Edwin Naidu

Freelance Journalist, Sunday Independent

Funding for vital research increased

Edwin Naidu|Published

The gross domestic expenditure on research and development (Gerd) in South Africa has gone up in real terms for the first time in four years, driven strongly by ...

Embattled UCT head refuses exit package

Edwin Naidu|Published

Council offers to drop charges with ‘sweetheart’ deal.

Class of 2022: increase in demand for places, financial aid

Edwin Naidu|Published

The individual results of the Class of 2022 – the largest cohort of matric pupils to date in South Africa – will be released at examination centres on Friday, January ...

UCT’s VC Phakeng cleared on bullying allegations

Edwin Naidu|Published

Far from being a bully, embattled University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng was wrongly accused by the “overly sensitive” husband of an ...

UCT hits back at ‘spurious claims’

Edwin Naidu|Published

Vice-chancellor professor Mamokgethi Phakeng and council chair Babalwa Ngonyama have come under siege in the media following manufactured claims that they had misled ...

Outgoing UJ vice-chancellor dreams big about Africa

Edwin Naidu|Published

UN will be driven by a determination to mobilise people on the African continent “because Africa suffers more than any other continent”. While the role of the rector ...

20 000 young South Africans to get digital skills boost

Edwin Naidu|Published

Microsoft has kicked off its partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority and skills organisation Afrika Tikkun to provide online ...

South Africa ready for 5G revolution?

Edwin Naidu|Published

A R600-billion bonanza awaits, but some obstacles and a strident disinformation campaign aimed at China must be overcome, writes Edwin Naidu.

June 16, 1976 Foundation pays tribute to moms who provided sanctuary for students

Edwin Naidu|Published

June 16 celebrations kicked off on Saturday with a visit to Angie Mbele, one of many Soweto moms who provided sanctuary for student leaders on the run from police ...

Former president Gurib-Fakim: Africa must be served quality journalism

Edwin Naidu|Published

The media in any country has a key role, and the extent to which the media is unfettered is symptomatic of how free a country is, according to former president of ...

'Being a journalist in Africa is challenging, but it’s harder for a woman'

Edwin Naidu|Published

The Sunday Independent used LinkedIn and Whatsapp to interview women in media throughout Africa. Here is what they said.

Many challenges for female African journalists covering Covid-19

Edwin Naidu|Published

Pay cuts, heath fears and the poor quality of internet connections female journalists across Africa sketch a gloomy picture of working under challenging conditions. ...

Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted greed, selfish human heart

Edwin Naidu|Published

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how humanity rallies together in times of suffering, but it has also highlighted awful greed, crass opportunism and the selfish human ...

Motshekga reveals 1345 hot spots for school violence

Edwin Naidu|Published

As South Africa comes to grips with gender-based violence with ongoing protests following the recent student deaths at universities, the spotlight has turned to ...

Universities take a hard look in the mirror to face 4IR

Edwin Naidu|Published

Tertiary institutions must rethink the way they do things, students must be taught to harness the best of artificial-intelligence technology for harnessing good. ...

Government mulls re-opening TRC lists

Edwin Naidu|Published

Twenty years after the final TRC report, the government is considering reopening the lists for victims who have not shared their apartheid-era abuses.

Aldrin Naidu - The man with a golden heart

Edwin Naidu|Published

Aldrin mentored journalists, actors, and comedians and enjoyed working with youngsters with potential in communities throughout the country.

Consequences of botched ops

Edwin Naidu|Published

In addition to the more than R1bn that taxpayers have forked out to compensate patients for doctors' botched operations, there is another price for victims: the ...

Our disastrous doctors

Edwin Naidu|Published

Botched medical interventions by doctors from the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department resulted in R376m being spent on lawsuits in 2008/2009 and R547m in 2009/2010. ...

Botched operations blight SA

Edwin Naidu|Published

In just two years, doctors in the country's public hospitals have cost taxpayers more than R1bn in lawsuits because of botched operations.

Advocate challenges bid to have him struck off roll

Edwin Naidu|Published

Advocate Seth Nthai is challenging a recommendation by the Pretoria Bar Council to have him struck off the roll on the basis that the telephone or cellphone recordings ...

Nyanda fights off fraud allegations

Edwin Naidu|Published

Siphiwe Nyanda's security company is fighting to clear its name after claims relating to the alleged fraudulent awarding of a tender to the company.

Nyanda fights off fraud allegations

Edwin Naidu|Published

Siphiwe Nyanda's security company is fighting to clear its name after claims relating to the alleged fraudulent awarding of a tender to the company.

SA's dodgy doctors

Edwin Naidu|Published

They rape survivors of rape, are addicted to drugs and are broke and can't register. These are just some of the stories about South Africa's doctors. . .

Chinese 'steal' SABC's Africa signal

Edwin Naidu|Published

The cash-strapped SABC and the country's signal distributor Sentech could land in hot water with Hollywood and also get a red card from Fifa because movies and football ...