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Abie Isaacs of the Cape Flats Safety Forum believes there is only one person who can deal with the bullets and bloodshed plaguing the Cape Flats – Major General Jeremy Vearey.

The bail judgment for the alleged accomplice in the murder of Tshegofatso Pule will be delivered on Friday in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court.

Coronavirus-hit Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill is readmitted to hospital – a fortnight after being released.

Police management in the Western Cape says it will intensify efforts to deal with illegal firearms. This follows the fatal shooting of two police officers in Kraaifontein on Sunday and a number of other fatal shootings in Mitchells Plain in the past few days.

Limpopo’s Health Department says the planned strike by labour unions in the province is illegal.

Lawyers for Ryckloff-Belegging want the 107 waste reclaimers off their property, saying the occupation is illegal and is infringing on the company’s rights.

The blaze is not fully contained, as there are still a few active fire lines in the kloof of Banhoek.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence.

A key hearing could see ex-President Alberto Fujimori charged over forced sterilisations.

Former US president Donald Trump has laid out a variety of election proposals, such as limiting absentee voting and days when Americans can vote.

Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria are using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.

It is Nigeria’s third school attack in less than three months – a series that has revived traumatic memories of the ‘Chibok girls’ kidnapped by jihadists nearly seven years ago.

There were mixed fortunes for South African clubs in two delayed African Champions League ties.

BusinessTech’s new online interview series – Business Talk with Michael Avery – has notched up over 500,000 views.

Extending string of departures.

That environmental groups have opposed.

Travellers complain of having to queue for up to seven hours because of new Covid measures at border control.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng wants an investigation into alleged overspending and irregularities in the Nasrec field hospital contract.

The Land Court Bill set to be introduced in Parliament proposes a court to adjudicate on all related matters with additional responsibilities such as conflict resolution and mediation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on ordinary South Africans to participate in the consultation process that is currently under way around the National Implementation Framework towards the Professionalisation of the Public Service.

DA leader John Steenhuisen said he believes the timing is right for a strong, centred party in SA that could “break the logjam of politics”.

The owners of Jiangsu FC, the defending Chinese Super League (CSL) champion, announced on Sunday that the club would “cease operations” with immediate effect.

Coronavirus-hit Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill is readmitted to hospital – a fortnight after being released.

SA Rugby announced that coaches, parents and players from schools across the country will be invited to a series of webinars as preparations step up a gear for a return to action later in the year.

From ‘Allen v. Farrow’ and ‘I Know This Much Is True’, here’s the 10 best international series on Showmax this March.

Black women are the mules of the world, Zora Neale Hurston wrote in 1937. More than 80 years later, Hurston’s words in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” still ring true, but one filmmaker is on a journey to both expose that truth and alleviate it.

The Golden Globes helped remind some people that Gillian Anderson was born in Chicago.

Snoop Dogg rapped on the 2006 remix of the Pussycat Dolls hit song “Buttons” that “I see you wanna play with a player from the hood.”

The draft regulations send shockwaves through the ISP and telecoms industry because of its strict new BBBEE ownership requirements.

Some Roombas have been behaving strangely following a recent software update from parent company iRobot.

Technology group Alviva Holdings reported a 17% improvement in headline earnings per share in the six months ended 31 December 2020 but warned of further uncertainty ahead.

Jim Ashworth-Beaumont needs the prosthetic after being involved in a cycling accident last year.

The study measured infection rates in school staff and pupils in November and December.

Autism spectrum disorder is often suspected when young children stand out as being different from their peers. That can be much harder in this isolated time.

Growing numbers of surfers are taking to the Great Lakes — even when the weather is well below freezing.

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 […]

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace’s action is dangerous and illegal.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Rescuers have successfully refloated 28 pilot whales on a notorious New Zealand beach, Farewell Spit.