Tumi Makgetla speaks to publisher Solomon Solani Ngobeni about scouting for new African voices.
A UK supermarket aims to tell its consumers how much pollution is caused by the goods they buy. David Adam reports.
One of the world’s top chefs has warned that environmental degradation and an explosion in fine dining worldwide is set to have a drastic effect on the food trade. Habitats are being destroyed, killing off wild fish stocks and making some vegetables and fruits so scarce that a number of dishes will have to be dropped and restaurants will be forced to close, warns Pierre Gagnaire
Lynley Donnelly reports on the highlights of this year’s Audi Jo’burg Fashion Week.
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A bomb exploded on Tuesday in one of the Turkish capital’s busiest commercial centres, killing five people and wounding dozens, the prime minister said. More than 60 people were injured in the blast, which ripped through the business centre of the capital, authorities said.
The government remains committed to resolving the current stand-off over wages with public-service unions in a non-confrontational manner, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said on Tuesday. The government also remains committed to collective bargaining, she told MPs in the National Assembly.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on Tuesday promised to fight the National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill in every available forum, including in the International Court for Arbitration in Sport. With the acceptance of the Bill in the National Assembly last week, the government had gone too far, FF+ MP Willie Spies said.
The impact of violent crime on South Africans may well equal that of the evils of apartheid at its height, MPs heard on Tuesday. In a fiery speech delivered during debate on the safety and security budget vote in the National Assembly, Democratic Alliance MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard noted South Africa’s murder rate was eight times the world average.
A merger of the Eastern and Western Cape could be good news for both provinces, Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool said on Tuesday. This would resolve the issues of shrinking allocations to the Western Cape and poor delivery in its neighbour, he told the provincial legislature.