Author: staff
Order your espresso before it’s too late. And while you’re at it, add hot chocolate to the list. Crops in West Africa, the region that accounts for 70% of the world’s cocoa production, haven’t recovered as much as previously expected, says Javier Blas.
2024 has been a tough year for the South African new car market, but it has never affected our love or interest in cars. But what were the motoring stories that News24 readers loved the most this year? The top 10 list is rather interesting, and surprising…
A R3.5-million lawsuit a Durban waste management company has instituted against the eThekwini municipality has been pending in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban for more than a decade, thanks to interlocutory applications the City lodged.
In an 11th-hour attempt to prevent 2 407 teachers from losing their jobs, the Special Action Committee has approached the Western Cape High Court on an urgent basis to prevent provincial education authorities from cutting posts in the new year.
Beachgoers in the Eastern Cape have had a traumatic start to their holiday season after they were painfully stung by bluebottles that washed ashore at various beaches in the province, leading to several beach closures since last Thursday.
A fire that broke out on the front face of Table Mountain on Sunday afternoon has been contained, and, according to the City of Cape Town, law enforcement officials and SA National Parks mountain rangers arrested one person on arson charges.
Conservationist Matthew Orolowitz has walked more than 80km over the last three months, hoping to get a glimpse of a mere 18g of brown feathers and an orange-pink bill, indicating that he’s found one of SA’s most threatened endemic bird species.
While he is pleased with his side getting the job done against Pakistan, which booked their place in the final of the World Test Championship, Proteas Test coach Shukri Conrad wants his charges to be more clinical and consistent in their performances.
Twenty-one illegal miners resurfaced at Margaret and Buffelsfontein No 10 shafts in the last two days. It brings the count for the week (since Monday) to 47 miners arrested for illegal mining, trespassing and contravention of the Immigration Act.
The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country’s Global Biodiversity Index does not correlate with the extent of its legislation that addresses the trade in wildlife. The authors spoke with The Conversation Africa about their South Africa-specific findings.