The architect behind the Nkandla "firepool" security upgrades has been ordered to personally repay R147.2 million to the state, over a decade after the scandal first broke.
South Africa's poorest families face lower inflation rates than average right now, but rising costs for electricity and transport still leave them without food.
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga says a R3.3-billion salary budget shortfall threatens the department as years of underfunding cripple military operations.
Cultural expert Dr Nokuzola Mndende says treating lobola alone as a complete customary marriage ignores the fuller sequence of rituals African custom requires.
ANC NEC member Lindiwe Zulu says division among women and deep patriarchy cost Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the ANC presidency.
A Khayelitsha family can finally bury murdered mother Ndileka Jongile after an African National Congress leader paid more than R17,000 towards her funeral.