The "tradition" of initiation at schools can sometimes be so extreme that it becomes a form of extensive bullying, leaving victims with severe emotional scars which may never go away.
Since Aphelele Ngcamu from KwaZulu-Natal lugged her travel bags from her Uber at Stellenbosch University last month, she has felt nothing but welcomed and accepted by her Metanoia residence housemates.
After rubbishing her truth of the trauma she endured while growing up at KwaSizabantu (KSB), Celimpilo Malinga was taken aback when she received a call last week, inviting her to reconciliation talks with the institution she believes destroyed her life.
Cape Coloured Congress president Fadiel Adams' often threatening references to a City of Cape Town municipal manager as being "from the Eastern Cape" have been found to constitute unfair discrimination, hate speech and harassment by the Equality Court.
As funders of political parties start to come into the public eye due to recent disclosure regulations in South Africa, the Oppenheimer sisters and their mother seem to have piqued the interest of many. One of those daughters, Rebecca Oppenheimer, invites Muhammad Hussain to ask about her motivation to donate around R20 million to some opposition parties.
The Bulls and the Stormers squaring off at a sold-out Loftus on Saturday is proof that it's not only the Springboks who can bring a smile to South African rugby fans; the franchises are doing their bit.
Howard Feldman reflects on the power and majesty of draft horses and what lessons our politicians can learn from them especially in the face of what happened in Ekurhuleni this week.
The Counter ISIS Finance Group warns that a network of informal brokers in South Africa are routing funds to Islamic State branches in Central Africa .
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says the watchdog body has started "recovering" from the damage of its "dented image" – but says "institutionalising" its operations is crucial to ensuring that it can't be politicised again.
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The late Magistrate Romay van Rooyen's nephew Cassidy Hartzenberg was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday for strangling her to death because she refused to give him money for a job application, and six years for stealing her car.
Time is ticking for struggling political newcomers, like Build One SA (Bosa), to garner enough signatures to ensure it can contest elections in all nine provinces.
Just three weeks after allegedly murdering AKA, three of the seven suspected assailants allegedly attacked the wife of a KwaZulu-Natal taxi owner and killed a man she was travelling with.
A group of international experts recommended immediate and urgent steps to improve the performance of Eskom power stations six months ago – all of which raised the possibility of higher load shedding levels than ever before.
The national police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, announced the appointment of two officers to vacant positions at SAPS headquarters in Parktown.
A tired Centane community has put an end to long-distance walking and spending money to get medical assistance by building themselves a structure that will be used as a clinic.
The Stormers could've pressed Frans Malherbe into service against the Bulls on Saturday, but left him out in his "best interest".