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The Constitutional Court has found that the City of Cape Town’s implementation of the National Housing Programme is unconstitutional following a protracted legal battle between a group of long-time residents of Bromwell Street, Woodstock, and the City.
Calling on the entertainment industry to ensure patrons don’t leave premises under the influence of alcohol, Deputy Transport Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa said drinking was a major factor that contributed to road fatalities – for motorists and pedestrians.
A Stellenbosch University student has been expelled on the back of allegations that he sexually assaulted a student while she was drunk. But he won’t be going anywhere any time soon – with his sanction suspended until he finishes his studies.
A toy gun that shoots rubber bullets, a sleeve that shoots “blasters”, and kinetic sand that smells like ice cream are some of the new toys that have made the World Against Toys Causing Harm’s (Watch) 52nd annual list of the “10 Worst Toys” for 2024.
Tembisa Hospital tenderpreneur Vusimuzi Matlala scored a R360 million health services contract from the police, his windfall coming while he stares down a multi-pronged fraud probe set in motion by the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran.
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.