1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (646+ words) Let us embrace the spirit of Namaste - recognising the sacred dignity within ourselves and within every person we meet, says the writer. EACH year, Nelson Mandela International Day invites us to reflect on the legacy of one of humanity's greatest…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (588+ words) Sister battles for nephew's R523,000 death benefit despite R1.9 million insurance payout. A SISTER who was nominated by her late brother to receive a life insurance benefit of over R1.93 million was unhappy after her nephew inherited a huge portion from his father's…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (828+ words) Since stepping down in 1999 as a one-term president, Nelson Mandela's successors, with the exception of short-term appointment, acting President Kgalema Motlanthe, have consistently pissed on the ideals of the great man, says the writer. NELSON Mandela would cringe in his…...

2+ hour ago  (934+ words) Mandela Day is a reminder that small acts of kindness can create lasting change. Image: Leon Lestrade / Independent Media These were the sentiments expressed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Active Citizens Movement ahead of…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (882+ words) LACO protesting outside Kara Nichha's, Pietermaritzburg in May. LACO's confrontation with businesses began early this year, primarily in Pietermaritzburg and other parts of KwaZulu-Natal, where the organisation alleged unfair labour practices, unsafe working conditions, unpaid overtime, and the employment of…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (902+ words) A cartoon by award-winning artist Nanda Soobben. THERE is nothing that unites us more as South Africans than the memory and legacy of Nelson Mandela – our liberation icon and founding president of democratic South Africa. Even his most ardent political…...

12+ hour, 59+ min ago  (920+ words) The disputed double-storey house in Cosmo City that is at the centre of an inheritance and ownership dispute involving the family of the late homeowner and a Zimbabwean woman. A Zimbabwean woman who allegedly occupied a double-storey house in Cosmo…...

14+ hour, 59+ min ago  (665+ words) Image: Supplied / Crossing The Line Nomfundo Xaluva remembers the first time she saw a piano at a friend’s house when she was still at primary school and fell in love with the instrument. Years later, after classical training in both…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (558+ words) Emergency services worked tirelessly at the building collapse near the New Ahobilam Temple of Protection in Verulam in December. Image: Leon Lestrade / ANA Studio THE families of two victims, who died when a building collapsed near the New Ahobilam Temple…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (301+ words) The site of the building collapse. Lisa Sukdev, the Spokesperson for the River Range Ranch, issued a statement pledging its co-operation following the Department of Employment and Labour saying its investigation report into the Redcliffe, Verulam, building collapse was nearing…...