The infamous termination of the sale of equity in SA Airways (SAA) should be thoroughly investigated. It can be inferred from the fiasco that the department of public enterprises (DPE) fiddled with the search for a strategic equity partner to handpick an unqualified bidder without a real sense of logic.
At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area and police warned the number of deaths could rise after a dam burst, Citizen Television reported on Monday.
Stubbornly high interest and inflation rates means that South Africans are finding it harder to make ends meet and feeling the effects of financial stress.
In a normal democracy, a political party governs for two terms. But in Africa, a political party (especially a former liberation movement) stays in power for 20 years and more. In SA, the ANC has been in power for 30 years. Is that democracy?