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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered this speech at the First National Convention of the National Dialogue at the University of South Africa in Pretoria on Friday, 15 August.

Under South Africa’s labour law framework, only workers recognised as ‘employees’ qualify for unemployment insurance, paid maternity and parental leave.

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At this rate the next bribe will be handed over at a Woolworths checkout counter, wedged between a rotisserie chicken and a packet of organic baby spinach.

Natal’s Ntsiki Biyela pays homage to her grandmother, Aslina, and to Zulu tradition, through a cultural wine brand rooted in heritage.

South Africa’s rare plants are under siege. On 3 July 2025, four foreign nationals were sentenced to 15 years for poaching 303 endangered Clivia mirabilis, worth up to R30 million, from Oorlogskloof ...

In the wake of the targeted killing of six journalists in Gaza on Sunday, 10 August 2025, media workers around the world have held protests and vigils condemning the attacks on their colleagues in the ...

In 2023, the Gauteng government promised to act after clashes between e-hailing drivers and the taxi industry at Maponya Mall. Yet on Wednesday, an e-hailing driver was killed and his vehicle set ...

The Alien franchise makes the leap to the small screen with the debut of FX’s eight-part Alien: Earth on Disney+. Sleek in appearance, and not short on scares, this sci-fi horror series is ...

In this episode, The Readiness Report’s host, Redi Tlhabi, takes apart the Army Chief’s eyebrow-raising trip to Iran, in the very week South Africa is scrambling to ease US tariffs. She calls it an ...

Anti-government protesters demolished the offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the northern city of Novi Sad and clashed with police and SNS supporters in the capital Belgrade on ...