The body of senior radio producer Suna Venter, one of the ‘SABC 8’ journalists, was discovered at her flat in Fairland, Johannesburg, on Thursday morning, her family confirmed. Venter, 32, had recently been diagnosed with a cardiac condition known as stress cardiomyopathy or “Broken Heart Syndrome”, which could cause rapid[…]
A University of Cape Town employee accused of recording and live streaming a colleague while she expressed breastmilk was dismissed on Thursday, the institution has confirmed. Spokesperson Elijah Moholola described the incident as “disturbing”. “The dismissal follows a formal disciplinary process during which the matter was handled in accordance with[…]
A Cape Town mother who was secretly live-streamed while expressing milk in an office at her workplace, has laid criminal charges against the man who allegedly set up the recording. The man, employed by the University of Cape Town, has been suspended, the institution said. The woman in a post on[…]
Africa’s biggest gold miner AngloGold Ashanti is planning to retrench 8500 mine workers as part of its restructuring its South African business. The company which employs 28 000 people, says the retrenchment is part of the restructuring of the company’s production and cost base in its South African business. Economics[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg has handed down a ruling on religion in public schools, saying that schools can’t promote one religion. The case was brought by the Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy (OGOD) against six schools. “Religious observances may be conducted at state or state-aided institutions, provided that:[…]
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) will on Wednesday reveal its plan for combating state capture. It intend to hand the plan over to Parliament and political parties after a media briefing and presentation. “This case document is regarded as essential reading for Members of Parliament expected to participate in[…]
The University of Cape Town has denied that they are evicting students for non-payment of fees after the newly inaugurated Student Representative Council (SRC) on Friday declared war on what it called an “antagonistic anti-black move”. According to the SRC, it knew of 29 students who were handed notices to[…]
Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol was not suicidal an inquest into his death — sitting in the South Gauteng High Court — heard on Tuesday. “Ahmed never wanted to die, he loved life like me. Even Ahmed’s girlfriend never knew that he anticipated to take his own life or he was[…]
Four of South Africa’s neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. Namibia on Tuesday became the latest country to ban South African chickens – live and uncooked – following last week’s outbreak of the H5N8 strain[…]
African National Congress Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs says suspended provincial chairperson Marius Fransman needs to accept his sanction if he wants to play a constructive role in the party. Fransman on Sunday called for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to distance himself from the alleged “thuggery” taking place in his[…]
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