Opinion

Vanessa Govender

Vanessa Govender is a former SABC radio and award-winning ENCA television news reporter. She is an author of the children’s book, The Selfish Shongololo, t ...
The classification of gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster in November 2025 placed the National Executive at the centre of the response. Yet the discovery of multiple women’s ...
Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden in the fourth instalment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology series, ...
With regard to Masilonyana, Scopa concluded that the municipality is “characterised by severe administrative dysfunction, poor record-keeping, and financial instability”. The committee noted that the ...
Another victim has been identified following the discovery of a woman’s body on the side of the road in KwaThema, Springs, as police intensify investigations into the murders of eight women. The ...
Nani’s Roti, a Tongaat roti factory, has come under scrutiny for alleged unfair labour practices and staff exploitation by ...
The Madlanga Commission has questioned how serious allegations involving Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officers apparently failed to progress after two officers identified in footage ...
After sleeping outside the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road in Durban for four months, displaced refugees have begun relocating through government and humanitarian ...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal says it has referred unverified allegations of teaching-post selling and “sex-for-jobs” practices in KwaZulu-Natal to the Hawks after the provincial ...
As South Africa’s government adopts the “Weaver Work” scenario as its preferred future, the latest municipal audit results ...
South Africa’s Eskom restructuring is entering a decisive phase, with the government betting on an independent transmission operator to strengthen competition and the power system, but the promise of ...
For many South Africans, opening an e-hailing app and getting into a car has become part of everyday life. But new rules governing the industry mean passengers should be paying closer attention to the ...