The Weekend Wrap
The thin line between justice and extrajudicial actions; celebrating the never-say-die spirit of the Springboks; and uncovering the signs that it might be time to start therapy—All in the Weekend Wrap.
“We (the police) are the last line of defence between good and bad in this country. We have to protect citizens. So we have to lay our lives down for them. If it means criminals must die, so be it. If it means we must die, so be it,” says KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi amid a volley of fatal shootings by police.
By Greg Ardé
“We (the police) are the last line of defence between good and bad in this country. We have to protect citizens. So we have to lay our lives down for them. If it means criminals must die, so be it. If it means we must die, so be it,” says KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi amid a volley of fatal shootings by police.
By Greg Ardé
The Springboks beat the All Blacks 18-12 at DHL Stadium to win the Freedom Cup for the first time in 15 years.
By Craig Ray at DHL Stadium
The Springboks beat the All Blacks 18-12 at DHL Stadium to win the Freedom Cup for the first time in 15 years.
By Craig Ray at DHL Stadium
The Hawks executed a search and seizure warrant on Thembi Simelane’s former personal assistant based at Polokwane Municipality last week to secure possible evidence of corruption linked to the municipality’s R349 million investment with VBS Mutual Bank in 2016 and 2017.
By Pauli van Wyk (Daily Maverick) and Kyle Cowan (News 24)
Operation Dudula tried to use the shooting of a young man in Soweto, allegedly by a migrant shopkeeper, to close foreign-owned shops. Many people in White City didn’t take the bait.
By Bheki C. Simelane
Jacob Zuma’s MK Party won a massive 58 seats in Parliament in the May elections, parachuting them ahead of the Economic Freedom Fighters as the country’s third-largest political party. And because the two bigger parties, the ANC and the DA, are in a government of national unity together, the MK party is now the official opposition. So what is their strategy going to be like in Parliament?
By Rebecca Davis
The basic issue here is that Transnet decided to sell the building in 2007 and then physically moved out. Seventeen years later, it still hasn’t been sold. Seventeen years. I mean, FFS.
By Tim Cohen
For Women’s Month, the Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg, Johannesburg, was a palimpsest of present and past. Artivist Firdoze Bulbulia hosted a programme of the oral histories of the women traders of the plaza and also revived memories of activism and showcased cultures of dance, design and music that have been passed through generations from slavery to democracy. Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee spoke to Firdoze Bulbulia.
By Ferial Haffajee
Nearly three decades after SA’s formal land claims process began in 1996, many farmland restitution projects are floundering or have collapsed, raising questions about the extent to which the billions of rands of state expenditure has benefited the claimant communities.
By Tony Carnie and Naledi Sikhakhane
It can be difficult to know when to start therapy when a problem is ongoing. Knowing the right questions to ask yourself can help make the decision easier.
By Simon Sherry
South African scientists explained on Tuesday how they were in a mad dash – which was a feat in itself, they say, because geologists typically move slowly – to find fragments scattered on Earth when a meteorite exploded over the Eastern Cape on 25 August.
By Estelle Ellis
My detour down the #TradWife rabbit hole, while embarrassing, is a humbling reminder that we must remain vigilant and critical of the content we consume, and always question the underlying motives and potential impacts.
By Kavisha Pillay
Umngqusho, also known as samp and beans, is a simple and no-frills dish. I have fond memories of my grandmother, Nomalizo, making a steaming pot of umngqusho, especially on a cold Soweto day.
By Ray Mahlaka
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