Author: staff

In the digital world, mis and disinformation spread six times faster than the truth, fuelled by algorithms that reward engagement over accuracy. Social media, once seen as spaces with clear policies, now often fail to act on even clear-cut cases.

Despite several complaints that litter is piling up in Mthatha, a company the OR Tambo District Municipality contracted to recycle its waste sparked controversy when it used municipal trucks to travel as far as Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal to collect trash for the project.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has issued a R2 billion government guarantee to facilitate the repayment of funds belonging to more than 220 000 depositors banking with the failed Ithala state-owned bank, News24 can exclusively disclose.

Vincent Obisie-Orlu and Mischka Moosa, from the Natural Resource Governance and Climate Change Programme at Good Governance Africa, discuss South Africa’s Renewable Energy Masterplan, and how the country can transition from ambition to action.

The government’s expenditure on public servants’ salaries declined between 2013 and 2022, and the state employees wage bill is not the sole challenge to the nation’s fiscus – so says Public Service and Administration Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, who has defended the government’s enormous wage bill.

Supreme Court of Appeal President Mahube Molemela has declined President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nomination for possible appointment as Deputy Chief Justice, leaving Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo as the most senior candidate on the list.

If and when the Legal Practice Council professional misconduct inquiry against Dali Mpofu ever goes ahead, the organisation that complained about his behaviour will have to apply to attend – because the advocate has objected to its presence.

The World Health Organisation and UNICEF are urging South African regulators to curb deceptive infant formula marketing, saying false claims in online “advice” undermine breastfeeding, despite breastmilk being the healthiest option for babies.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is setting up a judicial commission of inquiry to establish whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the National Prosecuting Authority.

An additional 2 500MW this winter, as well as improving performance of Eskom’s coal fleet, should signal that SA’s power system won’t perform worse than last winter when it comes to load shedding, says Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.