Author: staff

Dr Justice Masilela is the proud owner of Asante Veterinary Clinic in Benoni, east of Johannesburg. When he is not in his clinic, he spends his time on nearby farms, assisting small-scale and emerging farmers with veterinary consultations.

In her mission to eradicate plastic waste from Mogale City and Orange Farm, fashion designer Phumudzo Muthanyi has upcycled more than 100 000 tonnes of single-use plastics from the area to create eco-friendly leather bags, accessories and furniture.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, has expressed gratitude to her South African counterpart, Ronald Lamola, acknowledging South Africa’s unwavering support amid the conflict in her nation.

Despite spending more than half a billion rand on several water projects, residents in the OR Tambo District Municipality are still without water, reservoirs are problematic, and extortionists vandalise infrastructure, forcing officials to hire water tankers.

An empowerment trust set up by Oceana will be scrapped, while the fishing and food processing group also warned in a trading update that a sharp fall in fish meal and fish oil prices resulted in a “significantly” weaker performance in the five months to 23 February.

Racquel “Kelly” Smith, who is accused of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter, Joshlin, didn’t have time to give a police officer a follow-up statement after her daughter went missing because she and her co-accused partner, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, were off to the Spur, the Western Cape High Court has heard.

As the ANC’s national executive committee convenes (NEC) on Friday to further deliberate on the Budget impasse, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has said the party will not sell out as it navigates the government of national unity (GNU).

Ithala’s unique role in facilitating economic opportunities for marginalised communities in KwaZulu-Natal has been almost universally held up by political parties in the National Council of Provinces as a reason to prevent its closure.

Lawyers for the State Attorney say Jacob Zuma’s attempts to undermine court rulings that ordered it to recover R28.9 million in taxpayer-funded corruption trial legal costs from the former president are “desperate” and “a complete waste of time”.

Helena Lersch, the vice president of public policy at TikTok owner Bytedance, said that while the Creator Fund is still only operating in a few countries, the company is constantly working to improve monetisation features for South African creators.