March 6, 2017

News:

R20m to repair vandalised Soweto hostels -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Hawks boss denies clash with SAPS over drugs -

Friday, March 3, 2017

ANC to meet FNB over Brian Molefe’s membership form -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Zim thief finds God -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Man trapped in Durban trench for over 5 hours -

Friday, March 3, 2017

UK ‘castrates’ child abusers -

Friday, March 3, 2017

‘Sassa cash trucks coming! -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Helepi murder: police ‘duped’ -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Rockman urged to promote growth -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Girl’s death was avoidable -

Friday, March 3, 2017

Happy ending to eviction battle as families given houses -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Brian Molefe sworn in as an MP -

Friday, February 24, 2017

SAHRC urges SA authorities to stop xenophobic violence -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Popcru welcomes more cop cars, police stations -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Motaung keen to spearhead development -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Jobs summit on the cards -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Crime, corruption remain priority areas -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Three killed in North West floods -

Friday, February 24, 2017

We could do little aside from monitor Esidimeni transfers: SAHRC chairman -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Farmers, cops save kids from flood-waters -

Friday, February 24, 2017

Dr Johan Burger

The issue off farm attacks has remained a topical issue in South Africa with authorities grappling to find effective solutions to the problem. Some people have blamed it on high unemployment levels, others have pointed to poor security while some think political leaders need to take charge and effectively address the problem. The Weekly’s Martin Makoni spoke to Dr Johan Burger, a senior researcher at the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) when he visited Bloemfontein to have a better understanding of what motivates farm attacks and how the situation affects farming and the economy at large. He also asked him…

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Professor Henry Alfred Makura

The department of basic education has appointed a task team to review textbooks to ensure they are free of bias in terms of race, sex and other forms of discrimination. This followed an outcry by parents over a story in a grade 10 textbook that appeared to blame a rape victim for the attack because she had gone out to a party (where she was victimised) without the permission of her parents. To shed light on bigotry in the classroom and assess whether the department’s response could be the panacea to this social ill, The Weekly’s Martin Makoni spoke to…

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Baleka Mbete

In a wide ranging interview with The Weekly’s Thapelo Molebatsi, ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete is boisterous about the chances of the ruling party in next week’s local government elections, rejecting the findings of various surveys and predictions that the ruling party could suffer serious setbacks or even lose some major municipalities in the August 3 polls. Excerpts: Next week’s election is being billed as the toughest for the ANC since 1994: tell us, does this worry the party; is there any fear you might lose ground to the opposition; what’s the mood in the party? The media and so-called…

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