News South Africa

The stamp duty holiday on house purchases was extended in the Westminster budget but will end in Scotland.

More traps are being deployed to recapture an unknown number of crocodiles which escaped from a Bonnievale farm in the Western Cape.

DA MP Phumzile van Damme said EFF MP Nazier Paulsen’s alleged threat to beat her up triggered her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which led to a panic attack.

New Zealand police have arrested two people over online threats against two Christchurch mosques targeted in a white supremacist attack.

Angela Merkel has unveiled plans to gradually ease coronavirus curbs, while Joe Biden slammed “Neanderthal” decisions to drop mask-wearing mandates in some US states.

Defiant anti-coup protesters have returned to cities and towns across Myanmar after dozens of people were killed in the deadliest day of the junta’s crackdown.

The helmet and breastplate were discovered by an antiquities expert in Bordeaux.

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.

The food delivery firm hopes to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange this year.

There’s auto news out of Sweden: Volvo Cars says that it will be fully electric by 2030. No more internal combustion, no more hybrids. It’s batteries or bust.

FirstRand has reported a 21% decline in nornalised earnings but they are still more than tripled what the company recorded in the six months to June 2020.

As price recovers.

Minister of State Security Ayanda Dlodlo denied allegations of incompetence over her handling of the Project Justice bombshell

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is working on building a strong relationship with traditional leaders in order to find solutions to issues confronting South Africans.

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.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he is under no additional pressure from the club’s owners to qualify for the Champions League.

The England and Wales Cricket Board appoints Cindy Butts as chair of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket.

Bafana Bafana star Bongani Zungu made a cameo appearance as Rangers moved a step closer to clinching the Scottish Premiership title with a win over Livingstone.

The Pakistan Super League was suspended on Thursday after seven coronavirus cases came to light, the country’s cricket board said.

Col. Mark Anarumo, the president of Norwich University, had been through suicides of students during in-room lockdown. He thought he could help by moving into the dorm.

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

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.”

Promoted | To create the company of the future, organisations must move beyond technology to change the way they think about their businesses and how they do things. By 4Sight Holdings’ Tertius Zitzke and Willie Ackerman.

The Eskom board has instructed the power utility’s executive management to pay particular attention to the procurement function to effect the required change, and deliver the expected savings as it implements its turnaround plan.

Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into Apple after complaints that the iPhone maker’s terms and conditions for app developers are unfair and anticompetitive.

Two South African-born and WITS educated businessmen are officially world’s best value creators, outperforming Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Steve Jobs.

Plug-in hybrid will revive the 73 name and produce a claimed 600 kW.

The Urban Cruiser arrives with a slightly higher price tag than its Vitara Brezza twin.

Dozens of tests turned up nothing. Then a specialist had a theory.

Two approved Covid vaccines are being rolled out across the UK. So when might you get one?

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.

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 […]