Author: staff
A young giraffe made a remarkable recovery just a week after groundbreaking leg surgery, thanks to innovative splinting of its leg with PVC pipes and wrapping. Experts did the surgery outdoors, on rocky terrain, after approaching on horseback.
Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Ashton Schippers believes a Bloemfontein judge may have misapplied the law in her treatment of a crucial State witness in the R24.9million Nulane scam case – and says this had a devastating impact on the State’s case.
After claiming that Starlink was not allowed to operate in South Africa because he is not black, Elon Musk reposted a claim that the country had banned Starlink. This is untrue. Starlink owner SpaceX has not applied for a licence to operate in SA.
The dilapidated Plettenberg Bay Airport was set to receive a massive overhaul to quadruple its passenger volumes in the coming years. However, a contractual dispute between the local municipality and the new private operator has caused the deal to fall apart.
The fatal shooting at the upscale Solo restaurant in Sandton on Thursday evening, in which three people were killed and four others injured, has ignited a debate within the Gauteng legislature concerning the regulation of private bodyguards and their weapons.
Jason Goliath is best known as a master of ceremonies, for cracking jokes and for driving a Siyaya taxi against a Formula One car in a Red Bull promo ad on Cape Town’s streets. But he is also a husband, presenter, motivator, and petrolhead. News24 Motoring editor Janine van der Post finds out what the comedian drives.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is instituting disciplinary action against staff members who participated in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s operation to seize pigs in Qonce, in the Eastern Cape.
After five-and-a-half weeks of explosive testimonies, surprising witnesses, and an admission by the accused that he would turn State witness against his girlfriend’s estranged husband, the Vicki Terblanche murder trial is drawing to a close, with counsel gearing up to deliver closing arguments.
The Investigating Directorate (IDAC) is adamant it submitted “prima facie” evidence that the Gupta network laundered the unlawful proceeds of the alleged R24.9 million Nulane scam – and it contends that they should defend their conduct in a retrial.
If President Cyril Ramaphosa is invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump, then he must go. This was the view of ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula who was speaking at the Fredrich Naumann Foundation Freedom dialogue on Thursday.