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.
The ANC has issued a rebuke of its Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, after his recent comments about having to bathe in a hotel due to water outages caused widespread outrage.
The City of Cape Town plans to tighten enforcement on commercial-scale short-term letting to ensure properties primarily used for Airbnb-style accommodation pay commercial rates.
Roedean School in Johannesburg has apologised to King David High for the cancellation of a tennis fixture and has acknowledged that its “actions were deeply hurtful to the Jewish community”.