Replace your Sassa gold cards with Postbank black cards by February 28

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Sassa gold cards will stop working on February 28, irrespective of the expiry date printed on the card.

Silver lining in treasure quest

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The recent UK Supreme Court ruling that the government of South Africa was the rightful owner of 2 364 bars of silver recovered from a ship torpedoed by a Japanese ...

KZN rejoices while Cape mourns

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The George building collapse tragedy leaves more questions than answers. Here in KwaZulu-Natal, however, hundreds of families are celebrating the accomplishments ...

Bok example for SA politicians

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Looking to the elections, it is our forlorn hope that the new government will learn from the Dr Rassie Erasmus and Springbok example, and govern in the interests ...

Parents must step up and parent

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Unlike in the past, when it was difficult to produce pornography, modern technology ensures that the tools – any cellphone with a camera will do – are present in ...

Staunching job loss is beyond political parties

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

A 32% unemployment rate, with high rates among the young, does not paint a pretty picture in any year but could be disastrous for the ANC in an election year.

Online bargains kill jobs

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

South Africans have been quick to take advantage of online bargains on foreign-based websites. The unseen cost is huge losses in an already crippled labour market. ...

Battling NGOs deserve better

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

For more than 100 years the aged, frail, physically and mentally challenged, children and victims of domestic violence have found help at the doors of the Aryan ...

Soccer clubs to swell donor ranks

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

DKMS, previously the Sunflower Fund, is pairing up with soccer clubs around the country to ask players and their supporters to make small sacrifices in becoming ...

Deepfakes a threat to elections

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

In a province with a history of political violence, it is imperative that voters are educated to verify information before spreading and reacting, and that parties ...

R250m system demands big results

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The huge investment in the Durban Metro Police Service must show results.

Better ways to help women than pageants

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

In the midst of a crippling strike by its own workers, the eThekwini Municipality sees fit to crow about organising a beauty pageant for fuller-figured women to ...

Students’ hunger crisis needs action

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The current crisis affects students at 26 tertiary institutions, which should surely be reason to act with some alacrity.

State risks overstepping boundaries

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Whether it’s tobacco in cigarettes, pipes or cigars, or the various iterations of hookahs and electronic cigarettes.

New Year optimism vanishes in debt hole

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

With both spending huge amounts to service debt, little is left over to build and to live on.

Election hope for water woes

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The complaints concerning water provision date back much further than the latest rains, with residents in some areas in the north complaining of unreliable water ...

ICJ verdict a diplomatic win for SA

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Whether the verdict results in any tangible relief for the besieged, battered Palestinians, and how soon, remains to be seen, of course, with a belligerent Israel ...

Matrics face load-shedding maelstrom

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Dan Marokane will take his first sip from the poisoned chalice that is Eskom on March 1.

Wage access double-edged sword

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Allowing workers to access a portion of their salary already earned may help them take care of immediate needs in the middle of the month, but the “earned wage access” ...

Teen moms, babies pay the price

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Bearing in mind the age of sexual consent is 16, 2 382 girls aged 10 to 14 delivered babies last year. That’s 2 328 cases of rape, many of which will never reach ...

There’s no reason for new plates

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

The true test of the infrastructure backing the change will only come in March, when the owners of all other vehicles will be required to begin migrating from the ...

Weather crutch is old news

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Reports of closed beaches negatively impact the tourism and hospitality industries which depend heavily on the holiday seasons, when upcountry visitors flock to ...

Veteran’s rare and urgent wake-up call

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Mavuso Msimang is no ordinary ANC member and no ordinary politician.

‘Tis the season for giving blood

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Already the SA National Blood Service has issued an appeal as stocks have dwindled to a gravely low supply.

Boats debacle exposes apathy of government

Zoubair Ayoob|Published

Rather, the issues are the demonstration of a complete lack of respect for public money and the total disregard for the lives of pupils who the four boats rotting ...