The UK is close to banning the import of wildlife trophies. A campaigner for wildlife conservation with royal support says it should let African countries decide for themselves.
The Information Regulator is close to finalising its investigation into FNB after a banking app glitch caused a security compromise last year which resulted in the personal information of home loan applicants being leaked.
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
Mjwara’s departure bittersweet, says Minister Nzimande
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has described Dr Phil Mjwara’s farewell as bittersweet for both the department and the country’s science community. The Department of Science and Technology (DSI) hosted a farewell for Mjwara, the longest-serving DG in the country,...
Eskom anticipates that load shedding will likely be “maintained within Stage 2” this winter period.
This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane, who was speaking during the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing held at Megawatt Park on Friday.
One of the four defendants on trial for the gruesome murders of Dan Brand, his wife, Breggie, and their daughter Elzabie on 26 July 2020 on a smallholding outside Hartswater, claims he only washed dust from Elzabie’s stolen Mazda CX5, and not blood.
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.
China’s foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a “downward spiral”, as the visiting secretary of state raised concerns on issues including support for Russia.
In Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.
Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.
Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.
Burkina Faso’s military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.
With 950 matches over 19 years, 12 trophies and a world record, it isn’t an easy task for Stephen Baxter to select his favourite memories as Crusaders manager.
Experts say high school seniors are more likely to go to college if they complete the financial aid form, but the state sees privacy issues with mandating it.
Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies
Only two in five children in England say they always feel safe at school, according to a government survey, and teachers from across Britain have told the Guardian they have seen pupils’ behaviour deteriorate over the last two years.
Teachers said violence and abuse aimed at school staff...
Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York
As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were...
TikTok but without the algorithm? TikTok by Meta? A new law this week puts the platform on a death watch—and none of the potential outcomes look great.
Sam Altman of OpenAI and the chief executives of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet are among technology-industry leaders joining a new federal advisory board focused on the secure use of AI within U.S. critical infrastructure, in the Biden administration’s latest effort to fill a regulatory vacuum over the rapidly proliferating technology. From a report: The Artificial Intelligence Safety and...
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.
The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.
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.