Glowing praise as loverboy Shiceka is buried

SICELO Shiceka had a wish that he once communicated to his colleague, Correctional Services minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.   7 Comments

Playing with lives - Only fury flows in this place where water is a weapon

Bushbuckridge is sitting on a real crisis of water and electricity - the twin life-giving pillars at the top of the 21st century's social chain that should not be negotiable.   1 Comments

A cash overflow - Where's it from?

ANC chief whip in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), Bafana Sithole, claims his lavish lifestyle, which includes paying for three luxury cars every month, is bankrolled by his wife.   3 Comments

Morgan loses battle with cancer

SUNDAY World motoring columnist Morgan Naidu passed away at his home in Johannesburg, after a year-long battle with stomach cancer.   2 Comments

Prosper made a guest of the state

Impresario Prosper Mkwaiwa is in hot water for allegedly trying to bribe police officers.   1 Comments

'Blacks Are Fools' banned

THE SABC has iced hip-hop artist Slikour's controversial song Blacks Are Fools as it is deemed to fan racial flames.   11 Comments

Panama honours Tutu, Fransman

ARCHBISHOP emeritus Desmond Tutu continues to rake in international recognition.   0 Comments

Radio team gets nasty

YFM programmes manager Tumelo Diaho-Monaheng could well be in for a scalding after failing to inform her bosses of a sensitive complaint laid against the youth station.   24 Comments

ANC veteran Mama Chabaku passes on at 78

ANC senior leader Reverend Motlalepula Chabaku died on Friday at her home in Rockville, Soweto, at the age of 78.   2 Comments

Mabe faces humiliation - Succession bid gets nasty

THE ANCYL national executive committee is in a bitter war over who should succeed its expelled president Julius Malema.   2 Comments

Zuma's man warns Juju

'Zuma is not a dictator'   8 Comments

'Bapela let our kid die'

MAMELODI Sundowns assistant coach Alex Bapela's paramour Bongi Nomathumba has accused him of being a rotten father.   12 Comments

'Minister elbowed Molefe out'

Communications minister Dina Pule allegedly interfered with the selection process for a new SABC CEO, which resulted in incumbent Lulama Mokhobo landing the job.   0 Comments

Malema caves in

JULIUS Malema has decided to drop his plans to openly defy his suspension from the ANC.   4 Comments

'That was no suicide!' Death of Mantuli's 'lover' haunts mother of his son

THE late Soweto-based charmer Phinda Thomo, who allegedly had an adulterous affair with President Jacob Zuma's wife MaNtuli while he was her bodyguard, might have been killed.   21 Comments

Panic as Rasuge's twin goes awol

FRANCIS Rasuge's funeral, just like her death, was marred by controversy.   8 Comments

ANC forum called into question

FREE State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule stands accused of officially opening a regional conference where some of the branches attending had not been audited.   1 Comments

Big boost for Zuma

THE ANC in KwaZulu-Natal put President Jacob Zuma's re-election campaign into top gear when delegates retained the entire provincial leadership uncontested to ensure unity ahead of the ruling party's national congress.   0 Comments

Leaders in a face off

EMBATTLED ANC Youth League leaders are to meet ANC officials, including its president Jacob Zuma today, in a bid to iron out their differences triggered by Julius Malema's expulsion.   0 Comments

De Klerk comments condemned

FORMER apartheid president FW de Klerk must retract comments he made in a CNN interview, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) said yesterday.   0 Comments

Ain't no fizz in my coke - Strange object found in coke bottle

COCA-COLA, the fizzy drink that's the celebrated standard of enjoyment and fun, is in the news for the wrong reasons this time around.   1 Comments

Mining hot prospects

HEAVEN Modise, project engineering manager at TWP Projects, enlightens us about his work.   0 Comments

Playing with lives - Only fury flows in this place where water is a weapon

Bushbuckridge is sitting on a real crisis of water and electricity - the twin life-giving pillars at the top of the 21st century's social chain that should not be negotiable.   1 Comments

