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JONATHAN JANSEN | 8 myths about teachers: what parents often get wrong

Spending time with parents at a graduation ceremony got me pondering some of the misconceptions about educators

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Comment-policy , Problem , Teachers , 5am , South-african , Sunday-school , Reaking-news , Eneral

Mbeki says vote ANC, but ask what went wrong in last few years

Former president Thabo Mbeki was drumming up support for the ANC at Soweto's Jabulani Mall

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Anc , Organisation , Zuma , University-of-johannesburg , South-africans , 5am , Jabulani-mall , Soweto

Kill or be killed, inmate explains hit on her 'abusive' husband

MEC of social development Nonhlanhla Khoza visited the Westville correctional centre on Wednesday to hear the concerns of prisoners

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Phumelele-zulu , Zulu , Inmate , Women , Husband , Nonhlanhla-khoza , 5am , Westville

Widow of slain activist Loyiso Nkohla looks forward to facing his killers

"He saved my life - he begged me to stay behind," says Nyameka Nkohla.

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Loyiso-nkohla , Loyiso , Nyameka-nkohla , Thobani-maxengana , 5am , Philippi , John-reyneveld , Cape-town

South Africa's security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid — it's been a rocky road to reform

How the security services have developed over the past 30 years, and how they are perceived by the public, have been shaped by several failures and shortcomings

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , African-national-congress , Fw-de-klerk , 5am , National-party , White-paper-on-intelligence , National-intelligence-agency , Nelson-mandela , South-african-defence-force

PALI LEHOHLA | Don't be 'afraided' — it's a prick here and there on Africa's way to being a digital leader

Slim book covering critical subjects for Africa’s development packs a punch

South-africa , Madiba , North-west , South-africans , World-war , Sunday-times , Comment-policy , Pali-lehohla , Veronica-motloutse , George , Allen-stuart

Young and Addicted

all through the night, i get messages. active till liam, active till 5am. and people arejust serving all the time. it is literally everywhere you go. both beth and jay are in their 20s and have been using ketamine for quite a few years after first trying it as teenagers. yeah, the first time i ever had a line of ketamine was at a free party. yeah, same. a little shindig happening out in a barn somewhere. i was 14 years old and somebody had some in the classroom and i had a little bit in the back of the classroom — that was the first time i had it. and then from then, it was in the party — party scene from about the age of 17. so, yeah... can you remember what it was like the first time you tried it? not really, no. no, i was out of this world. i remember being in a house once and i had some k and i completely forgot who i was and who i was with and it was really scary. but then, you get used to that feeling and you sort of break a barrier almost and it becomes not scary any more and it becomes quite a therapeutic drug.

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Azapo wants provincial governments to be scrapped

The party launched its provincial manifesto in Patensie outside Gqeberha on Saturday

Ncera , Eastern-cape , South-africa , Patensie , Germany , East-london , Nelvis-qekema , Consciousness-movement , Black-consciousness-movement , Governments , Azapo , People

Young and Addicted

it runs through snapchat as well, facebook messenger. from the minute you wake up, all through the night, i get messages. active till liam, active till 5am. and people arejust serving all the time. it is literally everywhere you go. both beth and jay are in their 20s and have been using ketamine for quite a few years after first trying it as teenagers. yeah, the first time i ever had a line of ketamine was at a free party. yeah, same. a little shindig happening out in a barn somewhere. i was 14 years old and somebody had some in the classroom and i had a little bit in the back of the classroom — that was the first time i had it. and then from then, it was in the party — party scene from about the age of 17. so, yeah... can you remember what it was like the first time you tried it? not really, no. no, i was out of this world. i remember being in a house once and i had some k and i completely forgot who i was and who i was with and it was really scary. but then, you get used to that feeling and you sort of break a barrier almost and it becomes not scary any more

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RAF gets legal rap over the knuckles over AG findings

The adoption of a new accounting standard saw the Road Accident Fund write off more than R300bn in liabilities

South-africa , World-war , Sunday-times , Raf , Tsakani-maluleke , Ag , Accounting-standards-board , Graham-girdwood , Agsa , 5am , Road-accident-fund