The battle against the renaming of Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town has started with local attorney Derek Light, representing the Graaff-Reinet Economic Development Forum, citing legal shortcomings in the process, while hundreds of residents are reportedly signing objections to the name change.

Paupers’ graves are meant for the forgotten. But what happens when the people buried there were never forgotten at all? In Cape Town, an undertaker’s alleged fraud has exposed a failure of the systems meant to protect the dead — and devastated those left behind.

The alarm has been raised about toxic smoke spewing from a mismanaged waste site at Bluewater Bay, where residents allege fires are being set almost daily by copper thieves — threatening residents’ wellbeing and the local environment.

Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie moved to replace Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale artwork, Elegy, citing political concerns, but missed court deadlines. Email evidence shows attempts to replace the work, though the department now claims no exhibition is planned.

Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has told Parliament’s ad hoc committee there have been about 10 attempts on his life in 15 years. And he has insisted that while he has worked in law-enforcing arenas, he has never been involved with South Africa’s intelligence agencies.

Facing accusations from former Good party regional chair Siyanda Mayana, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe insists her bank account was frozen for compliance reasons, not corruption, as she seeks legal action against defamation.

FRANKFURT, Feb 10 – Major flight disruptions are likely on Thursday at Lufthansa Group’s LHAG.DE core German airline, its freight arm Lufthansa Cargo and its short-haul carrier CityLine after two separate unions called for strikes by pilots and cabin crew.

Daryl Burman, a champion of justice and women’s rights, has passed away at 88, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, mentorship and transformation in the legal community.

Joburg has deployed tankers across the city during the latest water crisis, leading to frustrations over access and availability. Informal settlements have been battling the failed water tanker system for years.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO/MILAN, Italy, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Tuesday he will defy an International Olympic Committee ban and compete in his “helmet of remembrance” honouring those killed in the war with Russia.

Joburg metro police and the SAPS have denied involvement in the fatal ‘drug-bust operation’ attended by ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate, Xolani Khumalo, in Johannesburg during the filming of his TV show.

Zimbabwe’s cabinet approved on Tuesday sweeping changes to the constitution that critics said were part of a bid to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years until 2030.

Acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discuss the biggest news items of the week.

Karabo Mpuru and Yu-Yao Chen are celebrating a remarkable achievement after both were awarded third prizes at the Taiwan International Science Fair this month.

A couple of things are at play here. PGM prices are currently on the rebound. But this is off a low base after being depressed for years – a state of affairs that is partly a consequence of the industry’s heavy exposure to the fate of the internal combustion engine, or ICE.