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Helen Zille’s Joburg campaign: Can she turn hype into votes?
49+ min ago (1050+ words) | Follow us on Google News With just over two months to go until the local government elections, the DA’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, Helen Zille, has continued to campaign fiercely, unveiling a billboard in the historically ANC-aligned Alexandra township recently…...
What are we flushing? The everyday waste blocking SA’s sewers
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (827+ words) | Follow us on Google News When sewage started pooling around classrooms at Kuyasa Primary School in Khayelitsha, parents did what most people would do: they wanted to know why. The issue dates back to 2024, when the problem was reported to…...
Rape-aXe: Why South Africa’s Anti-Rape Device Isn’t Available
18+ hour, 18+ min ago (1421+ words) | Follow us on Google News A dispute between the device’s inventor and her former business partner has complicated its development. Meanwhile, experts say it is no silver bullet and could place the burden of preventing rape on women rather than…...
Tulbagh cannery closure threatens SA’s fruit industry jobs
1+ day, 40+ min ago (732+ words) | Follow us on Google News November has, for seven decades, marked the start of the main processing season for peaches, pears, apricots and other fruit at a Western Cape factory. Now the sun is setting on operations – and, while your…...
Why Feroz Khan was fired and what happens next-Explain
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (194+ words) | Follow us on Google News Feroz Khan is out of SAPS, but his troubles are nowhere near over. The former Crime Intelligence deputy head was fired on Wednesday, just as new details emerged about the medical condition his lawyers say…...
SA tobacco Bill: What could change for smoking and vaping
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1000+ words) | Follow us on Google News Given South Africans’ strict tobacco laws, you might think that vapes are also subject to regulation. Think again. After eight years of drafting, public hearings and argument, Parliament has finally started examining the Tobacco Products…...
Meet the SA women scientists tackling real-world problems
5+ day, 34+ min ago (797+ words) | Follow us on Google News South Africa’s women scientists are tackling some very unglamorous problems: viruses, antibiotic resistance, dirty water, healthcare gaps and poverty. And yes, there are plenty of lab coats involved. The 23rd South African Women in Science Awards…...
Rooibos is booming. What can SA learn from its success?
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (850+ words) | Follow us on Google News There is a good chance that you have a box of Rooibos tea somewhere in your kitchen. Less obvious is that the little red-brown leaves in that box have become a surprisingly successful South African…...
South Africa got R218m from the World Cup: where it goes
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (995+ words) | Follow us on Google News OPINIONBafana Bafana did something South Africans have been waiting a very long time to see: they made it out of the World Cup group stage. Now their success has created another opportunity, one that could…...
Why Eskom may lose control of electricity transmission
1+ week, 6+ day ago (858+ words) | Follow us on Google News Way back in 1789, US politician and inventor Benjamin Franklin popularised the idea that nothing is certain except “death and taxes”. Fast forward two and a half centuries and, in South Africa, there’s a third inevitability:…...