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Retired statistician-general Pali Lehohla says South Africa does not need a National Dialogue because extensive data that lays bare South Africa’s challenges has been collected over 30 years.

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When the impeachment committee convenes virtually on Wednesday, one of its tasks will be to elect an evidence leader, and it will have five names to choose from, including two evidence leaders from the Zondo Commission.

The Student Representative Councils of four universities are demanding that the Department of Higher Education immediately scrap the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) annual cap of R52 000 for student accommodation because it “aggressively punishes” poor students.

Former South African National Defence Force reservist Luwanda Mxolisi Zungu was convicted of murdering his wife, Tania, with her mother saying he now deserves to get a life sentence for each of the bullets he fired.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday halted the State’s bid to play the video footage in which a group of men brandishing AK-47s ambushed taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni.

The Office of the IDAC Oversight Judge has confirmed that it has received complaints relating to the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, advocate Andrea Johnson.

The legal team representing Brett Nicholson – the former St John’s Preparatory School teacher on trial on charges of sexually abusing more than a dozen children – has described him as his pupils’ “go-to” whenever they needed support or help.

Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has indicated he will oppose AfriForum’s bid to overturn his decision to approve the renaming of the Eastern Cape’s historic town of Graaff-Reinet.

Senior Crime Intelligence officer Colonel Ismail Dawood will spend three nights in custody after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to Friday.

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and his ex-girlfriend, Witness K, have been granted R5 000 bail each.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has put warrants for the arrests of prominent provincial taxi boss Siyabonga Thomas Getsemane and three others on ice for the time being.

Carel Schoeman, the lawyer accused of “buying” and raping a 13-year-old girl, claims he “clicked” with her on an emotional and intellectual level, leading him to believe she was an adult.

Oil prices gained more than 2% on Tuesday on fresh attacks exchanged ⁠by the US and Iran as well as threats of a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthis.

Kumba Iron Ore warned of an interim profit fall of more than a third on Tuesday, with heavy rains disrupting production, while planned logistics weighed on sales a bit.

An unholy battle over Cape Town’s iconic Good Hope Centre has reached boiling point, with fresh questions being raised over the City’s handling of the controversial R135 million sale after the highest bidder challenged Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ public comments and a complaint was lodged with the Public Protector.

The murder of Gqeberha police officer, Constable Cállan Andrews, was a gang hit aimed at stealing his service pistol. And the perpetrator acted on the instruction of a higher-ranked member to make up for the loss of contraband during a robbery at a drug house on 31 December.

Beauty queen Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala and soccer legend Siphiwe Tshabalala are thriving in completely different careers, but when it comes to their marriage, their worlds fit together like a glove.

Marco van Niekerk argues that there is no firearm relicensing crisis, but rather an administrative failure dressed up as a legislative one.

Jonasi Gomora dies of an AIDS-related illness in Netflix’s ‘The Polygamist’. But HIV isn’t the real villain of the story. Stigma is. As scientists gather in Rio for the world’s biggest HIV conference, Thabani Nyoni explains why shame and silence – not the virus itself – remain some of the epidemic’s deadliest forces.