3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (790+ words) It would be “absurd” to suggest the National Assembly cannot initiate a process to review EFF leader Julius Malema’s suitability as a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the Helen Suzman Foundation is arguing in court papers. The foundation,…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (451+ words) ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders are expected to address Cosatu’s 15th national congress in Midrand, Johannesburg, from Monday to Thursday amid ongoing debate about its alliance with both organisations. At its final central executive committee (CEC) meeting on…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (570+ words) The Bureau for Economic Research’s (BER) third-quarter inflation expectations survey on Wednesday will provide guidance for the South African Reserve Bank when it holds its policy meeting in the following week to decide on interest rates. The Bank, which raised…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (103+ words) Business Day CARTOON | Pandering to Putin: Brics silent on Ukraine Today’s cartoon by Brandan Reynolds Would you like to comment on this article? Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. JON FOSTER-PEDLEY | Fuel is not a flight plan for universities…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (859+ words) Poor working conditions, excessive hours and poverty wages are among the allegations facing G4S, one of the world’s largest private security employers, across its operations in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A scathing report by global…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (495+ words) Fintech group Lesaka Technologies continues to look for acquisitions that will help to extend its reach outside South Africa. This comes as the group refines its strategy around the types of businesses it plans to retain and grow in its…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (644+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe multimillion-rand tenders awarded by the North West government to controversial businessman Suliman Carrim, in a process that could see his assets forfeited to the state. The SIU’s probe…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (362+ words) As it was happening, 9/11 had the quality almost of impending Armageddon, if not strictly, on a scale even remotely comparable with the terminal biblical mayhem of the fundamentalist imagination. Still, something was shaken in those moments. Perhaps what it came…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (713+ words) South Africa’s democratic future may depend on whether its political leaders can move beyond the politics of permanent confrontation and embrace a new era of co-operation. The reality facing voters is clear: unstable coalitions, fragile alliances and governments built around…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (586+ words) The events at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) over the past week should force South Africa to confront a difficult question: what happens when legitimate grievances become destructive, and who ultimately pays the price? The burning of CPUT’s…...