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‘Shut up, grow up and calm down, you’re a disgrace’, Motshekga tells Steenhuisen

The National Assembly and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) resumed their joint sitting on Tuesday to debate President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address (Sona) last week in the Cape Town City Hall. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga lost her cool when she was disrupted during most of her…

15 Feb 2022 10AM 4 min

Covid-19 vaccines can cause ‘temporary’ changes to menstrual cycles

Reports of changes to menstrual cycles due to Covid-19 vaccines have been noted globally and have prompted studies in a number of countries. To date the systematic studies conducted have found no significant or serious changes to menstrual cycles as a result of the vaccines.  

15 Feb 2022 12AM 5 min

Steenhuisen thinks “president of talk” should fire his cabinet

Political parties debated the state of the nation address (Sona) on Monday after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised major changes in his speech last Thursday. The DA's John Steenhuisen spoke in the joint sitting and said he is not happy with ministers such as Bheki Cele, Ayanda Dlodlo, Lindiwe Sisulu, Gwede…

14 Feb 2022 9AM 5 min

Hot lunch: Conducting the music of the spheres

Kutlwano is telling me stories at Tortellino D’Oro, another multigenerational celebration of the sensory delights. Owner Katerina Bollo is explaining how Bologna is the source of the golden tortellini now perfected at the Joburg Italian foodie institution. This morning she plucked four zucchini flowers from her rooftop vegetable garden and…

11 Feb 2022 6AM 5 min

The morning after Ramaphosa’s old dawn promises

TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser examined President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address (Sona). He argues that the president delivered his speech more persuasively than usual, with apparent control over the detail of the narrative, and with admirable speaker energy, notwithstanding major crises within the ANC and the…

11 Feb 2022 2AM 2 min

Athol Trollip reflects on what is different about his latest political adventure

In Eusebius on TimesLIVE, former DA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip explains how his respite from politics, and venturing into consultancy, allowed him to see anew the experiences of ordinary South Africans across towns and cities in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere. Having observed the effects of state capture, he decided…

11 Feb 2022 12AM 4 min

President’s state of the nation address doesn’t 'cross the Rubicon'

The overwhelming call from South Africans when President Cyril Ramaphosa took to the podium to deliver his 2022 state of the nation address (Sona) from Cape Town City Hall on Thursday night was for clear and decisive action to be taken.However, Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt said while there…

10 Feb 2022 3PM 7 min

Ramaphosa addresses corruption

Justice minister Ronald Lamola expects President Cyril Ramaphosa to report back on the creation of four special courts dealing with corruption cases in his state of the nation address.

10 Feb 2022 2PM 9 min

FULL ADDRESS | President Ramaphosa delivers his state of the nation address

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his 2022 state of the nation address (Sona) from Cape Town City Hall on Thursday night.

10 Feb 2022 1PM 1 hr 49 min

“I want to see real political change coming again,” Athol Trollip on joining ActionSA

Former DA federal chairperson and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip was announced as ActionSA’s provincial chairperson of the Eastern Cape in a press conference held in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Trollip is the latest high-profile member to join shortly after former DA Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi last month.

9 Feb 2022 7AM 4 min

SA needs solutions from Sona to pull it out of turmoil, not more analysis and promises — experts

SA is itching to hear what the government is doing to keep the country from the brink of collapse, according to political and economic experts at Wits University. President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his state of the nation address (Sona) to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National…

9 Feb 2022 7AM 9 min

Azapo members sing “shoot the Boer” inside court during “ kill the Boer” case against EFF members

The “kill the Boer” court case continued on Wednesday morning. AfriForum is taking EFF members to court over singing dubul’ ibhunu (”kill the Boer”). There was chaos on Wednesday morning when two people entered the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg singing dubul’ ibhunu while AfriForum’s Ernst Roets was testifying. The…

9 Feb 2022 6AM 3 min

Tembisa hospital temporarily closed after ‘police officer shoots nurse’

Tembisa Hospital was temporarily closed on Wednesday after a fatal shooting left patients and staff in a state of shock, the Gauteng health department said.

9 Feb 2022 4AM 1 min

Double standards of racism: We don’t see outcry when blacks incite racism, “Kill the Boer” court case hears

The second day of the AfriForum vs EFF members court case for singing “Kill the Boer” resumed in the Gauteng high court in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning. Ernst Roets from AfriForum, author of the book Kill the Boer: Government Complicity in SA’s Brutal Farm Murders, is continuing with his testimony…

8 Feb 2022 6AM 4 min

'We can't be shaken by racist small boys' — EFF SG

AfriForum's case against EFF members for singing “Kill the Boer” started in the Gauteng high court in Johannesburg on Monday. Ernst Roets from AfriForum, the author of the book Kill the Boer: Government Complicity in SA's Brutal Farm Murders, read some sections of the book and answered questions in the…

7 Feb 2022 11AM 4 min

Load-shedding is back: Stage 2 power cuts to kick in at 9pm on Monday

Eskom will implement stage 2 load-shedding from 9pm on Monday to “conserve and replenish” emergency reserves.“Further breakdowns could force Eskom to implement load-shedding sooner or to extend the load-shedding beyond Tuesday morning,” the utility said in a statement.Eskom said that, since midnight, it had lost a unit each at Camden,…

7 Feb 2022 9AM 1 min

I am not pro-Ramaphosa, I just made a lot of enemies, says Zondo

Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo says he is being accused of being pro-Ramaphosa without facts. Zondo is the final candidate being interviewed for the chief justice position. Other candidates include Constitutional Court judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Supreme Court of Appeal president Mandisa Maya and Gauteng judge president Dunstan Mlambo.

4 Feb 2022 11AM 4 min

Time for court modernisation and innovation, says Mlambo

Chief justice hopeful Dunstan Mlambo wants modernisation and innovation in SA courts.  Mlambo was the third candidate interviewed for the position. He said the delay in delivering judgments is unacceptable.

4 Feb 2022 8AM 4 min

Mandisa Maya on matters that must be addressed in the judiciary

On Wednesday Supreme Court of Appeal judge president Mandisa Maya was in the hot sit as she vies for the chief justice position. Maya is the only woman ever nominated for the position. She mentioned some of the issues she wants addressed.“DNA samples go stale or get lost. With DNA…

2 Feb 2022 10AM 5 min

Eskom CEO disappointed they were not able to successfully carry out planned maintenance

Eskom has again implemented load-shedding. This time it will last for five days until Monday next week. “This load-shedding is necessary due to a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of two more generating units during the night,” the company said. Eskom provided a virtual update on Wednesday morning. The…

2 Feb 2022 6AM 3 min