News South Africa

Western Cape firefighters are still trying to contain the blaze in the Stellenbosch mountains which started a week ago.

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz will visit the Mitchells Plain police station and visit families of victims of gun violence in the Cape Town suburb.

He made the remark while speaking at the funeral of a constable who was shot dead while attending to a gender-violence complaint in the Durban Metro.

Three people have been killed and two seriously injured in a head-on collision on the  R538 Road between White River and Hazyview in Mpumalanga. The three victims who are all men, aged between 25 and 35, died on the scene. 

Capturing the correct data will help strengthen the fight against gender-based violence in the country, says acting head of the Gauteng Community Safety Department, Sipho Thenjekwayo.

The union’s Richard Mamabolo says understaffing and uneven allocation of resources increase the likelihood of office officers being attacked.

The nation could now distribute 500 million doses by the end of June – enough to vaccinate all of its adult population.

Afghanistan’s Kam Air says it made history by performing the flight from Kabul to Herat with six female crewmembers.

Medical officials in California say they will investigate surgeon Scott Green.

Seven immigrants re-live the terrifying moment when they saved two boys from a burning flat in Grenoble.

Human rights violations have taken place in Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Was he a joke, an oaf, a hero, or the evil dictator the West loved to hate? Decades after his death, his legacy is still a puzzle.

In early December, a gang abducted 344 boys from a boarding school in Kankara, in northern Katsina state, but released them a week later.

Eskom, described by Goldman Sachs as the biggest threat to the South African economy, has become mired in over R480bn debt. With the majority of its bonds being government guaranteed, the state is obliged to step in when Eskom anticipates payment pressure

The pandemic changed the employment market in 2020, and the effects of the global health crisis will continue to be felt for many years across many sectors, says specialist recruitment firm Michael Page.

Placing your company’s brand online can be a scary prospect – here’s why you can trust BusinessTech to keep it safe.

Here are four reasons why.

Political analyst Lukhona Mnguni says the country needs to start talking about a future beyond the African National Congress (ANC) as the party has decided to sink the entire country into a discourse of division that goes against the common good.

The committee says it has instructed the department to furnish it with a progress report at the end of next month.

The serious administrative shortcomings in the entire North West province have prompted some to call for a Commission of Inquiry into its affairs.

The African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus welcomes the judgment by the Western Cape High Court that has found ANC MP Adv Bongani Bongo not guilty of bribery accusations levelled against him. 

Rohit Sharma top-scored in the first innings with 66 and remained unbeaten on 25 in the second to move into the top ten.

Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune knows his side won’t have it easy in their CAF Champions League clash with Wydad AC on Sunday.

Watch all of the live action from this afternoon’s CAF Champions League match between Mamelodi Sundowns and CR Belouizdad. Live-stream below

Donovan Mitchell scores 31 points against the Orlando Magic as the Utah Jazz return to winning ways in the NBA.

Nationalist leaders tried to exploit what they had in common with their racist oppressors: the colour of their skin

In February 1921, newspapers in London began to publish stories about how military lorries in Ireland were carrying prisoners as hostages in the hope of deterring attacks by the IRA, the guerrilla army fighting British rule since 1919. Within a year, negotiations would lead to...

Tom Ammiano, a well-known gay leader in San Francisco, believed his effeminate mannerisms led his New Jersey high school to deny him his letter.

Company will launch London project to encourage more diverse intake of young people with no industry connections

Elisabeth Murdoch’s company is to fund a new London school designed to get young people from different backgrounds into the television industry. Murdoch, the daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and her production company Sister are to set up the Ghetto Film School, already...

Scheme to remedy Covid education loss sees teachers paid a fraction of hourly rate charged

The government’s decision to hire private tutoring companies to provide “catch-up tutoring” to disadvantaged pupils in England after lockdown will cost schools and the Department for Education up to four and a half times more than these companies will pay private tutors to teach the children.

An...

The Golden Globes will be handed out under pandemic conditions on Sunday on a night that could see big wins for streaming service Netflix, honours for late actor Chadwick Boseman, and a smattering of celebrities in pajamas.

The ex-naval officer completed his solo transatlantic ocean crossing on his boat “Ratel”, from SA to Brazil in a record 70 days, covering a total distance of 7,200km.

Art can be a way to promote and support mental health in children. It’s especially important right now to create a nurturing space for children to make art.

The Time’s Up Movement on Friday launched a campaign criticising the lack of diversity in the organisation that hands out the Golden Globes for film and television.

In the 30 years Melissa Trueblood has worked in production, she’s seen it all — even if she claims she doesn’t have the coolest stories. But 2021 has dealt her one of her tallest orders yet: to help the Golden Globes put on, essentially, three shows in one night.

MTN Group remains committed to negotiating a $65-million sale of its 75% stake in its Syrian unit, despite the business being placed under judicial guardianship last week.

Wearing underwear designed to absorb my menstrual flow—with no additional protection—has made my period more comfortable. It’s kinder to the planet too.

Groups including the Geological and Linnean societies say government’s 3,000% rent rise could force them to quit their Burlington House premises after 167 years

Some of Britain’s most distinguished learned societies say they may be forced to leave their central London premises because the government has imposed rent rises of more than 3,000% over the past few years.

Last week the Geological...

Higher centre of gravity means SUVs are less stable than sedans.

No V8 diesel or V6 petrol but rather the stalwart normally aspirated 1HZ 4.2-litre straight-six normally aspirated oil-burner.

A higher centre of gravity means SUVs are often much more unstable than sedans and small cars.

A day at one mass site in Connecticut shows both the promise and the shortcomings of the approach, which is at the center of President Biden’s plan to bring the pandemic to an end.

Tea might be the perfect drink for the pandemic winter malaise. Here’s how to start your own ritual.

Online tutorials for TikTok and music-video routines can help prove you wrong. The “WAP” dance is within your reach.

Concerned about a friend or a loved one who may be feeling the winter doldrums? Try writing them a gratitude letter.

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.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.