52+ min ago  (660+ words) Many think we are simply experiencing " bad weather" but recent mid-latitude cyclones or "cut-off low" storms are impacted by climate pollution. The metro had a unique grandstand seat for the two cut-off lows which hit the province this month because…...

16+ hour, 58+ min ago  (272+ words) More than 41, 600 people and 10, 703 structures have been affected by severe weather conditions battering Cape Town and other parts of the Western Cape. City of Cape Town disaster risk management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said flooding had been reported in at least…...

14+ hour, 43+ min ago  (405+ words) Story audio is generated using AI Minister of finance, Enoch Godongwana, said the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa will have to wait in line to plead its case for a bailout, like other cash-strapped entities. The minister…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago  (553+ words) Story audio is generated using AI President Cyril Ramaphosa says tourism can become one of the most powerful tools to help African countries grow their economies and reduce pressure on major cities by bringing development to rural areas. Ramaphosa was…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago  (158+ words) The police have arrested controversial minibus taxi boss Joe "Ferarri" Sibanyoni and two others for allegedly extorting more than R2m from a businessman. Sowetan understands the businessman is in the mining industry. Police spokesperson Col Mavela Masondo on Tuesday said the…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago  (400+ words) Across SA, it has become common to see communities queuing at water tankers following days or even weeks of enduring dry taps. We have in the past chronicled how people in some rural areas of our province share drinking water,…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago  (663+ words) Those were President Cyril Ramaphosa's words as he delivered an address to the nation on Monday night, stating that he will instead be taking on review parliament's section 89 panel report on the Phala Phala scandal, which found there was prima…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (341+ words) Rhodes University has dismissed social media claims alleging that a case of hantavirus had been confirmed at the institution and in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) as false. In a media statement released, the university said it had become aware of a…...

2+ day, 52+ min ago  (720+ words) A young architect walking 1, 600km from Durban to Cape Town to raise awareness about South Africa's housing crisis passed through Qonce on Thursday as part of his ambitious cross-country journey. Wandile Mthiyane, from Kwa Mashu, began the walk on April 15 and…...

2+ day, 52+ min ago  (586+ words) Rural communities in the Eastern Cape will soon use satellite technology to monitor water shortages, detect flood risks, track environmental changes and support farming and land-use planning. Science and technology minister Blade Nzimande launched the natural resources management programme (NRMP)…...