Man completes run across Africa
Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday, reports the Daily Maverick. He ran through
FSU SA cautiously welcomes abolition of criminal defamation
The Freedom of Speech Union of South Africa has cautiously welcomed the abolition of criminal defamation in South Africa but is concerned that its repeal
Curro ‘racism’ about-turn welcome – IRR
The Gauteng Department of Education’s ‘embarrassing about-face’ on a supposed racist incident at a Curro school ‘serves as a welcome affirmation that stirring racial antagonism
The wettest season since 1980 has also been one of the dryest
The period between January and the end of March 2024 has been one of the two wettest seasons in four decades. Although the drought is
Gordhan goes head-to-head with DA’s Gondwe
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has got into a war of words with DA MP Dr. Mimmy Gondwe, who objected to his use of public
Alleged thief’s hands chopped off by a pastor
Dumisani Mahlangu (29), from Vosman near eMalahleni in Mpumalanga, had his hands chopped off with a panga last Wednesday by people who accused him of
16 stages of load shedding – new Nersa code
The full load shedding programme (minus critical load) is now divided up into stages spanning from stage 1 to stage 16. The National Energy Regulator
Zimbabwe ZiGs and zags, so the Zim dollar is no more
Zimbabwe is replacing the Zim dollar with a new unit called the ZiG, which is backed by a basket of foreign currency and gold. Central
Will all Japanese have the same surname?
A study has warned that a law on marital names is driving a process of homogenisation. By 2531, everyone in Japan could have the surname,
President Macron says France ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide
During a speech on Thursday, French president Emmanuel Macron said that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but had