A sheriff has swooped on Louis Liebenberg’s house in Cape Town to attach assets including chairs and a fridge, just days after the diamond dealer launched his bid for Parliament as an independent candidate.
A Cape Town debt collector turned security specialist testified that he collected between R400 000 and R600 000 in sales of illegal steroids for so-called steroid king Brian Weinstein every month before Weinstein was murdered.
A Gauteng-based law firm faced a setback when the sheriff of the court was unable to carry out a warrant to arrest the municipal manager of the City of Johannesburg, Floyd Brink.
Redefining Our Relationship with Plastic for a Sustainable Future Every year on April the 22nd, World Earth Day serves as a poignant reminder of our collective responsibility to safeguard our planet and its resources. This year, under the theme, “Planet vs Plastic”, the focus is on urgent action to combat plastic pollution and chart a course towards… Read More »World Earth Day: Planet...
Key players must come together to tackle $ 3.7 billion funding shortfall needed to end malaria Goodbye Malaria calls for government, business, and non-profit sectors to work together to eliminate malaria in southern Africa by 2030. Malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Despite tremendous progress made to curb malaria in Africa, it still kills a… Read More »How To Stop...
IEC opens accreditation for all Results Operation Centres
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has announced that it has officially opened applications for accreditation at all Results Operations Centres (ROCs) on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
According to the IEC, a central accreditation system will be used for the national and nine provincial ROCs for the 2024 National and...
Five military horses got spooked during a training exercise, bolting and weaving a path of destruction across the city before being captured. Several people and horses are being treated for injuries.
A number of horses ran amok in London and several people were injured, with the army called in to help locate the animals, authorities in the British capital said on Wednesday.
Allowing independent candidates to contest the next general election in South Africa is a boon for democracy. Prof. Colin Thakur asks if it is time to move to an electronic voting system?
The World Bank said on Tuesday it has suspended funding for a tourism and conservation project in Tanzania following allegations of human rights abuses.
The Rwandan government says it is safe and ready to receive deportees from Britain, and the passage of the fraught Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is testament to that.
PayU, the global online payments service provider wholly owned by Prosus, has received in-principal authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payments provider after a 15-month wait.
Manchester City’s Premier League title bid has suffered a blow after Norway striker Erling Haaland was ruled out of Thursday’s crucial clash at Brighton.
South African skateboarder Brandon Valjalo is free from injury as he looks to engage his competitive nature for the upcoming Paris Olympic qualifications.
President, scheduled to speak at the historically Black campus before the start of the Israel-Gaza war, will give speech on 19 May
Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Georgia, giving the Democrat a key spotlight at one of the nation’s pre-eminent historically Black campuses but potentially exposing him to uncomfortable protests as he seeks re-election against...
[The Conversation Africa] Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include or are powered by generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI.
The former co-stars are collaborating on how to appropriately commemorate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Friends finale, which drew in 52.5 million viewers for the event on 6 May 2004.
A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.
Nvidia, in a blog post: To help customers make more efficient use of their AI computing resources, NVIDIA today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. Customer AI deployments are becoming increasingly complex, with workloads distributed across cloud, edge and on-premises data center...
The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.
Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.
Red Rocket, a South African independent power provider, hired Goldman Sachs Group to advise on the next steps for the closely held business — including a possible sale. Shareholders of the Cape Town-based company “have decided to explore strategic options,” for the business.