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Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso is set to visit the KwaKhangelamankengane Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, bearing cows as a gesture of ukushweleza (appeasement) to AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.
Five years ago, the London-based fossil-fuel giant said it would cut its oil and gas output 40% by 2030 while scaling its renewables business. In 2023, BP watered down that transition strategy, and last week it was all but canned, says Nick Hedley.
An Umlazi Visible Policing lieutenant-colonel and a captain in the National Political Killings task team in KwaZulu-Natal have been found guilty of accepting a R120 000 bribe to squash the 2018 murder investigation of a Durban ANC branch leader.
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has introduced new private CCTV camera rules that require footage to be kept confidential. The rules risk derailing some of the significant strides made using the technology to fight crime in the city, according to the largest private CCTV operator in the province.
In terse responses to parliamentary questions about SA’s deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Defence Minister Angie Motshekga said the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) “equipment and supplies are sufficient and well-maintained”.
Little Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly, and her two co-accused pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and human trafficking involving the seven-year-old girl’s disappearance, in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on Monday.
As the kidnapping trial of 7-year-old Joslin Smith’s mother, Kelly Smith, and her two co-accused, started in the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, on Monday, her father said he had braced himself for the evidence he would hear.
While declining inflation and interest rates are positive for households, the reverse is true for pensioners. Since the rate cuts started in September, pensioners have experienced a 9.3% reduction in their interest income, writes Maya Fisher-French.
When M* scrolled through her husband’s phone, looking for evidence of his drug use to explain what she considered erratic behaviour, she didn’t expect to find photos of herself, naked and unconscious with sexual acts being performed on her.
About 65% of Investec’s SA-based wealth and investment unit’s R300bn in assets is invested offshore, a sign its wealthy local client base wants to decouple from domestic risks. But the group says it’s still “constructive” on local equities and bonds.