The DA’s nomination process for leadership positions is open Geordin Hill-Lewis has thrown his name into the hat. (Photo: X)
Best budget in years?
The team from the treasury before the delivery of the budget speech. (Photo: GCIS)
The budget speech indicates an important fiscal turning point for South Africa, but it does not yet represent the breakthrough that the economy urgently needs. What did Enoch Godongwana say and how exactly does it affect the pockets of ordinary South Africans? Find all reports on this year’s budget speech here, or read the highlights.
Concerns about safety of sanitary products
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Research by the University of the Free State has recently drawn attention to the presence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in certain sanitary products. What did the researchers find? How does it affect women who use the products? What alternative options are there for women who want to avoid these products? And perhaps most importantly, what happens next?
WhatsApp neighborhood groups: Tool or breeding ground for fear?
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Research shows that informal community crime groups often blur the line between a verified threat and mere assumptions. In such environments, suspicion is treated as evidence and rumors spread faster than facts. Is your community WhatsApp group doing what it should? Read here.
Just one more | Budget hangover
In the boxing match against reality, the ANC ideology is slowly but surely losing. This fact can hopefully open the door slightly wider for the private and community sector to increasingly take matters into their own hands and take over power from government.
Khampepe Commission: 48 years later, family still awaits justice
Jaap van der Merwe was murdered in 1978, apparently by four members of uMkhonto weSizwe, the then military wing of the ANC. His body was never found and for his loved ones there was never complete closure either. His son testified before the Khampepe Commission this week. Read here.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommended in the late 1990s that certain people who were not granted amnesty in terms of the TRC process should be criminally prosecuted. Yet many of these cases did not progress for years and there were allegations of interference by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to delay or even stop prosecutions, possibly for political reasons.
An investigation into these allegations, led by Judge Sisi Khampepe, continues.
Also read: ‘Political interference prevents prosecution of ANC leaders’ – AfriForum
DA’s leadership battle begins
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the mayor of Cape Town, says he is ready to lead the DA. He made the announcement in Elsies River on Friday, shortly after nominations for DA leadership positions opened.
Solly Msimanga, in turn, threw his name into the hat as chairman of the DA’s federal council. Not for a title or prestige, says Msimanga, but for a goal. Read here.
Immigration system: Visas, permits ‘hawked to highest bidder’
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An investigation by the Special Investigation Unit (SUE) at the Department of Home Affairs, showed that visas and residence permits were used as commodities, which ended up in people’s pockets with more than R181 million. The SOE also warned that the corruption poses complex challenges for sectors such as property, transport, banking, healthcare and infrastructure. Read here how South Africa was sold piece by piece.
Are we fighting FMD or are we maintaining regulations?
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When no rational explanation can be given as to why action has not been taken with greater urgency within the existing legal framework, farmers have the right to ask questions, writes Bennie van Zyl.
what are you reading
Do you have a new book on the bedside table that you are going to put away this weekend? An old stalwart? Talk together about what you read.
Travel together | Weekend among Barrydale’s mountain pools and bookshelves
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The Karoo Art Hotel on Barrydale is not just a place to stay, it is an experience with character that invites you to properly kick off your city shoes. And this town also gathers interesting people. Come and travel here together.
10-year-old Luca kicks big dream on soccer stage
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He is only ten years old, but soon Luca Human-Maré will be walking on the field with Bafana Bafana at the World Cup soccer tournament in the USA as official ball carrier in front of around 75,000 spectators. Read here how it happened.
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Boxing’s greats face each other in Vegas
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The much-anticipated rematch following Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s historic 2015 fight will take place on September 19 at the Sphere in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on streaming giant Netflix. Read here.