South Africa will go to the seventh democratic general elections on May 29. The presidency announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with the constitution and the Electoral Act, determined May 29 as the date for the 2024…
PHATHU LUVHENGO Vilakazi Street in Soweto erupted in excitement when the Springboks arrived on Thursday. For supporter Sihle Ntshakaso it didn’t matter how long it took for the bus to come, he was going to wait anyway. The rugby supporter…
A Makhanda based artist who claims to be the original designer of the South African flag is taking the matter to court to fight for recognition. Vuyolwethu Sangotsha reports. Thembani Hastings Mqhayi, 56, has filed papers in the Pretoria…
The following is a brutally honest, anonymously produced, open letter to President Ramaphosa is a must-read. From National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) Dear Mr President, You now have the perfect opportunity to do the…
Tereza Pultarova – Senior Writer for space.com Construction of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) observatory, which is set to become the largest radio telescope ever built, will finally commence after nearly 30 years of preparations. Work…
The skull of a close human cousin was unearthed at the Drimolen archaeological site at the Cradle of Humankind just north of Johannesburg in 2018 and studied by scientists and researchers at Melbourne’s La Trobe University. According to…
SA is one of the countries that will pay a heavy price as a result of Covid-19, not only due to the economic losses the country has experienced, but also because the leading killer disease tuberculosis is set to worsen due to neglect…
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck offshore from South Africa on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Some residents of the southern city of Cape Town posted on Twitter that they had felt the tremor, which the USGS said…
Several global banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds during nearly two decades, despite warnings about the organisations they were dealing with, BuzzFeed and other media reported on Sunday, citing documents submitted by banks…
A shipment of 29 primates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was intercepted in Zimbabwe on Wednesday. The illegal shipment was headed to SA. According to a press release from the DRC’s minister of environment and sustainable…
Beach cleanups are important and, in our stretch of the Eastern Cape coastline volunteers regularly get down to the beaches to ensure that the beaches are not just clean but also free of glass and other debris that might spoil the…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize says the sooner the country can reduce the level of lockdown restrictions, the better. Speaking to media on Monday morning, Mkhize said the latest Covid-19 data for the country showed an improvement. He said…
Five months into the Covid-19 pandemic, financial distress remains a concern among South Africans, with as many as 61% reporting a loss of income. This is according to the latest research results on the socio-economic impact of the…
New studies of the impact of lockdown on the economy paint the picture of a country locked in a downward spiral of rising joblessness and debt. In a recent survey, debt counselling firm DebtBusters found that the debt holiday offered by…
