Uptick in rhino poaching as South Africa eases virus curbs
Johannesburg – Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15% higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions... Read more
9 Feb, 2022
UPDATE | Body of man whose boat was swept over Roodeplaat Dam wall found
Cape Town – The body of Christo Fritz, who was swept away by raging waters when a boat he... Read more
9 Feb, 2022
State capture in South Africa: how the rot set in and how the project was rumbled
Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape It seems the time of reckoning for the massive corruption that has... Read more
9 Feb, 2022
‘I’m not coping and I feel helpless,’ missing boater’s life partner says after he was swept away at Roodeplaat Dam
Cape Town – Antoinette Zandberg is still reeling in shock after her partner Christo Fritz was swept away by... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Cyril Ramaphosa left with tricky choices as SA bungles Chief Justice appointment
Richard Calland, University of Cape Town After a fraught and fractious week of public interviews that shed heat but... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Tigray victims file case against Ethiopia at Africa rights body, lawyers say
Nairobi – A legal non-profit on Tuesday filed a complaint against Ethiopia at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Actress Sibusisiwe Jili ‘saddened’ by her brother Mvelo’s exit from Big Brother Mzansi
Cape Town – Actress Sibusisiwe Jili, who plays the role of Georgina on The Queen, is saddened by her... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Tunisia must restore judicial watchdog, say UN, Western envoys
Tunis – Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Cosatu wants Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA to address policies on foreign worker employment
Cape Town – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it expects President Cyril Ramaphosa to “address... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
At least 13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens, says UN
Nairobi – An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
