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SANEF has sent its condolences to the families, colleagues, friends of Ragani Achary, Ivor Powell, and Glacier Nkhwashu.

Here’s what’s hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 09 July 2021 - 06:55 By TimesLIVE Former president Jacob Zuma handed himself over to police this week to begin serving his 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. Image: GALLO IMAGES Our great-great-grandchildren will one day learn in their history lessons about what we witnessed on our television screens over the past few days.   It doesn't matter how long Jacob Zuma will stay in prison, or whether he will at some point be given a presidential pardon. It doesn't even matter that he ...

Man waving a South African flag (iStock) There is a really long way for South Africa to go and wouldn't it be great if it were a whole lot easier, writes education professor Jonathan Jansen and human rights activist Melene Rossouw. "Perhaps, but we'd be robbing ourselves of that special flavour of doing things the South African way." South Africans are world champs at complaining. We are expert pessimists and finger-pointers - but we are something else too. We are often kinder than we think... and we're really good at pulling miracles out of a hat. If you haven't had the...

The Cyril Ramaphosa of the past couple of months is the president we have been waiting for more than two years: decisive, determined and with no patience for rubbish. But why is he only emerging now, asks Vrye Weekblad.

It was the hardest slap Cyril Ramaphosa had ever given a minister – and it was to his loyal lieutenant, Gwede Mantashe. Ramaphosa's announcement about private power generation is also an indication that he has lost his patience with the general feet dragging. Vrye Weekblad reports.