South Africa
IN PICS | Unhygienic food store and messy hair salons get mayoral shakedown
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero ordered an informal meat and fish trader to close her store on Wednesday as part of the rolling clean-up campaign in the city centre.
By TimesLIVE and Mukovhe Mulidzwi
A diabetic patient’s harrowing fight for survival exposes the cracks in South Africa’s public health system
South Africa has more than 4-million adults living with diabetes, which is now the main cause of death among women
By Yoliswa Sobuwa
Africa’s global warming is a burning issue for our children
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia are working on a joint Climate Health Intervention (CHI²) project
By Lwazi Hlangu
SA confident of successful G20 despite Mexican President Pardo joining Argentina in skipping summit
The government has confirmed to the Sunday Times that four heads of state will not be attending the G20 leaders’ summit
By Lizeka Tandwa
Survivors and families frustrated by postponement of TRC interference inquiry
The current sitting was scheduled for November 10 to 28, meaning only two days will remain after the recusal arguments on November 26
By Ernest Mabuza
‘VAT is off the table, Maqabane’: Godongwana in a good mood as he tables his medium-term budget
The finance minister criticised minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s proposal to fund the NHI by eliminating medical tax credits, underscoring that tax policy falls under his purview
By Khulekani Magubane
Five issues raised by the Human Rights Commission school report
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) praised schools in Gauteng, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo for taking in undocumented children, including migrants and refugees, despite limited resources.
By Kabungane Biyela
Two women killed in Nyanga taxi rank shooting
Two women were killed on Wednesday after gunmen armed with high-calibre weapons opened fire on 10 women at the Nyanga taxi rank in Cape Town.
By Philani Nombembe
‘GBV must be resolved by us’: Mbalula as Women for Change calls for shutdown
Fikile Mbalula has urged all South Africans to join in the fight against gender based violence.
By Modiegi Mashamaite
‘If you hide, we will find you’: Tshwane cracks down on Pretoria CBD prostitution ring
The City of Tshwane officials have arrested four city officials and four Chinese nationals after uncovering a prostitution ring operating in the Pretoria CBD.
By Modiegi Mashamaite
Activists rally outside parliament calling for ‘dignity over austerity’
Social justice activists had a picket outside parliament, calling on finance minister to prioritise the dignity of South Africans over austerity measures.
By Matthew Hirsch
Former NW Development Corporation CFO Kudakwashe Mpofu sentenced to three years in jail for fraud
The Molopo specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday sentenced the former CFO of the North West Development Corporation Kudakwashe Mpofu to three years’ imprisonment for fraud.
By Ernest Mabuza
SA Human Rights Commission report exposes concerning reality in SA schools
Unequal resource distribution leaves rural schools in crisis.
By TimesLIVE
‘It doesn’t meet the legal definition’: government rejects bid to classify GBV as a national disaster
“GBVF cannot reasonably and rationally be regarded as a disaster,” wrote National Disaster Management Centre head Dr Elias Sithole in a letter to Women for Change.
By Modiegi Mashamaite
Dali Mpofu tears into ‘busy body’ witness over Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s ‘violent’ riot tweets
Mpofu claims the prosecution was based on malice and political motivation
By Tania Broughton
