Nsfas spokesperson: Nsfas is now a free education provider
As part of the government’s new free education commitment, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) will be granting bursaries instead of loans to...
Laws need to be put in place to protect rights of...
There has been a call for the banning of genital mutilation of intersex children but this can only be done if there is legislation...
Who is Ahed Tamimi and why should South Africans care?
The trip I took to Palestine in December 2014 granted me the opportunity to better understand what life under Israeli occupation looked and felt...
Is Capitec another Steinhoff? Not quite.
The South African market was shook on Tuesday when Viceroy Research released a damning report that claimed that Capitec bank “is a wolf in...
Marievale community back in court to stop the army’s unlawful evictions
Marievale residents will be back in court later this week after the High Court heard and heard an application to interdict evictions from a...
USAf CEO: the new funding system for higher education is a...
President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free education does not mean that South African tertiary students have free education, but it does make education more...
Why the Grace/Aziz Ansari incident is so relatable to conversations around...
Navigating the dating world as a woman in a patriarchal world is like playing Russian roulette, you never know how it's going to go....
#DefeatDayZero: Twitter has questions that Maimane didn’t answer
Defeat Day Zero is not the name of a really bad post apocalyptic superhero flick, it’s the Democratic Alliance (DA) social media campaign to...
#DefeatDayZero Maimane presents plan to “save†Cape Town
On Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance party leader Mmusi Maimane held a press briefing in Cape Town regarding the approaching Day Zero for the city....
The Cape Town Water Crisis and the ever-increasing reality of climate...
Cape Town is fast approaching its Day Zero, when residential taps will run dry. The water shortage doesn’t just affect its residents - it...
CT might be in crisis, but Joburg also needs to be...
The City of Johannesburg released a statement on Monday saying that the level 1 water restrictions it had in March 2017 were still in...
The burning questions on #FreeEducation government needs to answer
Since the announcement by President Jacob Zuma in December of free education for the poor and working class, there’s been a lot of confusion...
News24 publishes then retracts racist article on Michael Holding
The article titled "Holding hypocrisy" was retracted by News24, and its editor-in-chief says he will get to the bottom of the issue, but readers...
In defense of trashing H&M
The Economic Freedom Fighter protest against H&M stores in South Africa has caused controversy both locally and overseas. People are calling their actions “unnecessary...
H&M deserves no sympathy: the fashion industry is built on brutal,...
In 2013, a multi-storey commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka collapsed, killing 1135 people and injuring thousands more. The disaster was...
Safety concerns mount as thousands flock to Durban beaches
Thousands of people have descended on the city of Durban for the festive season, with many people taking advantage of the sunny weather to...
NDZ’s Radical Economic Transformation vs CR17’s New Deal: a summary
The two front-runners for incoming president of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa (CR17) and Nkosazana-Dlamini Zuma (NDZ), have outlined their policy positions should...
State capture and security problems are to blame for CT train...
Metrorail Cape Town has been plagued by many problems of late. On Monday, several trains were cancelled on the central line, leaving thousands of...
Marievale community pickets against SANDF outside Gauteng military bases
On Wednesday, advocacy organisation Right2Know (R2K) Gauteng picketed outside three military bases in Gauteng against the evictions of Marievale community members who have been...
#RhodesWar: University disputes claims that it maliciously excluded anti-rape protestors
The students who were excluded by Rhodes University for participating in the #RUReferenceList protest in 2016 said the university was unjust in its decision...
