In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Appeal has reinstated lump sum damages for patients, but specifically for children harmed by medical negligence, highlighting the inadequacies of public health services in the Eastern Cape. The ruling has demolished one of the key strategies of the provincial health department to reduce the financial impact of medico-legal claims on the beleaguered...
PRASA is looking to undo years of decline and mismanagement, and while strides have been made, the passenger rail agency is still far from where it needs to be to survive.
Wet weather is expected on Friday, with severe thunderstorms bringing heavy downpours, strong winds, hail and lightning across much of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.
British American Tobacco warned South Africa’s government for years that it would be forced to end production there if illegal cigarette sales weren’t stamped out.
As South Africa’s state-led energy transition stumbles over ageing coal and missing wires, a massive private ‘desert-to-port’ plan seeks to build its own way out of the crisis.
Caked in mud, with only an ear and an eye visible, a protected aardvark was rescued in Nelson Mandela Bay after falling into a vandalised telecommunications manhole – highlighting the toll that rampant infrastructure theft takes on wildlife.
While sexual offences and gender-based violence remain an ongoing concern across the country, two dedicated Nelson Mandela Bay detectives did their part to put four perpetrators behind bars for a very long time.