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Prof Tinyiko Maluleke has been appointed as the Tshwane University of Technology's next vice-chancellor and principal.

This week's political developments are of historical proportions and will impact our future deeply.

The ANC, in national government since 1994, and in charge of the vast majority of municipalities, looks set to dip below 50% in national support for the first time ever, the News24 Election Forecaster shows.

Tinyiko Maluleke writes that unlike the call made in the French anthem, he is not calling for any blood to be spilt; but he is calling on voters to spill the voting ink and spill it liberally on 1 November.

The ANC and EFF are sending the big guns to the Western Cape with President Cyril Ramaphosa and red berets leader Julius Malema campaigning in the province in an attempt to loosen the DA’s grip.

As Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu turns 90 on 7 October, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, reflects on the life of this remarkable man — priest, pastor, rabble-rouser, Nobel Peace Laureate, conscience of the nation. This is an extract from ‘Ecumenical Encounters with De...

Step-aside deadline: Will Ace Magashule follow through or will he stay?  Ace Magashule should have already packed up the things in his office and vacated the space after the ANCs national executive committee (NEC) gave all party leaders and members facing criminal charges 30 days to step aside or face suspension. Instead Magashule, who is facing serious criminal charges relating to the Free States R255 million asbestos audit project, is not giving in without a fight.  First he tried to widen ...

Its not the first instance of some racial behaviour by eNCA - Nomvula Mokonyane 2 March 2021 11:43 AM Share This: Prof Tinyiko Maluleke says ANC is in government and when it resorts to tactics of the powerless such as marching it is concerning. The African National Congress (ANC) is holding nationwide anti-racism pickets following what it describes as racial conduct by eNCA reporter Lindsay Dentlinger. The news channel and the reporter received backlash after a montage of video clips on YouTube...

‘Please do better,’ Thuli Madonsela tells eNCA amid mask backlash Independent broadcaster eNCA has been catching some heat on social media after its political journalist Lindsey Dentlinger was seen in a viral video telling only black MPs to wear masks Former Public Protector advocate Thuli Madonsela has joined many who have condemned independent news channel eNCA for its response to allegations that its political journalist Lindsey Dentlinger was racist towards certain black politicians. A...

Pandemic President Cyril Ramaphosas tight-rope walk Thursday night marked Cyril Ramaphosas fifth State of the Nation Address, but his first since Covid-19 gripped the country and the rest of the world.  It resulted in a much-muted affair, with only a handful of mask-wearing MPs in Parliament, while the president made his address which had a strong focus on economic recovery and business, with very few details on the vaccine rollout, which is probably what most citizens wanted to hear.  25 May...