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Jetour T2 payload debate prompts calls for tighter vehicle standards
The Automobile Association (AA) is urging South African motorists to pay closer attention to vehicle payload capacity, a specification often overlooked, especially in family…
Big Tobacco tries to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law
The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces
Creecy withdraws threatened or protected species regulations
Minister reaches out-of-court settlement with wildlife ranchers and hunters over ‘draconian’ regulations
Environment department slammed for suspending regulations on trade in hazardous chemicals
South Africa has ‘no real gumption’ when it comes to making tough decisions to protect the environment, says UCT academic
Right to clean air ‘progressively realisable’ in polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, court hears
State argues dirty air can’t be ‘miraculously’ fixed overnight in final day of proceedings in landmark Deadly Air case
Vigilant eyes will monitor South Africa’s first batch of vaccines
The department of health is also negotiating with manufacturers other than AstraZeneca to secure more than one type of vaccine
SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal
It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active
Protecting South Africa in the digital information and entertainment age
The Films and Publications Amendment Act aims to protect citizens, but new technology requires that the regulations and guidelines are updated
Locked-down bars survive through gamblers’ luck
Forced to turn away drinkers, bars and pubs with slot machines have managed to keep their doors open during the tough national lockdown
Covid logic beats ‘irrational’ human logic
The virus will lose if the government and high-profile people communicate effectively the reasons for restrictions and the compromises that have been made
Families struggle with funerals under lockdown
Families have found the cultural cost of burying their loved ones under lockdown difficult to bear, but the financial costs have reduced
Engineer our way out of policies that cause corruption and inefficiency
The bidding process and black economic empowerment has backfired, resulting in deficient construction projects
Some reflections on the recent access-to-masjid case
This pandemic must pose an opportunity for serious introspection by all actors involved in taking the case to court, including religious legal fraternities
Transport’s future is integrated, but how do we get there?
In a SIMSystem, governments, transport providers and users seamlessly connect with all available transport systems
‘Watershed’ moment for drone regulation
New legislation eases drone use, but unmanned craft cannot hover over groups of bystanders and must remain within clear sight of operator.