OPINION

Ian Glenn writes that even if information about Covid-19 pandemic comes straight from a doctor's mouth, we should still treat it with a healthy dose of skepticism.Who should the public believe at this time of medical crisis? Many have warned against fake news or talked about the infodemic of stories battering us. They usually suggest we…

Earlier this week it was revealed that Eskom had named engineering and construction firms ABB South Africa, Stefanutti Stocks and Basil Read Joint Venture, as well as Tubular Construction Projects, as contractors that had allegedly benefited from overpayments totalling R4 billion in the construction of Eskom’s giant coal-fired Kusile Power Station project in Mpumalanga. These alleged…

It is often said that there is no place for politics in sport, but it is a notion that, in South Africa, cannot exist.The history of this country and the marginalisation of our black sports people make it so.For decades, this country's finest sporting products were starved of opportunities to showcase their talents on the…

Media24 is the third media company to announce its print media can no longer withstand the pressures of our time. What does this mean for us as news consumers? More so: For a democracy, asks Lizette Rabe.It is as if our Western languages must turn to the Germanic version when primal existential crises strike us.…

Wandile Gwavu (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images) Mandla Mashimbyi (Titans), Wandile Gwavu (Lions), Ashwell Prince (Cobras), Imraan Khan (Dolphins) and Robin Peterson (Warriors) make up five of the six domestic franchise coaches.South Africa had a player, who played for the Proteas and coached them at a World Cup, before they had a black African franchise…