Countries

Road safety — Motorists urged to check vehicle roadworthiness ahead of festive season

Cape Town — With just under a month to go before the start of the December school holidays, traffic... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Limpopo pig farmer breaks down in court

Cape Town – Double murder accused, Limpopo pig farmer Zachariah Olivier, broke down sobbing in court on Friday, 22... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar

Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Soweto man dies in queue waiting to upgrade prepaid electricity meter

Cape Town –  A 59-year-old Soweto man collapsed and died on Thursday, 21 November, while waiting in a queue... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Security guards shot while escorting garbage collectors in Cape Town

City of Cape Town rubbish collectors escorted by law enforcement in Philippi. Archive photo: Sandiso Phaliso One is in... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Alert over YazPlus birth control pills

Cape Town – A batch of the birth control pill YazPlus has been pulled from circulation by the South... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Countries

Scenes from a zama zama rescue

A system of ropes and pulleys has been set up to rescue zama zamas trapped deep underground in Stilfontein,... Read more

22 Nov, 2024

Companies

Top global investors to head for Morocco

Cape Town – Pan-African business platform Invest Africa is leading an investor mission to Morocco from 2–5 December 2024.... Read more

5 Nov, 2024

Companies

Kenya small business scores EUR230m in funding

Cape Town – Youth- and women-led small businesses in Kenya will soon have access to about EUR230 million in... Read more

5 Nov, 2024

Companies

IFC investments of $14bn target 45 African countries

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) committed a total investment of US$14.2 billion in private-sector projects in 45 African countries in... Read more

5 Nov, 2024