Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has requested that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) conduct lifestyle audits on the Department of Basic Education (DBE).
FNB CEO Harry Kellan is taking early retirement, as the FirstRand group looks to simplify its businesses in a large restructuring
Stellenbosch University has informed its Wilgenhof Alumni Association that the current Chair of Council, Nicky Newton-King, will not stand for re-election as Chair or as Council member after her term ends this week.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met the South African Medical Association (Sama) — one of the organisations taking him to court about the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act — to talk about “things we have in common”. Motsoaledi spoke to Bhekisisa for the March episode of its TV show, Health Beat. Sama is a membership…
Water security has increasingly become a defining factor shaping the future of economies, cities, and, most critically, food systems. Rising demand and growing pressure on water resources now require coordinated action from governments, the private sector, and civil society to address challenges that threaten sustainable and reliable supply. For governments in particular, water security is…
On Thursday 26 March 2026 ActionSA, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP) joined the xenophobic group March on March in a march through central Durban. Migrants, as well as Pondo and Tsonga South Africans, were intimidated, with reports of assaults. March on March, backed by the MKP, previously attempted to…
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/80/L.48, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the system of racialised chattel enslavement of Africans to be the gravest crime against humanity. The decision was long overdue. It marked a rare moment in which the international community chose truth over convenience, history over…
Johannesburg is one of those cities that gets better and better the more time you spend in it. You might spend a morning sipping flat whites in a chic café, browsing a weekend market, hiking through a nature reserve, or sitting down to a plate of delicious food. Whether you’re spending a day in the…
The cost of acquiring a solar system has fallen sharply, while electricity price increases are nearly three times the rate of inflation.
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