Author: staff
SA’s biggest paper and plastics packaging group and recycler, Mpact, has reported a slide in profits as local economic conditions kept a lid on prices in 2024. But the group said it is seeing a promising outlook for SA fruit exports, and along with an anticipated boost from operational investments, it opted to keep its final dividend steady.
The former St John’s Preparatory teacher whom Julio Mordoh accused of abusing him as a child in a statement made three weeks before he took his life, has denied the allegations and sought to put the blame for Mordoh’s mental health struggles – at least in part – at his grieving parents’ feet.
Although Joshlin Smith’s dad, Emke Jose, and grandmother, Lauretta Yon, had braced themselves for the first week of the trial, nothing could have prepared them for the shocking revelation that the accused openly smoked drugs in the same home where Joshlin and her two siblings lived.
City Power bled billions of rands in the space of 12 months due to lack of financial controls, the Auditor-General found. And now, a questionable R12 million payment to a politically connected actor has highlighted the alleged mismanagement.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi last week gazetted regulations to govern the establishment of advisory committees under the National Health Insurance Act. This is despite four applications before the courts contesting the act’s constitutionality
The City of Johannesburg’s electricity provider, City Power, is still battling to clear the backlog of outage calls resulting from the prolonged power supply interruptions caused by heavy rains, overnight flooding, cable theft and vandalism.
France captain Antoine Dupont is unlikely to play any further part in this season’s Six Nations after suffering what an angry Fabien Galthie described as a “fairly serious knee injury” in Saturday’s 42-27 demolition of Ireland in Dublin.
Orlando Pirates’ relentless pursuit of a historic Nedbank Cup three-peat is very much alive after they triumphed 5-4 in a penalty shootout over a resilient SuperSport United at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday, securing their spot in the semi-final.
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa vowed to visit problematic power stations to investigate three recent rounds of load shedding, indicating that it could be due to human performance issues rather than technical reasons.
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.