifling debate by attacking business critics
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Repeated unruly protests will be undoing of nation
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Stage set for Bafana to reignite 1996 Afcon magic
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Petty point-scoring and strikes destroy Mangaung gains
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It's do or die for SA as mines threaten to slash jobs
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We've run out of time for talk - it's action or go under
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Enforcement, not alcohol limits, will stop road carnage
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Brutal neglect of child prisoners is unconscionable
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Today's ANC leaders put greed before the greater good
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State gives defence force big jobs but insufficient support
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SABC's relegation of cricket smacks of sheer ignorance
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Investors take some comfort from ANC's new clarity on policy
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'Caring' government has punished the victims of corruption
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Gauntlett omission: Suspicion of JSC's motives lingers
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Zuma needs to retain opponents if he is to unite ANC
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ANC greed could swallow this country whole
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Little to be proud of in assessments of pupils' performance
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Chaskalson's legacy must not be trampled into dust
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In a time of great wrong, Gerwel put us on right track
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Parents, not the internet, must teach children about sex
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Can we learn from hate?
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Why won't the government come clean on e-tolling?
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Time for the ANC to wake up to the new reality
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Kabila must take rebels' demand for talks seriously
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ANC's unkept promises
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Marikana inquiry unlikely to unravel the full tragic story
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Power to the people - but not without paying for it
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Is the existence of stupid people a comforting myth?
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Hands off the Mother Monster
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ANC more interested in hurting DA than in helping farmworkers
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Ramphele spares no one as she talks truth to power
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Zuma's dignity has all the protection it needs and deserves
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Something's got to give or democracy will give way to chaos
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Mandela-style leadership discarded for self-enrichment
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US poll showed a democracy in action - a lesson for SA
