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Former national police commissioner Riah Phiyega. (Oupa Nkosi)

Riah Phiyega: Failure and dashed hopes

South Africans had high hopes when Riah Phiyega stepped into office as national police commissioner last year. Those hopes, it seems, were misplaced.

Pravin Gordhan (photographed) hopes to cut wasteful expenditure. (Gallo)

Mid-term budget speech 2013: Gordhan cuts the fat

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced sweeping cuts to the pricey perks enjoyed by civil servants.

Press freedom is so lacking in Mexico that it currently sits at position 153 out of 179 on the Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index. (AFP)

Mexico is no mentor for SA press, Mr President

President Jacob Zuma held up Mexico as an example of the reporting South African news organisations should strive for. But what does that mean?

Tony Yengeni.

Tony Yengeni: Struggle veteran to flawed politician

Despite his flagging influence, Tony Yengeni remains a public persona that people love to hate.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. (Reuters)

Ramaphosa-Mugabe tension ‘won’t hamper co-operation’

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe once called Cyril Ramaphosa ‘a white man in a black man’s skin’

Family planning is not a luxury to everyone. Melinda Gates talks about why she has dedicated so much of her time to helping women plan their families. (AFP)

Melinda Gates on family planning

The M&G caught up with Melinda Gates while she visited Lilongwe, Malawi to see how a family planning campaign in the country was going.

Melinda Gates watches a youth group in Lilongwe as they perform a skit about having unprotected sex.

Maternal health gets a boost in Malawi

The country is focusing on giving women access to family planning services. Faranaaz Parker reports.

President Jacob Zuma.

Patronage just part of South African politics

Politics is so riddled with patronage that the latest revelations about payments made to President Jacob Zuma have been dismissed, say analysts.

The DA has called for Zuma to take a leave of absence from his office until corruption charges against him have been cleared.

DA calls for Zuma to stand aside

The DA has called on President Jacob Zuma to "do the honourable thing" and take leave from his office until all allegations have been dealt with.

On Thursday it was reported that the popular talk show was pulled off air at the 11th hour

SABC’s decision on Mangaung talk show is ‘leadership at its best’

The SABC says its decision to prevent journalists from participating in a debate on Metro FM was made in the interest of the public.

The Gauteng SACP says it wants to take action against the Midvaal municipality and the SABC for not meeting demands.

Talk show gag: SABC has some explaining to do

Media experts say the latest "banning" incident at the SABC has made a mockery of freedom of expression, and the public broadcaster must explain.

A report by a group of civil society organisations has found that there is a worrying shift towards more secretive practices on the part of government.

ConCourt action will be secrecy Bill activists’ last resort

Experts agree that if the secrecy Bill is enacted into law, either opposition parties or the public will contest the law at the Constitutional Court.

Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema cut a different figure when he visited Lenasia residents on Friday.

Moderate Malema visits Lenasia demolition sites

If expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is anything to go by, moderate is the new radical.

ANC president Jacob Zuma.

Nomura calls Mangaung for Zuma

A new report from financial services group Nomura says Jacob Zuma is in no danger of being unseated by the ANC, despite his growing unpopularity.

The ad hoc committee corrected two technical errors in two sections of the Bill singled out by President Jacob Zuma when he sent it back to Parliament in September. (AFP)

ANC agrees to no confidence debate – next year

The ANC will ask that the motion of no confidence against Jacob Zuma, requested by a coalition of opposition parties, be scheduled for next year.

A volunteer demonstrates an HIV screening test. (File photo)

Aids response paying off but more needs to be done

A new report on the global Aids epidemic shows a more than 50% drop in new HIV infections across 25 countries over the last 10 years.

Farm workers continue to strike in De Doorns 13 November. Wage negotiations between farmers and farm workers continue as workers went from farm to farm to collect other workers.

One killed in farm unrest as Cosatu calls end to strike

A man has been killed during farm workers protests outside Wolsely in the Western Cape.

Coalitions emerge in proportional systems largely because these systems produce more political parties over time

Parliament gridlocked in run-up to Mangaung

The decision by opposition parties to band together in a vote of no confidence against Jacob Zuma highlights a growing frustration with Parliament.

Hawks nab alleged rhino poachers

Hawks nab alleged rhino poachers

The Hawks on Sunday shot dead an alleged rhino poacher and injured another during a shootout in the Kruger National Park.

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Conviction deals blow to rhino horn syndicate

Law enforcement agencies have dealt a blow to a global smuggling ring, when a Thai national was sentenced to 40 years for smuggling rhino horn.