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Murmurs of agreement could be heard in the public gallery as a KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge explained how he could not deviate from the minimum prescribed sentence of life imprisonment for a woman convicted for the murders of her three relatives for funeral policy payouts.
A report by Stellenbosch University has revealed that the Western Cape Education Department’s flagship #BackOnTrack programme has achieved notable success in aiding some pupils to recover from the substantial learning losses incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The brutal murders of two teenagers who were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Lavender Hill, Cape Town, on Tuesday evening has angered both families, who are demanding that the police launch an immediate manhunt for their children’s killers.
Despite the US bond market performing well recently, emerging market bonds have significantly outperformed, perhaps signalling a trend shift. Should global financial repression – slowing growth paired with rising inflation – take hold, commodity-producing nations like South Africa could benefit, says Andrew Kingston.
The DA has distanced itself from remarks of the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on the Independent Development Trust after the portfolio’s minister, Dean Macpherson, instituted an investigation into a tender that the IDT awarded.
During the peak travel period, international travellers should arrive at the airport three hours before their departure, instead of the usual two hours, and domestic travellers two hours instead of the usual one, Airports Company South Africa CEO Mpumi Mpofu has requested.
Two EFF MPs who resigned from Parliament in 2019 after benefiting from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2017 (CR17) campaign have made a comeback onto the party’s Central Command Team – the highest decision-making body in between conferences.
Freight and logistics group Grindrod said on Thursday earnings and volumes jumped at its port concession in Mozambique in the 11 months to end November. However, unrest in the country towards the extreme end of the period has led to cancellation and vessel delays.
Justice Edwin Cameron allegedly initially dismissed the disturbing discoveries at Stellenbosch University’s Wilgenhof residence, calling the staff’s reaction “shock-horror-clutch-my-pearls” and “completely inappropriate”.
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is an iconic nameplate, but the ferocious V8 engine is no longer available, and the legendary SUV has become fully electric. It’s headed to SA in early 2025, complete with the internet-sensational 360-degree G-Turn.