Update: Court orders treatment for gravely ill Somali girl
The North Gauteng High Court has granted an order allowing a 12-year-old Somali refugee to receive treatment at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. She...
The SADC Wrap: Renamo stands down and Ebola fears spread
Each week award-winning journalist KRISTEN VAN SCHIE brings you all the news that’s worth knowing from across the SADC region. Here is this week’s SADC Wrap.
Sanity...
Here is why we all need to calm the f*** down...
So the boys lost the first test against England in Durban. Truth be told, they were thrashed by the Poms. And before this series,...
A concerned letter as Europe handles its refugee crisis
Wilkommen
It's been heartwarming to see crowds of Germans waving signs of welcome at refugees who've trekked from Syria to Turkey, past Hungary's razor wire...
Malema steals the show in parliamentary debut
EFF leader Julius Malema made an explosive entrance into Parliament. And it wasn't just his mineworkers uniform that everyone pointing and gasping. He came,...
Ebola death toll “woefully underestimated”
Traditional burial ceremonies, a lack of health resources and misinformation among communities has spurred the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The death toll is...
Traversing SA’s great outdoors: what tourists really need to know
Crime may be one of the biggest concerns for tourists visiting South Africa, but with foreigners happily frolicking about in our game parks and on our...
The Weekly Dissident: Writing against the canon
On the Weekly Dissident today, MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO brings you a poetic contribution entitled "Raising bastards".
RAISING BASTARDS
our teachers and priests
scouts & the best
among our parents
played their role
to...
So who gave the real state of the nation address?
It was the least surprising moment of the evening, the Economic Freedom Fighters were invited to leave the National Assembly on Thursday evening after repeatedly...
The Ebola hospital in Liberia that isn’t for Liberians
The Pentagon is set to build a facility to treat health workers in Liberia. Eighty Liberian health workers have already died from the disease....
Sepp Blatter’s legacy and the future of Fifa
Sepp Blatter has been at the helm of Fifa for almost two decades. Over the last few years, he’s managed to evade allegations of corruption,...
What you need to know about #Sona2014 (ver. 2.0) Â
1.     Didn’t we have a State of the Nation address already? Why are we having another one?
Yes, we know its confusing. But it's quite simple,...
