The Comrades Marathon is called the Greatest Human Race for many reasons. The challenge that runners put their bodies through, many of them ordinary people. Many of them running for a cause. Of course, there are pros who take part, too. And they are a dream to watch. It was[…]
Many questions remain about the motive behind Stellenbosch farmer Stefan Smit’s murder, with detectives reportedly not convinced that it was linked to the earlier occupation of his land. Smit was killed at his home on the Louiesenhof farm a week ago in an apparent robbery, with detectives soon seen scouring[…]
It has been barely two weeks since former president Jacob Zuma stood on a truck that was converted into a mobile stage, facing dozens of his loyal supporters congregated at KwaZulu-Natal’s Freedom Park, situated directly opposite the Pietermaritzburg High Court. As is his wont, he confidently proclaimed his innocence throughout[…]
Flying squad members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) in Cape Town arrested three suspects believed to have hijacked a Toyota Avanza vehicle on Saturday, police confirmed. “Members of [the] flying squad reacted on a radio broadcast during the early hours of this morning that a Toyota Avanza was hijacked[…]
According to a statement released by Western Cape minister of education Debbie Schäfer, Sea Point High School was the target of an armed robbery on Wednesday. Sea Point High School heist Apparently, the robbers broke into the school armed with a gun while learners were sitting an exam and managed to make[…]
Beijing’s top envoy in South Africa, Ambassador Lin Songtian on Thursday praised South Africa’s developmental ambitions, adding that with China’s support, President Cyril Ramaphosa has the potential to save millions of South Africans from the grips of poverty and unemployment. “We are happy now the [May 8 general] election is concluded.[…]
South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee member and head of economic research and statistics, Rashad Cassim, has said the Reserve Bank has done much good for South Africa’s economy, but the structural economic problems that pervade South Africa are beyond its power. Cassim was speaking in Cape Town on[…]
The death of a pupil at Forest High in Johannesburg on Monday has brought school violence into the spotlight again. Daniel Bakwela, 16, was stabbed to death outside the school, allegedly by a fellow pupil. Two other pupils were also attacked and were hospitalised. This was not an isolated incident. Since the[…]
CTIA – Africa’s third largest airport – went up against the Cairo International Airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya and O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Other nominees included the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Kigali International Airport in Rwanda, King Shaka International Airport[…]
Around 700 informal structures across the Cape Peninsula have been affected by the heavy rainfall that the Mother City is experiencing. Flooding has also been reported in a number of areas in Cape Town as a result of the heavy downpours. So… the rain has arrived in Cape Town. Nice[…]
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