South Africa’s major cities are in a race to launch alternative energy plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the load, as Eskom’s well-publicized problems look set to go unsolved for years. It’s not just renewable energy they are after as…
Professor Juan Bornman Imagine this: one morning you wake up, open your eyes and when you try to stretch, you realize that you can’t move. You try to get attention, but no sound comes out of your mouth. You want…
How quickly it can change in sports. And in the last few weeks, we have all been reminded of this again, thanks to the amazing batting form of Temba Bavuma. It wasn’t long before Bavuma was in the doldrums, failing…
The lives of people who try to stop or expose corruption are in danger and must be protected. (Getty Images) mena new opinion piece by Claire Keeton, “How to fix fear, the new world riven by polycrisis” (March 6, TimesLive),…
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille is still in consultation and will make a comment or announcement in the next few weeks about Tourism SA’s proposed R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur deal, according to her spokeswoman, Zara Nicholson. Tottenham sponsorship deal up…
Although not a clear victory, with Cyril Ramaphosa still in office, unemployment high and many burdens on the cards, some experts insist that Monday’s national shutdown got what was needed. But some say it wasn’t a victory because there wasn’t…
Lions lock Reinhard Nothnagel and prop Ruan Dreyer are back to boost the team ahead of their crucial United Rugby Championship (URC) clash against Benetton in Treviso this weekend, but it has been confirmed that star flyhalf Jordan Hendrikse has…
President Cyril Ramaphosa, while delivering his Human Rights Day speech in De Aar, Northern Cape on Tuesday, said that if the government does not provide basic services to the people, it is a “human rights issue”. He said his government…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday said it will start legal proceedings to force the government to remove pit toilets in South Africa. On Tuesday the DA visited the family of four-year-old Langalam Viki, whose body was found in a…
In-form Proteas batsman Heinrich Klaasen led the national team to victory with a spectacular performance on Tuesday, completing a career-best century in the third and final one-day international (ODI) against West Indies in Potchefstroom. Chasing 261 runs to win, the…