While Angie Motshekga may not be the most prudent appointment to the embattled defence ministry, she does have the opportunity to succeed where her predecessors failed, write Daniel van Dalen and Ryan Cummings.
If Angie Motshekga approaches the job with an action-oriented approach and an urgency that inspires not only her immediate staff but the civil servants and uniformed personnel of the Department of Defence too, she will be able to achieve things her predecessors could not, argues Darren Olivier.
Just as eyesbrows were raised when it was announced that Angie Motshekga would be the new defence minister, the former education minister faced much criticism in her previous post. Prega Govender spoke to several trade unions and experts to hear what they thought of Motshekga's 15-year stint at the education department.
The situation in the DRC remains difficult and precarious and, if left unchecked, risks reigniting interstate conflict in the Great Lakes region, write Nyasha Mpani and Webster Zambara.
The SA Weather Service has issued a Level 4 warning for disruptive rain from Friday into the weekend, with 20 to 55mm of rain expected.
The first parliamentary debate since the formation of the government of national unity laid bare the policy contradictions among the GNU parties, with the controversial National Health Insurance Act the bone of contention.
For most senior citizens, getting old means knitting, playing bowls, golf, and having mid-morning tea and biscuits. For one senior from Edgemead though, Cesar DeOliveira, it means being and staying active, it means being able to run 10?km without effort.
With every man and his online analyst looking to see what the Boks are doing differently in attack, Swys de Bruin said a lot of the things they are doing are things they were already doing in 2018.
Nightmarish in its simplistic, unholy horror, Longlegs creeps under your skin with meticulous cinematography, hellish sound design and unsettling performances.
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe said there would be no issue with importing Russian gas for use in South Africa, which in fact seeks to bolster trade with the sanctioned nation.
At least 15 000 people were left displaced and around 14 000 structures sustained damage after heavy rain and gale-force winds battered the Western Cape.
Desperate attempts by hospital managers to procure much-needed medical supplies from other hospitals, a lack of syringes and needles, and no soap for patients to wash themselves.
Dr Lets Pretorius, one of the infamous Boeremag members jailed for treason, lost a court bid to stop the Health Professions Council of South Africa from instituting a disciplinary hearing against him.
The health department is on high alert for a possible surge of Mpox, with two more laboratory-confirmed cases recorded in KwaZulu-Natal this week.
SA Rugby has backed the SABC's decision to halt its planned broadcast of the Springboks' matches against Ireland.
South Africans must brace themselves for less predictable and more extreme weather in the coming years, experts have warned.
