News South Africa

Veteran journalist Karima Brown has died. She had recently contracted Covid-19.

The Duke of Edinburgh will remain in hospital for a number of days, Buckingham Palace says.

Despite the establishment of her office 10 months ago, the children’s commissioner in the Western Cape has not presented a concrete plan to deal with the scourge of violence against children.

Mpumalanga police are looking for a man who escaped through a window while under police guard at a local hospital.

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has refuted claims that the government will be giving a R3 500 COVID-19 grant for unemployed adults who do not receive any social grant or unemployment insurance.

It is the first time Elon Musk’s space exploration company has pulled off this difficult landing.

Anti-coup demonstrators return to the streets, a day after 38 people were killed.

Andrew Cuomo says he will fully cooperate with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill banning controversial police tactics and easing the way for lawsuits against officers violating constitutional rights.

Amid the economic gloom of the coronavirus disaster and associated negative growth, one sector is shining brightly for Zimbabwe.

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.

At least 10 people, including the two pilots, have died when a plane crashed at an airstrip in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the region’s governor and the airline has said.

The virus has so far infected more than 28,500 in Sudan and killed nearly 1,900, according to official data.

South Africans are significantly less willing to relocate to a new country physically than in 2018 according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and CareerJunction.

Delivering a sign of confidence even with the continent’s vaccine plans at an early stage.

Better than expected revenue collection means that South Africa has managed to pull itself back from the fiscal cliff in its latest budget, but the warning signs are still there.

The ANC in Johannesburg wants criminal action instituted against former City of Johannesburg manager Dr Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni.

DA MP Phumzile Van Damme has slammed EFF MP Nazier Paulsen for allegedly threatening to beat her in parliament.

The President’s office has told the State Capture Commission’s legal team that President Cyril Ramaphosa will wait until after Brian Molefe has completed his testimony before responding to allegations levelled against him.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding consequence management against officials allegedly involved in mismanagement and corruption related to the awarding of tenders in the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality in Limpopo.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said it “doesn’t make sense” for his players to travel for international duty later this month if they have to quarantine on their return and miss games as a result.

It was a tiny error in judgement, but within seconds he realized that the consequences could be potentially life threatening.

England’s Tyrrell Hatton defends his title this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where victory launched a roller-coaster year that included two wins in the past five months.

There could be a “monumental” spike in youth unemployment without action, a report says.

Vernon Koekemoer became a household name in South Africa after a photograph of him standing alone at a rave party in Boksburg went viral.

Buckingham Palace is ‘very concerned’ about allegations that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, bullied staff while living at Kensington Palace.

That’s our weekend viewing sorted, then: The highly-anticipated Oprah Winfrey interview with ostracised Royals Harry and Meghan will be broadcast in South Africa!

Hits are elusive in the entertainment industry, and the fact Disney+ has conjured two with “The Mandalorian” and now “WandaVision” speaks to a certain kind of Disney magic. Yet as the latter prepares to end its run, lessons have emerged about translating “Star Wars” and Marvel into this relatively new medium, as well as the spells they have cast for Disney+.

Maria Bello is moving on.

Solange Knowles is opening up about her health while making her last album.

Don’t look for Jennette McCurdy to appear in the planned reboot of “iCarly.”

Russia, Brazil, the US, India and Mexico are at the top of Kaspersky’s 2020 list of countries where users are most impacted.

Facebook has denied it intends sharing WhatsApp users’ contact lists with other Facebook properties when it introduces new terms and conditions soon that have caused an uproar among consumers.

The bank’s customers have on average logged-in 29 times per month on the FNB app, increasing total average monthly logins by 41%.

What we believe is influenced by an array of factors, from our past experience to who our friends are. But a recent paper has now looked at what role how we think plays in sculpting our world-views. Natalie Grover speaks to lead author Dr Leor Zmigrod about the research evaluating the link between cognitive disposition – differences in how information is perceived and processed – and...

We asked Melissa Kirsch to talk about ways she keeps her spirits up and her day meaningful. For her, it starts with a movie night.

Rapid approval without lengthy tests can happen if new vaccines are needed to fight variants, say regulators.

Doctors are reporting additional, minor symptoms that appear several days after people have received their shots.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s donation of his 3-D virus model to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History comes as museums are working to document the Covid-19 era.

By Lusanda Gqaza and Yanga Mbatana (Environmental Education Officers, De Hoop Nature Reserve) On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), proclaimed 03 March (the day of adopting the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, in 1973), as World Wildlife Day. This is a day that […]

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March every year as an opportunity to highlight the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. The Western Cape is a very special place with an abundance of unique and irreplaceable […]

AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish with their car’s number plate and issue an automatic fine .

On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]