1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (536+ words) “This is not Clicks.” This is how Clicks Group CEO Bertina Engelbrecht reportedly described KwaMakhi, the group’s new township retail format, at its recent launch. Except that it is, and it is also corporate South Africa exactly as we know…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1408+ words) There are two ways that civilians from around the world, including from South Africa, are being deceived by Russia into participation in the war with Ukraine, research by Amnesty International shows. The first involves recruiting foreign nationals by approaching them…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (174+ words) Searchers in southeastern China have found another body after rain-triggered landslides last weekend in Jiangxi province, raising the death toll to 16, state media said on Thursday. The deaths were spread across three towns in Suichuan county, where heavy rain drenched…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (52+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial The Bafana Bafana player was murdered in 2014 The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes at the high court in Pretoria on Thursday morning. The case had been postponed due to the interpreter not feeling…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (649+ words) Higher alcohol taxes could help reduce the number of children affected by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), but must be accompanied by better health-care and support services, a paediatrician says. The comments came as the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (496+ words) Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has explained the cash payments made towards extensive renovations at her house in Bruma, Johannesburg. The state alleges that Mapisa-Nqakula used these kickbacks to fund her home renovations. Interior designer Nomsa Shabangu, who managed the…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (381+ words) Higher education minister Buti Manamela has urged young South Africans not to wait until the last minute to plan their futures, calling on them to use the September application window to apply to a technical and vocational education and training…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (193+ words) Deputy minister of higher education and training Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube has urged girls to ignore gender stereotypes when choosing their study fields. Speaking on Tuesday at the Standard Bank Top Women Conference in Sandton, Dube-Ncube said stereotypes continued to discourage…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (817+ words) “Leave me alone, get away from me.” These were the words Roberto Stefanutto told the Cape Town magistrate’s court he heard a woman scream moments before Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of the city’s Pepperclub Hotel in April 2021. The…...