Novak Djokovic and the Spanish women’s football team were the big winners from 2023. The Springboks, Siya Kolisi, Kirsten Neuschafer and the organisation Justice Desk Africa all missed out on awards at the annual Laureus Awards ceremony held in Madrid…
“Much of South Africa’s economic future will depend on what happens in the next few years.” (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Thirty years since democracy, the country needs a radical shift to steer it out of stagnation This content is…
Gauteng government hospitals cause confusion as patients face uncertainty over service fees, varying by status. It is mass confusion for many patients at Gauteng government hospitals with some expected to pay a fee for services and others knowing nothing about…
Facing the music: Longwe, son of Chicco Twala (above), has questions to answer. Photo: Masi Losi/Sowetan/Gallo Images Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu told the court on Wednesday that the evidence from the investigators of the Senzo Meyiwa murder was far from…
Macron said last month that France needed the law because “there are situations you cannot humanely accept”. A French parliamentary commission was on Monday to begin examining a controversial right-to-die bill, to be submitted to the full National Assembly in…
In March, tractor sales were down 26% year-on-year, with 498 units sold. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images) I have previously stated on these pages that South Africa’s agricultural machinery sales will probably be weak this year. The…
Last year saw record levels of heat stress in Europe – environmental conditions under which the human body struggles to cope, said the EU. Heat stress in Europe is increasingly threatening people’s health as global warming makes summers there hotter…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. (Photo by Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP) The electricity minister said the turnaround should be celebrated, and had nothing to do with next month’s elections This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…
58 bodies were retrieved from the Mpoko River in the capital Bangui after a vessel taking people to a funeral capsised. Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera declared three days of national mourning on Monday for victims of a river…
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi opened the department’s first office at a super mall in KwaZulu-Natal, the Pavilion Shopping Centre in Durban, on Monday. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi opened the department’s first office at a super mall in KwaZulu-Natal,…