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SAHRC will investigate the conduct of news channel eNCA’s senior reporter Lindsay Dentlinger after her treatment of black and white politicians during interviews following the Budget speech sparked claims of racism.

Purim 2021 will be a tamer affair than what we’re used to. While 2020’s festival was the last dangerous gasp of the old normal — replete with mixed drinks and droplets for many — we now know what we’re dealing with. COVID is determined to put a damper on our typical revels. But then, we’ve had a year to practice the art of socially distant events and we are a stiff-necked people.We’ve all got Zoom accounts by now, and so, the reading of the Megillah continues with a slew of virtua...

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo says politicians have done a bad job with the appointment of boards of state-owned entities.

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we finish Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, first published in 1959, with Chapter 9. Spoilers ahead. “It’s the only time anything’s ever happened to me. I liked it.” With everyone tucked into bed, Eleanor creeps barefoot from her and Theodora’s room. She’s awakened with the tho...

In his recent State Of The Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the Zondo Commission has exposed a weak and compromised criminal justice system. Ramaphosa went on to point out that the newest hotbed of corruption, that of Covid-19 procurement, had been decisively dealt with by a ‘fusion centre’ of key law enforcement agencies. Paul Hoffman argues that the planned appointment of a National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council will slow the wheels of justice even further. Hoffm...

Zondo shocked to hear Radebe dismissed early calls for probe into Gupta landing Parliamentary engagement manager at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), Matt Johnston, said that former minister Jeff Radebe told Parliament that it need not concern itself with the matter and that it was already before the Public Protector. FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is seen during a session of the commissio...

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy joins the latest episode of "Ainsleys Bible Study" on Fox Nation to discuss the Bible and using his position to help his players develop spiritually. "As a Christian, do you really think God cares who wins the game?" host Ainsley Earhardt asks Dungy, now a NFL analyst for NBC Sports. "Absolutey," Dungy replies, recalling studying with a chaplain while he was a player with the Pittsburgh Steelers. "[The chaplain] read from First Corinthians, Chapter...

Thapelo Lekabe The odds are stacked against Mkhwebane given the perjury case, an investigation by the Legal Practice Council over her fitness for office and the pending parliamentary impeachment process. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in the dock. Picture: Neil McCartney Mkhwebane appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on three counts of...

Mohammad Abu Maizar Born in the city of Hebron in 1936, growing up in Jerusalem, Abu Maizar (“Abu Hatim”) pursued university studies in Cairo. He joined the Arab Socialist Baath Party in 1951, then the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) in 1962. Subsequently he moved between Libya, Algeria (where he met Khalil al-Wazir “Abu Jihad” and Ernesto “Che” Guevara), France, Damascus, Lebanon, and Jordan. In Paris he o...

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