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The one obscure event that we should remember as a nation is what happened 210 years ago when slaves rebelled in 1808 in the Cape seeking a free state and freedom for all slaves. The rebellion, which ...

The SRWP leadership met on 9 May 2019, to reflect on the 2019 National and Provincial Elections. We reflected on our performance as a Party, and the entire electoral process with its substantially ...

The fact that Eskom's tariff increase application appears to have been revised to 35% does little to dampen concerns about possible inflationary effects of such a tariff hike. Indeed, a 35% increase ...

To amend the Nursing Act, 1978, so as to amend certain definitions and to define certain expressions; to provide for the establishment of the South African Interim Nursing Council; to further regulate ...

The word “irregularity” needs to be redefined. Currently it applies to anything from a learner not registered for the paper to learners being assisted fraudulently during the course of an examination.

On 21 June 2013, Magistrate Voogt of the Nigel Magistrates' Court (Gauteng province) convicted Cecil Motsepe, a former journalist of Sowetan, of criminal defamation and sentenced him to a fine of ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the move towards privatisation by South African Airlines (SAA) by means of selling off minority interest in some of its subsidiaries. The DA cannot agree more ...

Former Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng leader John Moodey has joined the newly launched ActionSA, recently formed by former Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba. Moodey will serve as the party’s ...

In terms of the Section 45 of the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 72 of 2008) ( "the Amendment Act"), I hereby determine 01 June 2017 as the date on which the Amendment ...

To amend the Post Office Act, 1958, so as to provide that officers or employees of the Department of Posts and Telecommunications seconded permanently to a successor company will become employees of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be bestowing the 2019 National Orders Awards on distinguished local citizens and eminent foreign nationals who have played a momentous role towards building a free and ...