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Concern as SA teenage pregnancy numbers skyrocket
According to a recent survey 20% of girls in the study admitted to having had an adolescent pregnancy, and 6% of men admitted to having impregnated a girl during their adolescent years
Mpox: Brace yourself for another Lockdown
The Lockdown means the suspension of constitutional democracy and the Bill of Rights. The 2020 Lockdown turned this country into an open-air prison ruled by dictate, where ‘effective midnight tonight’ was Ramaphosa’s favourite despotic refrain!
Pandor says she regrets declining ANC's deputy president position
Pandor said she never imagined the ANC being in bed with the Democratic Alliance (DA) in government.
Minster Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma outlines her department’s progress in addressing the scourge of GBVF
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma gives a detailed outline of her department’s progress in addressing the scourge of GBVF in South Africa.
Outgoing Minister Dlamini-Zuma admits catching free flight to Namibia
Dlamini-Zuma was among the dignitaries who attended the funeral of former president Hage Geingob, 82, who died early last month while receiving treatment in a hospital in the capital, Windhoek.
Department calls on South African men to join fight against gender-based violence
It is estimated that domestic violence by partners contributes to the majority of violence against women, with at least one in three women experiencing it at some point in their lives.
Gordhan’s exit heralds end of public enterprises department
Minister responsible for key state-owned enterprises claims some state capture-hit government entities are much better off than when he took over the portfolio in 2018
Numsa happy to see Gordhan leave
This comes after Gordhan announced his retirement from politics this weekend.
NDZ, Mapisa-Nqakula and Gordhan among 30 senior ANC leaders not returning to Parliament
ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said the party’s Electoral Committee will release the list of members who declined nomination and will be retiring from politics after the elections.
Identity politics to take centre stage in general elections, posing challenges for ANC
Senior people like the former minister Lindiwe Sisulu might leave the ANC - analyst.
Zuma accuses Ramaphosa of buying his presidency and selling out comrades
The ANC that exists is not the ANC I know … This is Ramaphosa’s ANC. The Ramaphosa I’ve never seen during the Struggle
Africa Centres for Disease Control names building after Dlamini Zuma
The CDC has gone on to gain global recognition for its quick and targeted response to diseases including Covid-19.
Minister to face music over lockdown documents
In February last year, before a contempt of court application against her could be finalised, Dlamini Zuma was replaced as minister by Nkadimeng.
Medical student aims to give back to the community
Olwethu Ndlovu, former Velabahleke High School pupil, said she had always dreamt of becoming a doctor because she was driven by the desire to help people and change their lives.
KZN ANC Women’s League pays tribute to NDZ
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma officially wrote to her party, saying she will not be returning to Parliament after the 2024 general elections.
Dlamini Zuma to retire from Parliament
She served in the Cabinet for almost three decades and also served in a variety of leadership roles on the continent
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma tells ANC she is retiring from Parliament at the end of 6th administration
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has informed the ANC that she will not return to Parliament beyond the sixth administration, signalling her intent to effectively retire from public office after over 30 years of public service.
EXPLAINED: This is why King Misuzulu’s recognition process by Ramaphosa was declared unlawful, invalid and set aside
Judge Norman Davis’ decision to set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa's recognition of King Misuzulu as the king of the Zulu nation has created some turbulence in royal corridors.
#PoeticLicense: A letter to Africa
It’s possible that Mbalula’s critique underscores the potential repercussions of hastened decisions, a sobering reflection on the unintended consequences that can ripple through time.
UKZN medical student bags 2023 Health Excellence Rising Star Award
University of KwaZulu-Natal fifth-year medical student Mohamed Hoosen Suleman was announced the winner of the 2023 South African Health Excellence Rising Star Award by the Health Clinix Group together with the South African Clinician Scientists’ Society.
TIMELINE: The burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm
It has been just under 18 months since the South African public learnt of the infamous burglary at the Phala Phala farm, where US dollars worth millions of rand were stolen from the farm owned by the sitting President Cyril Ramaphosa.
ANC faced with decision on disciplining MPs ahead of elections
ANC veterans Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, and former health minister Zweli Mkhize are expected to appear before the party’s national disciplinary committee on several counts of refusing to toe the party line
ANC to ‘deal with’ defiant Dlamini-Zuma for no show on Mkhwebane removal vote
The ANC says it will deal with Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's ‘defiant’ behaviour after she was a no show at the National Assembly during the process to vote for the removal of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
Dlamini Zuma ‘had every intention to attend Parliament vote on Mkhwebane’
Dlamini Zuma’s supporters said that she had submitted an apology to ANC chief whip in Parliament, Pemmy Majodina to indicate she was not able to attend the vote as she was will
Small-scale Msinga farmers enter retail industry spectrum
Msinga small-scale farmers expected to rake in millions through the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Umnotho Kubantu outreach programme, launched at Tugela Ferry on Tuesday.