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eThekwini ratepayers want ‘zero’ tariff hikes for battling households
National
/ 2 May 2024

eThekwini ratepayers want ‘zero’ tariff hikes for battling households

Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is expected to deliver the city’s consolidated budget, as well as announce property rates, electricity and water price increases for 2024-25, on Friday

By Lyse Comins
Basic income grant project helps youths find jobs and livelihoods
National
/ 2 May 2024

Basic income grant project helps youths find jobs and livelihoods

Under the two-year pilot scheme, 100 unemployed technical college graduates have got a monthly grant of R2 000 since October 2022

By Lyse Comins
SA Guide Dog Association for the Blind wants to sue Uber for R10 million over alleged discrimination
National
/ 30 April 2024

SA Guide Dog Association for the Blind wants to sue Uber for R10 million over alleged discrimination

The association claims that Uber has not take action regarding some of its drivers refusing to allow guide dogs in their vehicles

By Umamah Bakharia
Deepfake adverts exploit prominent figures: Banxso and Afrimarkets under scrutiny
National
/ 29 April 2024

Deepfake adverts exploit prominent figures: Banxso and Afrimarkets under scrutiny

Banxso has denied any links to or association with Immediate Matrix, the company behind some of the adverts that direct users to its trading platforms

By Lyse Comins
Security cluster will leave ‘nothing to chance’ in upcoming general elections
National
/ 28 April 2024

Security cluster will leave ‘nothing to chance’ in upcoming general elections

Defence Minister Thandi Modise says the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster will protect the public

By Sheree Bega
Septuagenarian pushes to decriminalise magic mushrooms in South Africa
National
/ 28 April 2024

Septuagenarian pushes to decriminalise magic mushrooms in South Africa

The prohibition on psilocybin is an infringement on the right to privacy, Monica Cromhout argues

By Emsie Ferreira
Government owes KwaZulu-Natal municipalities R3 billion for rates, water, electricity
National
/ 27 April 2024

Government owes KwaZulu-Natal municipalities R3 billion for rates, water, electricity

Households are battling to keep up with their municipal bills in the face of stubbornly high interest rates, according to Salga

By Lyse Comins
Human Rights Commission highlights failure to protect children in Enyobeni Tavern case
National
/ 27 April 2024

Human Rights Commission highlights failure to protect children in Enyobeni Tavern case

The commission released its final investigative report into the alcohol-related tragedy that claimed 21 young people’s lives in Buffalo City in 2022

By Aarti Bhana
Eskom predicts stage two load-shedding for winter
National
/ 26 April 2024

Eskom predicts stage two load-shedding for winter

But, extreme circumstances could see the implementation of stage five, power utility says

By Sheree Bega
Batohi questions magistrate’s decision to strike Koko case off the roll
National
/ 24 April 2024

Batohi questions magistrate’s decision to strike Koko case off the roll

The magistrate took the most drastic option in the case involving the former Eskom chief executive, Batohi said, while conceding that the National Prosecuting Authority was learning from its setbacks

By Emsie Ferreira
State wins its appeal of controversial Coko rape ruling
National
/ 24 April 2024

State wins its appeal of controversial Coko rape ruling

The supreme court of appeal confirms stringent standard for consent as defence in rape cases

By Emsie Ferreira
Misuzulu warns KZN government of treating Zulu nation ‘with disdain’ as praise singer contract is terminated
National
/ 24 April 2024

Misuzulu warns KZN government of treating Zulu nation ‘with disdain’ as praise singer contract is terminated

Inyosi Buzetsheni Mdletshe, who was also the Imbongi of the late Goodwill Zwelithini, has been a royal family praise singer since 1977

By Clive Ndou
Zulu king wants court to strike uncle’s claim that he is ‘captured by drug mules’
National
/ 24 April 2024

Zulu king wants court to strike uncle’s claim that he is ‘captured by drug mules’

The monarch says corruption and abuse claims have no factual backing and should be removed from the court record

By Paddy Harper
Court orders suspended Lotto secretary to pay punitive costs
National
/ 24 April 2024

Court orders suspended Lotto secretary to pay punitive costs

Johannesburg High Court Judge Stuart Wilson said that as an advocate, who had drafted her own papers, Nompumelelo Nene should have known better

By Tania Broughton
Concourt to hear IEC’s appeal to MK party ruling
National
/ 24 April 2024

Concourt to hear IEC’s appeal to MK party ruling

The party has until Thursday to respond to the IEC’s appeal on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for parliament

By Emsie Ferreira
Fraudster Howard Mashaba gets a R40 000 suspended fine for contempt
National
/ 23 April 2024

