Former president Jacob Zuma was never going to remain the all-powerful and omnipresent political figure that he thought, writes Pieter du Toit.
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Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Basic Education says that while an 18-year-old Bishops Diocesan College pupil involved in a reported relationship with a 30-year-old teacher is of legal age of consent, he is also still a school pupil and there are power dynamics at play.
Former Proteas Gulam Bodi has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for hos role in 2015's spot fixing scandal.
The son of ANC secretary general Ace Magashule, Tshepiso has been forcefully removed from one of the houses belonging to the controversial Gupta family in Saxonwold, Johannesburg.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has reported members of the executive responsible for "blistering attacks" on her office to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise.
It's the scandal that rocked Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch, Cape Town, this week: a 30-year old teacher is accused of having an illicit relationship with an 18-year-old matric pupil.
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'We don't have Russia sitting somewhere doing designs for us,' said the minister of energy in response to a question about plans for small nuclear units.
The Mpumalanga Department of Education has suspended a 56-year-old teacher accused of sexually assaulting eight Grade 7 pupils.
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Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko has welcomed the "hefty" jail sentence handed to child rapist and "heartless paedophile" Nicholas Ninow in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
Police in northern Nigeria charged a cleric with operating an "illegal detention centre" after scores of young men were rescued from his Islamic school where they were tortured and chained.
Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone along the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials announced after high-stakes talks.
Three head-to-heads for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between hosts Japan and South Africa in Tokyo on Sunday.
While Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has said coal "will be around for a long time", the latest Integrated Resource Plan envisions a switch to more green energy by 2030.
A fight between the Spar group and franchise stores formerly controlled by the Giannacopoulos group is affecting stores around Tshwane, Johannesburg, and in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's' royal tour of Pakistan hit a snag when their RAF Voyager aircraft had to turn back after two landing attempts in Islamabad.
Eskom has done an about-turn, announcing on Friday morning that it would be returning to “stage two” loadshedding, as opposed to Thursday’s assurance when the power utility said that stage one rotational loadshedding would take effect.
Toyota has created the LQ concept car with self-driving capabilities which include "Yui," an artificial intelligence agent.
More and more businesses are promising to recycle, including Coca-Cola, a group selling 4 000 plastic bottles every second.
The brains-trust behind the DA's 2019 election campaign, Jonathan Moakes and Paul Boughey, have both resigned. Will it be enough of a sacrifice ahead of the party leadership's meeting this weekend? And will Mmusi Maimane use their sacrifice to his advantage?
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More than 60% of second-hand tyres sold in the country are illegal.
In a world first, Singapore's highest court rules that parents deserve kids with their genes.
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By better understanding the brain mechanisms responsible for pain modulation, researchers hope to eventually find better cures.
At the Best Customer Experience 4.0 held in The Hague, Mercedes-Benz said 25% of its cars will be bought online. We take a look at how the German luxury carmaker is adapting to a new type of car buyer.
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According to general manager Desmond O'Connor from Radisson Blu Residence in Cape Town, his position is more of an innkeeper that should welcome guests rather than hiding away in his office behind reports.
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Parents often dread talking to their kids about drinking alcohol. Medical and parenting pros, however, say that the topic should be broached sooner rather than later.
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