From a dusty township to a 21st century bustling city, Bathandwa Mbola visits her home town of Soweto to observe how it has changed from the once segregated township she grew up in the 1980s.
To give taxpayers value for money and to root out tender fraud, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has roped in ‘Big Brother’ to give government an eagle’s view to ensure that the public purse is spared from abuse.
Fifty four years ago, it took an act of armed resistance to prompt worldwide condemnation of the apartheid system. Bathandwa Mbola recently took a trip to the historic township, to hear the tale of a Sharpeville survivor, who dared to stand up against an oppressive regime.
Christina Digwamaje has spent most of her life in the small village of Pella in the North West.
When Thuthiwe Rwexu appeared on a television programme that highlighted the plight of Second Creek residents, it was not only her living conditions that sent shivers down the spines of viewers.
For the black South Africans who were forcibly removed from their ancestral land more than 100 years ago, there can be no full enjoyment of human rights without land rights, writes Nthambeleni Gabara.
Since 1994, government has transferred millions of hectares of land back to the black majority who were removed from their ancestral land over 100 years ago.
A young South African woman tells Gabi Khumalo that there is life after HIV.
From a virtually bankrupt state to a thriving trillion rand budget, South Africa’s economy is undoubtedly a world away from what it was 20 years ago, writes Amukelani Chauke
South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country’s economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887.
South Africa has a strong well-known track record when it comes to successfully hosting major continental and international sporting events.
In all my years as a news reporter, I have come across several heads of state and other high-profile dignitaries.
Alice - On the side of Tyume River in the municipality of Alice, some 100km from East London, lies the University of Fort Hare, an institution that is a beacon of hope for African scholars.
Mthatha – The Nelson Mandela Museum in the Eastern Cape continues to be a catalyst for development in the province, something the former President had insisted on when he opened the facility more than 10 years ago.
Mthatha - Former South African President Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) will be remembered not only as a man whose achievements came at great personal cost and suffering to his family, but also as an icon whose sacrifice made the world a better place.
