
utils.ArticleTopic.None 14 Apr 2025
Is Mashatile steering the GNU?The VP, friendly with radical factions, is leading the announcements of coalition reform, and the DA is increasingly marginalised. The state of the nation itself is in question


utils.ArticleTopic.None 14 Apr 2025
Polling the wool over your eyesPolls that seem too good to be true usually are. The DA polled over 30% in February 2024, before getting 21% at the ballot. The new IRR poll report is similarly optimistic


utils.ArticleTopic.None 14 Apr 2025
Poll Confirms Western Cape Majority Want Referendum on Cape IndependenceThe Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) commissioned Victory Research (VR) to conduct another poll on Cape Independence. These are the results.


utils.ArticleTopic.None 12 Apr 2025
South Africa risks special sanctions over Cuban doctor programmeSouth Africa's medical student exchange with Cuba has been running since 1996. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been targeting other such programmes in the Carribbean


utils.ArticleTopic.None 11 Apr 2025
AfriForum Seeks Clarity on SAPS’ Reliance on Private Security PSiRA pushes irrational policyAfriForum’s PAIA request probes SAPS’ use of private security to guard stations, highlighting staffing shortages.New regulations could paralyze the industry, risking public safety


utils.ArticleTopic.None 11 Apr 2025
South Africa and China sign MoU on Nuclear EnergyThe deal for modular nuclear reactors is vital, but cost estimates and the likelihood of overrun mean the project may cost 3x the sticker price, and could only arrive in a decade


utils.ArticleTopic.None 10 Apr 2025
Reuben Coetzer | Why the draft Private Security regulations threaten our safetyThe effective absence of the police in South Africa means that private security is the only means of preserving life and property. New regulations risk destroying it


utils.ArticleTopic.None 10 Apr 2025
SABC cancels AfrikaansThe broadcaster has cut Afrikaans-language news bulletins in favour of English and African languages. The DA expressed outrage, but are currently in charge of the department.
