Mayor is a ‘delinquent driver’
The mayor of the Umzimvubu Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, Sobane Mnukwa, is in trouble following a car accident – his second in a
China’s Mars touchdown
China announced that its Zhurong spacecraft successfully landed on Mars early yesterday. The descent was carried out with a parachute and a rocket platform. According
Zimbabwe’s government creates plan to outlaw “unpatriotic acts”
Zimbabwe plans to introduce a law which will punish people who are found “unpatriotic” for criticising the country abroad. Anyone found guilty could face criminal
Egypt plans to expand Suez Canal
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved a plan to expand the Suez Canal after a ship, the 220,000-metric-ton container ship Ever Given, got stuck
Electoral reform gains momentum
The issue of electoral reform is gaining momentum in South Africa with three possible new electoral systems in the pipeline for South Africa. Electoral reform
Nafiz Modack charged with Charl Kinnear’s murder
Alleged Cape Town underworld boss Nafiz Modack and car salesman Ricardo Morgan have been charged with the murder of Anti-Gang Unit police officer, Lieutenant Colonel
UK jitters over Indian Covid variant
Britain has said it might bring forward second vaccine doses to help curb the spread of the Indian variant of the Covid-19 virus. Public Health
DA confident of citizenship ‘justice’ after court challenge
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is confident that thousands of South Africans who lost their citizenship without their knowledge ‘will soon receive justice’. This
The spooks are crooks
Inspector-General (IG) for Intelligence Dr Setlhomamaru Dintwe testified at the Zondo Commission that members of the State Security Agency (SSA) and Crime Intelligence were brazenly
Bathabile finally pays up
Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini has paid over half a million rand from her own pocket to settle a costs order handed down in