President Cyril Ramaphosa introduced new cabinet ministers after a reshuffle was implemented recently. The Rep reporter Abongile Solundwana asked locals what their reactions were to the changes. Zane Theron of Cathcart I am not sure if…
Last week, the country descended into chaos after what started out as citizens protesting former president Jacob Zuma’s arrest became a looting spree starting in KwaZulu Natal then spreading to Gauteng. The Rep reporter, Ntsikelelo Qoyo,…
Self-defence will no longer be a valid reason for people to own firearms, according to a newly-proposed bill that was gazetted last month and is currently open for public comment. The Rep reporter, Ntsikelelo Qoyo, went to ask people in…
The auditor general (AG), Tsakani Maluleke, has released the 2019/20 audit outcomes of municipalities – it made grim reading. R26 billion of irregular expenditure. R5.5 billion given to 22 municipalities could not be accounted for – it…
Many political parties are getting to the business end of their nomination processes in preparation for the upcoming local government elections. It is clear that these elections, for the first time since democracy, will be hotly contested…
Primary school pupils from grade R to 7 will return to their daily class attendance as of July 26, according to a government gazette published by minister of basic education Angie Motshekga. With increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases and…
The silly season that comes along once every five years is upon us. Judging by the heightened activity on social media it is clear that the merry-go-round, the horse trading and the jostling for positions for the upcoming local government…
A couple of weeks ago the minister of safety and security, Bheki Cele, released the crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2020/21 financial year from January to March 2021. Let me give you the statistics to see what you make of…
If this was not so serious, one would find the drama happening at Luthuli House more engrossing than any soapie on television. Grown women and men have spent the last few months squabbling like kindergarten classmates with seemingly no…
There have been predictions and fears of a third wave of Covid-19 approaching. The Rep reporter, Abongile Solundwana, asked local residents whether they thought the third wave was imminent or not. Nolundi Zimemo from Sawutiya village Last…
The “If you are not with us then you are against us” attitude still drives the way we conduct our discourse, whether in politics or other spheres of life. As leaders, whether in church, sport or politics, one has to have the maturity to…
For as long as I can remember there has been this idea that the only way to get yourself out of poverty or the only way to make something of yourself in this world, is through education. However, the best-run and the best-performing…
We have seen many politicians invoke the names of Chris Hani and Oliver Tambo in their quest to sway our views or to cover up whatever shenanigans they are trying to get away with. Interestingly, none of them quote these giants when they…
This is the second Easter weekend since the earth-shattering lockdown of last year which none of us had ever experienced before. Things that we took for granted since March last year are now looking like memories from a very distant past.…
There is always a question one asks: ‘Why now, why start with me, what about the others before me?’ I suppose this is a very natural thing to ask when you observe many wrong things being done by others and behaviour being exhibited by…
According the police, more than 34 169 cases of stock theft were reported in the last five years while only 3 011 suspects were arrested in our province, the Eastern Cape. The police also estimate that more than 25 000 animals in this…
The name changes announced by minister of arts and culture and sport, Nathi Mthethwa, has dominated social media and the media at large. What this saga has exposed is how ignorant my fellow South Africans are about their own rich and…
If you have a conversation with anyone today, they will tell you about all the social ills that are afflicting society. If you ask any person who works closely with the youth, they will also lament the state our youth is in and how they…
When the residents of our country are unhappy about something the default action they take is to go to social media and moan about it relentlessly and in most cases end up doing nothing much about it. After a few days of shrill complaints…
Does anyone still look at the Covid-19 stats on a daily basis as we used to? Are you, like me, one who stopped doing so four or five months ago? I felt that it was just too much and was depressing me. With all the doom and gloom that has…
