The Scorpions will this week present Parliament with a report on alleged gifts received by Deputy President Jacob Zuma during this week, while political parties — including the DA — are calling for Zuma’s resignation.
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Authorities struggled to evacuate people as Hurricane Ignacio roared along the coast of Baja California on Monday, bending palm trees with winds topping 150kph and lashing resorts with sheets of rain.
The South African government has signalled its intention, through new legislation currently before Parliament, to cap the number of retail petrol outlets based on consumption levels. It is estimated that about 2 000 of the existing 5 000 outlets are already unsustainable.
Outspoken Rastafarian paralegal Gareth Prince wants the African Human Rights Commission to tamper with a South African Constitutional Court judgement that decrees the use of dagga to be a criminal act, even for ardent Rastafarians.
The Boeremag treason trial was postponed in the Pretoria High Court on Monday for some of the accused to prepare an urgent application to stop prison authorities from ”torturing” them with loud music.
Talk about a dead man walking. Robert King somehow sprung himself out of what would have been effectively a life sentence in the American penitentiary system, and has lived to tell the tale. Others are not so fortunate.
"First it was the enormous salary cut, now I am just waiting for the day my boss tells me to pack my bags and go," said Solomon Mahlangu, an employee at the KwaNdebele-based Transpaco plastic bag factory.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was weaker at midday on Monday, taking its cue from world markets. Volumes were extremely light due to the bank holiday in the United Kingdom and dealers said that lack of liquidity was also playing a role in any moves.
Former president Nelson Mandela on Monday almost became a victim of Cape Town’s latest bout of stormy weather.
British health service officials were forced to back away from offering a black woman undergoing a foot amputation a white artificial foot as a cheaper option than one in her own skin colour, after media reports publicised the case on Monday.