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Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back
Zuma has survived a series of political setbacks and legal challenges. Now he’s challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Zuma has survived a series of political setbacks and legal challenges. Now he’s challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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A Boeing engineer has told a US Senate hearing that the company is ‘putting out defective airplanes’.
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South Africa
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga said there were over 31,000 vacancies at the country’s schools. She revealed this in a written parliamentary reply to the Democratic Alliance (DA). DA Basic Education spokesperson, Baxolile Nodada, said that the vacancy rate showed the African National Congress’s (ANC) disregard for basic education and still wanted to force… Read More...
South Africa
Springboks captain and double Rugby World Cup champion Siya Kolisi has been named as one of Time Magazine‘s 100 most influential people of 2024. The list includes people that the magazine believes “most changed the stories that define the past year”. In 2023, Kolisi led the Springboks to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title,… Read More »Kolisi Named In Time’s 100 Most Influential People Of 2024
South Africa
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says he’s disappointed that a school in Benoni failed to reveal that two pupils who drowned at a camp in Centurion were allegedly mistreated. The teens from Daveyton Skills Schools drowned on Monday. According to the department’s preliminary information, one of the boys attempted to save his peer after he… Read More »Benoni Drownings: Family Of...
South Africa
Enza Construction, a leading player in the construction industry, and Tractionel Enterprise, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enza, specialising in electrical infrastructure, proudly announce a collaborative effort to address South Africa’s future capacity challenges and expand into renewable energy initiatives, alongside the rehabilitation of the nation’s rail infrastructure. This drive ...
World
The late musician’s song is part of a project giving financial credit to nature.
World
Some 11 000 people have been evacuated from around the Ruang volcano in northern Indonesia amid fears it could collapse causing a tsunami after erupting multiple times.
World
Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling to Cap-Haïtien.
World
Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, and the possibility of a tsunami.
Africa
The United Kingdom’s push to send migrants to Rwanda this week again faced resistance from the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Africa
Trhas Tesfay was a champion cyclist in Ethiopia but came to the UK last year to seek asylum.
Africa
West Indies legend Courtney Walsh will be a coaching consultant as Zimbabwe’s women bid to reach a first T20 World Cup.
Africa
Cubana Chief Priest is the latest celebrity to fall foul of a crackdown on “abusing” banknotes.
Business
Public consultation on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill is more of an “advisory” process, not a referendum, says parliament’s legal advisors.
Business
SARS is cracking down on non-compliance and focusing on individual taxpayers to detect discrepancies in tax returns.
Business
The education provider has consistently achieved excellent results for their marketing spend on BusinessTech.
Business
Politics
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.
Politics
Operation Dudula Movement accuses the Electoral Court of bias in handling its case against the IEC.
Politics
The Labour Party says all it wants is an opportunity to contest next month’s elections.
Politics
The IFP-led Endumeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal had no capacity to prepare its own financial statements, so it outsourced this key function to an accounting firm.
Sport
Speculation is rife that the Cheetahs will hand Ruan Pienaar an immediate coaching role when he retires next month, tantalisingly mirroring Rassie Erasmus’ rise as a mentor at the franchise back in 2005.
Sport
Five athletes were named among the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world including our own Siya Kolisi.
Sport
Orlando Pirates‘ management will make decisions on players’ future soon. One of them is the veteran goalkeeper Siyabonga Mpontshane. SIYABONGA MPONTSHANE TO LEAVE ORLANDO PIRATES? Mpontshane joined the Buccaneers way back in 2015 from the now-defunct Platinum Stars. The 38-year-old star has since made 88 appearances that include 34 clean sheets for Orlando Pirates. Mpontshane […]
Sport
Ireland make two changes for Saturday’s Women’s Six Nations match against England as centre Aoife Dalton and second row Hannah O’Connor come into the starting XV.
Education
[Liberian Observer] The Professional Educators Association of Liberia (PEAL) proudly announced its newly elected leadership, with Madam Cecelia Cassel as its president. The induction ceremony took place on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Starz University in Airfield Sinkor, Monrovia.
Education
[New Times] Researchers from the University of Rwanda, in collaboration with Aarhus University in Denmark, have initiated the Cross-Mind project. This research programme aims to address and curb mental health issues in upper primary and secondary schools in Rwanda.
Education
A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision
Sure Start did change the lives of children, a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) told us last week. It not only improved educational outcomes for children, particularly kids from deprived areas, but also reduced later need for education, health and care plans...
Education
Lifestyle
persistent or frequent reverse sneezing may indicate underlying causes such as nasal mites, allergies, or dental disease.
Lifestyle
LaConco and her son Sakha, whom she shares with MK Party president Jacob Zuma, had an adorable chat about being presidents.
Lifestyle
Meghan Markle’s quest for an apology from the royal family before setting foot in the UK has sparked intrigue according to Royal insiders.
Lifestyle
‘Bought the whole store’: DJ Maphorisa has brought the receipts, revealing that he blew almost R100k at GALXBOY.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment
The telenovela is currently the most-watched show on Mzansi Wethu.
Entertainment
TV and radio personality unveils exciting future plans.
Science/Tech
CISOs and CIOs increasingly adopt information security management systems to improve their security posture and manage it going forward.
Science/Tech
Dynamic spectrum sharing offers a compelling solution to meeting growing demand for broadband internet access.
Science/Tech
Regional sales director Jason Oehley to unpack cyber threats, trends, and predictions at the 2024 ITWeb Security Summit.
Science/Tech
“Our business would not survive another 12 months with constant rolling blackouts. We had to find an alternative solution,” said Harvard-trained entrepreneur, Nhlanhla Dlamini, who founded Maneli Pets in 2016. The small, Johannesburg-based pet foods manufacturer uses refrigeration and dehydration machines that run on 24 to 48-hour cycles. During stage 5 and 6 loadshedding, the […]
Motoring
Motoring
This big bad bakkie can be anything from a water tanker to a missile launcher.
Motoring
Official confirmation for South Africa remains outstanding, however, should approval be given, expect availability possibly by year-end or in early 2025.
Motoring
Season heads back to Zwartkops after its opening round at the Red Star Raceway in March.
Health
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
Health
Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation.
Health
New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.
Health
The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.
Nature
Sustainable Energy Africa is helping municipalities across the country build their capacity to register rooftop solar PV.
Nature
Corporate climate lobbying is recognised globally as a threat to effective climate change policy, the private and public sectors in SA do not perceive closed-door engagements to be problematic, write Caroline James and Emma Schuster.
Nature
South Africa is among 175 countries negotiating on a global treaty to end plastic pollution.
Nature
The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation had budgeted for 100 stranded turtle hatchlings in the whole of 2024, but the immense storm in the Western Cape resulted in hundreds of the endangered animals being washed ashore.