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SPONSORED For 18 years, the Thuthuka Bursary has been empowering South Africa’s youth from previously disadvantaged communities with educational support, enabling those selected to pursue the accountancy profession as a … Read More
Washington on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the United States after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume services to … Read More
Followers of the Horned God must practise their beliefs in private, says the South African Satanic Church (SASC). Believed to be the first registered church of its kind in South … Read More
When I went for my residency in Amsterdam, I was an oil painter. At that time, I took many pictures as a way to document. I came back here and … Read More
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday defended a new “test and trace” system designed to stop a second wave of coronavirus infection, amid criticism about a lack of transparency. … Read More
On the morning of June 1, after two months of state-mandated abstinence, the line to enter one Johannesburg liquor store stretched outside and all the way around the corner. After … Read More
COMMENT Covid-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing, but anxiety about the world’s social and economic prospects is only intensifying. There is good reason to worry: a sharp economic downturn has … Read More
There are no backlogs. This was the story given by the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) for weeks. Then, last week, the state’s laboratory finally revealed the numbers — there … Read More
NEWS ANALYSIS It seemed to come out of nowhere. Everyone was following the cigarette ban case, the Democratic Alliance’s parliamentary oversight case and other court actions on different aspects of … Read More
LESSON ONE The shifting goalposts My first explicit memory of directly experiencing anti-black racism was in the first week of high school. Schools had only been racially desegregated the year … Read More
