Author: staff
Endangered animal populations face a risk beyond habitat loss, researchers have found, with roadkill harming threatened populations, especially in rural and mountainous areas. In just one year, there were more than 1 500 incidents of wildlife roadkill.
ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane said her party condemns “local right-wing elements” for spreading disinformation abroad, while International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola challenged the DA to “go through the processes” if it wants to influence South Africa’s foreign policy.
In a third bid to overturn the outcome of the 2024 general elections, the MK Party has accused the IEC of potentially “interfering” with the results while its leaderboard was down for two hours – but has not produced any evidence that it did so.
St John’s College has asked the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to throw out a multimillion-rand lawsuit past pupil Julio Mordoh’s parents have brought against the prestigious school over his alleged abuse by an ex-teacher and his subsequent suicide.
Gap insurance is meant to protect patients from medical shortfalls, but some specialists are exploiting it to inflate their fees. This practice drives up costs, ultimately making healthcare more expensive for everyone, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane was paid at least R700 000 by Vitrovian, an Eskom contractor that fraudulently billed the power utility millions for ghost workers and vastly inflated its invoices over seven years at a cost to taxpayers of R338 million.
For the third time since Minister Leon Schreiber took office, the Home Affairs Department has extended a temporary concession to protect foreign tourists, students, and workers from delays while they await the outcome of their visa applications.
Looking back on 30 years of democracy while speaking at an Intergenerational Dialogue hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Saturday, anti-apartheid activist Mac Maharaj said ward committees were not serving the purpose for which they were created.
He killed two people when he was only 15. The young offender attempted to appeal the effective 15-year sentence he was handed, arguing it was “grossly disproportionate”, but the Western Cape High Court found it was not unreasonable for the crimes he had committed.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has formally requested a joint engagement with the Ministers of Police and Correctional Services to address escalating gangsterism, drug-related crimes and systemic corruption tied to smuggling within the Western Cape and South Africa’s correctional facilities.