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It was clear there was going to be unrest, said Cele about the July 2021 unrest in KZN and Gauteng

Minister of police Bheki Cele is appearing before the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Monday. Cele told the commission: “Dark clouds were gathering, you could see it coming.” The commission is investigating the unrest.

21 Feb 2022 5AM 3 min

Sassa is not giving away alleviation vouchers

Don't have time to read? Listen to a summary on Sassa rubbishing claims it is giving away poverty alleviation vouchers.

21 Feb 2022 3AM 1 min

Tombstones for Senzo Meyiwa and Nathaniel Nat Nakasa remain eyesores for their families

Desecrated to piles of rubble, the tombstones of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa and anti-apartheid icon and journalist Nathaniel Nat Nakasa remain eyesores for their families. More than a year after Meyiwa and Nakasa’s grave sites were vandalised in the Chesterville Cemetery in Durban, the families of the late…

18 Feb 2022 10AM 3 min

Shut up and breathe

My name is Aspasia. Every year as I approach the end of February I get that mildly sinking feeling that comes from recognising that perhaps the grand resolutions I made may not be panning out quite as successfully as anticipated in the alcohol fueled daze of January 1. Perhaps you…

18 Feb 2022 10AM 49 min

CRIME STATS | SA sees reduction in some crimes but not murder 

Police minister Bheki Cele delivered the quarterly crime stats for the period October to December 2021. Although there was a significant reduction in crimes such as sexual assault and robbery, murders continued to rise.  

18 Feb 2022 8AM 4 min

Hoërskool Jan Viljoen parents clash as some black parents refused entry to parents' meeting

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi was supposed to addressed Hoërskool Jan Viljoen parents on Thursday afternoon. The MEC was late for the meeting and while parents waited for him chaos was the order of the day. It was a shouting match with slurs being traded between black and white parents…

18 Feb 2022 12AM 6 min

Malema calls 'Kill the Boer' song a chant not a command

In his second day in the witness box, EFF leader Julius Malema told the equality court sitting in Johannesburg that the anti-apartheid song Dubul’ ibhunu, which translates to “shoot the Boer” or “kill the Boer”, was a chant and not a command to incite violence, as violence was not party policy.

17 Feb 2022 8AM 4 min

Zondo commission doesn't place sufficient emphasis on the role of banks in the state capture project 

 In this edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, Hennie van Vuuren, director of Open Secrets, explains why, despite excellent work done by the state capture inquiry, the commission headed by Justice Raymond Zondo could have been more nuanced in at least six respects.  Eusebius McKaiser and Van Vuuren discuss how some…

17 Feb 2022 4AM 5 min

Leave race out of it, no-one's plotting to kill white farmers in SA, Malema reiterates

The equality court in Johannesburg on Wednesday continued with the hate speech matter brought by AfriForum. The organisation took the EFF to court over the singing of the song Dubul' ibhunu. AfriForum wants the song declared as hate speech and for the EFF to apologise and be fined R500,000. EFF…

16 Feb 2022 1PM 4 min

Shoba wraps up his defence in Pule murder case

Alleged mastermind of the murder of Tshegofatso Pule, Ntuthuko Shoba, appeared at the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday for cross-examination. Shoba testified that he was not worried about not being able to make contact with Pule for several days after the last time he saw her — which was the…

16 Feb 2022 12PM 4 min

‘I did not sing ‘Kill the Boer’, you have the wrong man’, Julius Malema tells Equality Court

“I did not sing ‘Kill the Boer’, you have the wrong man.” So said EFF leader Julius Malema in the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday during the hate speech case brought by AfriForum. AfriForum took Malema and the EFF to court for singing Dubul’ ibhunu, translated as “Shoot the…

16 Feb 2022 4AM 3 min

Jacob Zuma denied leave to appeal

Former president Jacob Zuma has been denied leave to appeal the dismissal of his “special plea” to remove lead prosecutor advocate Billy Downer from his corruption trial. Pietermaritzburg high court judge Piet Koen on Wednesday ruled the trial must proceed, as agreed to by all parties, on April 11 this year.

16 Feb 2022 4AM 3 min

‘Shut up, grow up and calm down, you’re a disgrace’, Motshekga tells Steenhuisen

The National Assembly and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) resumed their joint sitting on Tuesday to debate President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address (Sona) last week in the Cape Town City Hall. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga lost her cool when she was disrupted during most of her…

15 Feb 2022 10AM 4 min

Covid-19 vaccines can cause ‘temporary’ changes to menstrual cycles

Reports of changes to menstrual cycles due to Covid-19 vaccines have been noted globally and have prompted studies in a number of countries. To date the systematic studies conducted have found no significant or serious changes to menstrual cycles as a result of the vaccines.  

15 Feb 2022 12AM 5 min

Steenhuisen thinks “president of talk” should fire his cabinet

Political parties debated the state of the nation address (Sona) on Monday after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised major changes in his speech last Thursday. The DA's John Steenhuisen spoke in the joint sitting and said he is not happy with ministers such as Bheki Cele, Ayanda Dlodlo, Lindiwe Sisulu, Gwede…

14 Feb 2022 9AM 5 min

Hot lunch: Conducting the music of the spheres

Kutlwano is telling me stories at Tortellino D’Oro, another multigenerational celebration of the sensory delights. Owner Katerina Bollo is explaining how Bologna is the source of the golden tortellini now perfected at the Joburg Italian foodie institution. This morning she plucked four zucchini flowers from her rooftop vegetable garden and…

11 Feb 2022 6AM 5 min

The morning after Ramaphosa’s old dawn promises

TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser examined President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address (Sona). He argues that the president delivered his speech more persuasively than usual, with apparent control over the detail of the narrative, and with admirable speaker energy, notwithstanding major crises within the ANC and the…

11 Feb 2022 2AM 2 min

Athol Trollip reflects on what is different about his latest political adventure

In Eusebius on TimesLIVE, former DA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip explains how his respite from politics, and venturing into consultancy, allowed him to see anew the experiences of ordinary South Africans across towns and cities in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere. Having observed the effects of state capture, he decided…

11 Feb 2022 12AM 4 min

President’s state of the nation address doesn’t 'cross the Rubicon'

The overwhelming call from South Africans when President Cyril Ramaphosa took to the podium to deliver his 2022 state of the nation address (Sona) from Cape Town City Hall on Thursday night was for clear and decisive action to be taken.However, Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt said while there…

10 Feb 2022 3PM 7 min

Ramaphosa addresses corruption

Justice minister Ronald Lamola expects President Cyril Ramaphosa to report back on the creation of four special courts dealing with corruption cases in his state of the nation address.

10 Feb 2022 2PM 9 min