Fraudster Howard Mashaba gets a R40 000 suspended fine for contempt

The state prosecutor had argued for imprisonment, saying Mashaba had no respect for the rule of law

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Home Affairs opens office in Durban shopping mall
National
/ 22 April 2024

Home Affairs opens office in Durban shopping mall

The latest branches to open include The Pavilion Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, Tyger Valley centre in the Western Cape and Southgate Mall in Johannesburg

By Lyse Comins
Meyiwa trial: ‘Longwe shot Senzo Meyiwa’
National
/ 22 April 2024

Meyiwa trial: ‘Longwe shot Senzo Meyiwa’

Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said investigators brought cooked evidence to the court

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Hemp: From highs to new economic heights
National
/ 20 April 2024

Hemp: From highs to new economic heights

One plant, so many uses – but misconceptions are keeping it on the back foot

By Aarti Bhana
Durban entrepreneur blazes through legal uncertainty in South Africa’s cannabis industry
National
/ 20 April 2024

Durban entrepreneur blazes through legal uncertainty in South Africa’s cannabis industry

The father of two owns five cannabis stores in eThekwini and will soon open a sixth in the upmarket Durban North area

By Des Erasmus
Cannabis smokers say police have ‘weaponised’ arrests
National
/ 19 April 2024

Cannabis smokers say police have ‘weaponised’ arrests

The decriminalisation of adult use in private was a relief to users who allege arrests are low-hanging fruit for police

By Khaya Koko
Grass ain’t greener for South Africa’s underground cannabis industry
National
/ 19 April 2024

Grass ain’t greener for South Africa’s underground cannabis industry

The boom in dispensaries and bud shops has seen traditional growers and sellers driven out of business while the government drags its feet

By Paddy Harper
Court gives costs order in Mkhwebane’s favour in gratuity battle
National
/ 18 April 2024

Court gives costs order in Mkhwebane’s favour in gratuity battle

Court says it was the fault of the respondent, the office of the public protector, that her urgent demand for R10 million was not ripe for hearing

By Emsie Ferreira
Meyiwa trial: More delays, chaos as the defence discredits state expert’s evidence
National
/ 18 April 2024

Meyiwa trial: More delays, chaos as the defence discredits state expert’s evidence

Defence advocate refutes his testimony to back the accused’s claims they did not know each other prior to being arrested in 2020

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Water and sanitation department guns for 67 errant municipalities
National
/ 18 April 2024

Water and sanitation department guns for 67 errant municipalities

Experts like civil engineers say it is not too late to save South Africa’s waterways from high levels of pollution

By Lyse Comins
Killing spree: Honey badger wipes out 11 endangered penguins at Cape reserve
The Green Guardian
/ 18 April 2024

Killing spree: Honey badger wipes out 11 endangered penguins at Cape reserve

Making the discovery was awful, said seabird conservationist at pioneering colony

By Sheree Bega
South Africans agree with global consensus that single-use plastics should be banned
National
/ 17 April 2024

South Africans agree with global consensus that single-use plastics should be banned

Nearly nine in 10 local survey participants believe global rules require a ban on unnecessary single-use plastic products most likely to become pollution

By Sheree Bega
High court strikes Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer off the roll
National
/ 17 April 2024

High court strikes Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer off the roll

Judge Nkosinathi Chili said Zuma would not be prejudiced if the matter is removed from the roll pending his bid to appeal the invalidation of the private prosecution

By Emsie Ferreira
Meyiwa trial: Another expert links the accused through phone records
National
/ 17 April 2024

Meyiwa trial: Another expert links the accused through phone records

Cellphone data analyst Gideon Gouws tells the court calls and deleted messages were downloaded from the phones confiscated from the accused

By Mandisa Ndlovu
It’s not ANC electioneering, insists Nxesi at launch of two million jobs programme
National
/ 17 April 2024

It’s not ANC electioneering, insists Nxesi at launch of two million jobs programme

The minister said R23.8 billion would be allocated to implement the plan, with training opportunities running over the next 12 to 36 months

By Lyse Comins
EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC
National
/ 17 April 2024

EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC

Former EFF provincial leader Jossey Buthane said the top brass were trying to lead via ‘emails and phones’ instead of being on the ground

By Mandisa Nyathi
Meyiwa trial: Legal aid says defence applied late for ballistics expert funding
National
/ 16 April 2024

Meyiwa trial: Legal aid says defence applied late for ballistics expert funding

An irate Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng asked state prosecutor George Baloyi to read into the court record what the law says about court delays and the consequences

By Mandisa Ndlovu
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