Zuma denies letter

THE presidency has denied reports that President Jacob Zuma was given a letter by former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli about a "conspiracy" against him.   0 Comments

Opportunists undermine our movement

THEY never join a revolution if it appears to be rocky. They wait for it to gain currency before they hop on to the bandwagon.   5 Comments

Ombudsman findings - How the media watchdog dismissed Musa's complaint

WHILST directing Sunday World to apologise for the use of the word "accomplice", deputy press ombudsman Johan Retief dismissed the rest of Musa Capital's complaint against us.   0 Comments

Don't call me bad - I'm a black man

AN alleged racist plot against Richard Mdluli is not only laughable, it also means that we too might need some remedial education on growing a racial conscience overnight and use it as a cover for crimes committed.   0 Comments

Madonsela: religion can beat corruption

PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela believes South Africans should stop politicising public sector corruption and take responsibility for it, her office said.   4 Comments
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Foster youth now - Agency changes tack

THE National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) says it inherited major problems when Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) and the National Youth Commission (NYC) merged to form the agency in 2009.   0 Comments

We'll unseat Blade - SASCO

THE South African Student Congress (Sasco) has threatened to topple Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande if he fails to implement its demand for free education.   2 Comments

Levelling the playing field

THE Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is on a mission to level the playing fields in the Western Cape.   0 Comments

Just a fallible man

THE late Sicelo Shiceka was not a stellar example of a human being.   2 Comments

A good 'n generous guy

THREE days after the removal of William "Mashobane" Mbatha from circulation by the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday, his name is on everybody's lips in his home town of Atteridgeville, Tshwane.   4 Comments

Joburg billing ruling to be challenged

A ruling which would let the City of Johannesburg off the hook for inaccurate and inflated billing faces a court challenge, the Sunday Times reported.   0 Comments

FNB sued - Again!

IT doesn't rain but pours for First National Bank (FNB).   0 Comments

Malema holding ANC to ransom

DEFIANT ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema told the ANC that the disciplinary proceedings against him will come to an end but the real battle will start after his expulsion as the ANC has to persuade the youth to support his expulsion.   9 Comments

Selebi, Shaik may walk and 20,000 'skelms' too

DISGRACED former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and President Jacob Zuma's friend Schabir Shaik are some of the "skelms" who may benefit from yesterday's announcement that parolees and probationers will be granted special remission of sentence.   2 Comments

Keeping SAA's birds flying

ENGINEERING analyst at South African Airways' (SAA's) technical department Ronny Makgakga tells us about his job.   0 Comments

Mantashe slams deviation

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has issued a veiled threat against the ANC Youth League.   0 Comments

Crisis in SAPS triggers alarm

SOUTH African citizens who listened to acting Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's pronouncements on corruption within the ranks of the police this week have every reason to be very worried.   0 Comments

That's a bell tolling, Mr Z

History is full of idiots who wanna be martyrs and heroes.   9 Comments

It pays to advertise

MEET emerging media entrepreneur Oupa Mahange (31), who tells us about his company, MoMedia.   1 Comments

Africa fetes bankers

THE African Banker Awards has released its shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition.   0 Comments

ANC 'siege' due to lack of effective leaders

HOW is the decision to suspend ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema - on top of the decision to expel him - going to impact on internal party unity and cohesion in the periods leading up to the June policy conference and the December national conference?   0 Comments

ANCYL slams 'arrogant' Mabuza

THE ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has launched a withering attack on newly-elected Mpumalanga ANC chairperson David Mabuza, accusing him of being untouchable because of his perceived close relations with President Jacob Zuma.   0 Comments

Celebrations greet interdict on e-toll

THE government was dealt a heavy blow yesterday when High Court Judge Bill Prinsloo pulled the handbrake on the controversial e-toll system that was scheduled to start tomorrow.   3 Comments