South Africa’s youngest legislator ever, 21-year-old Itumeleng Ntsube of the African National Congress, was sworn into office on 23 May as a member of the National Council of Provinces, the country’s upper House of Parliament.
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Arts, Culture and Sport South Africa signs MoU with Kenya to facilitate the teaching of Kiswahili in its schools
Kenya and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a foundation for the introduction of Kiswahili as an elective language in the South African educational system. This is South Africa’s next step in fully integrating Kiswahili as an indigenous language to promote unity and social cohesion with fellow Africans.
Lifestyle Athletics South Africa to appeal Caster Semenya ruling
Athletics South Africa (ASA) says it will appeal the recent Court of Arbitration for Sports ruling concerning Caster Semenya. Semenya recently lost her case challenging new IAAF rules, which force female athletes to regulate their levels of testosterone.
Africans rising South African student, Ghaneshree Moonsamy, has Masters thesis converted to PhD
Master’s degree student Ghaneshree Moonsamy has been awarded a PhD for her breakthrough work in the farming of the highly threatened foodstuff abalone.
Politics and Society What the EFF’s self-styled militarism says about South Africa’s third largest party
The EFF’s militarised aesthetic is more than a sideshow. It forms a key part of its spectacle-oriented brand of politics.
Lifestyle IAAF: Caster Semenya can compete as a man at any level without restrictions
The IAAF in a letter to the World Medical Association (WMA) stated that South Africa’s Caster Semenya, a woman, was free to compete as a man unrestrictedly. The IAAF letter has been slammed by many people on social media, seen as an attempt by the IAAF to further humiliate Semenya.
Politics and Society South Africa’s poll is more about battles in the ANC than between political parties
The election will not change the government, but may change the balance of power between the two factions of the governing ANC, led by Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma.
Politics and Society Caster Semenya’s impossible situation: Testosterone gets special scrutiny but doesn’t necessarily make her faster
Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don’t fit neatly into sport’s definition of gender?
Politics and Society Caster Semenya: how much testosterone is too much for a female athlete?
The question of whether heightened testosterone confers an advantage for some female athletes remains contentious.