Author: staff
The Lions and Titans not only have the Four-Day Series final at the Wanderers and the wonky weather in Johannesburg to worry about on Thursday. Respective captains Dominic Hendricks and Neil Brand are also concerned about the Knights’ plight.
A day after 50-year-old murder-accused taxi owner Dingalomoya Cintso was gunned down outside a magistrate’s chambers at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, security remained alarmingly relaxed, with no functioning walk-through metal detector and inconsistent use of hand-held scanners.
A police detective who interviewed Steveno van Rhyn, one of those accused of playing a role in Joshlin Smith’s disappearance, says he would not have continued taking down his statement if he had complained about being in pain from injuries.
While electoral reform could improve the accountability, stability and inclusivity of the South African political system, ultimately, it would be up to the voters to “punish failed and corrupt leaders, and reward progress”, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said on Wednesday.
uPhongolo Local Municipality IFP council Speaker Kwenzakakufuni Ecabord Nxumalo who doubles as a local primary school principal, has been arrested in possession of a gun with a serial number allegedly erased, in a region where political violence is rife.
The dismaying fact that the perpetrator who raped a young schoolgirl in Matatiele a “whole five months ago” remains unidentified is a sobering reminder of the challenges and weakness in SA’s justice system, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya said on Wednesday.
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s 31% tariffs on SA exports, there is a need to prioritise exploring dynamic markets in the Gulf and Asia while fostering collaboration between the agricultural sector and government, writes Wandile Sihlobo.
A forensic investigation into the 2024 George building collapse uncovered unqualified personnel who lacked formal qualifications in engineering, irregularities in registration, gaps in the competency of key personnel, and breaches of occupational health and safety standards.
Another point of contention between government of national unity (GNU) partners – the ANC and DA – is brewing as the DA lobbies the public to object the draft regulations for the private security industry that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has recently published for comment.
A modelling study shows the six-monthly anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, could end Aids in SA by 2032 – but only if between two and four million HIV-negative people in the country would need to use the jab every year over the next eight years. How much should we pay for it?