# The family of 35-year-old Vyaksha Sookdew has welcomed the 23-year prison sentence handed to her former boyfriend, Sugendren Rodney Naicker, in the Durban High Court last week. Naicker pleaded guilty to killing Sookdew with a hammer during an argument in December 2023. Her decomposed body was found wrapped in plastic bags on Christmas Day. […]
# Aviation Co-ordination Services has welcomed the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s approval to replace four critical Hold Baggage Screening units at OR Tambo and King Shaka International Airports. This follows a Johannesburg High Court ruling mandating the urgent upgrades amid concerns over aging equipment. ACS CEO Duke Phahla says the approved replacements aim to […]
# The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, is facing serious allegations after contractors hired to repair old trains, now dumped in depots, reportedly overcharged the agency by up to two-thousand-percent. According to News24, the repairs, worth billions, were for carriages that will never be used again. Investigations reveal that payments were made in advance […]
# CapeNature’s HeliHack team removed over 15-thousand invasive pine trees from the steep slopes of Boosmansbos Wilderness area last month. The record-breaking conservation effort, which took three-days restored one-thousand-and-80 hectares of land, enhancing water security for approximately 15-thousand residents in the Southern Cape. The mission also led to the rediscovery of the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called on all initiation schools to ensure they are properly registered and compliant ahead of the upcoming winter initiation season. Launching the Safe Customary Initiation Awareness Campaign over the weekend, Hlabisa called for zero deaths, following 90 fatalities last year. He stressed that all […]
# The United Civic Society in Action has condemned Trade minister Parks Tau’s decision to grant Ithuba Holdings a 12-month temporary National Lottery licence. This move follows a court ruling deeming such an extension unconstitutional, limiting it to five months. Tau is appealing the decision, citing public interest. However, the Civic Society’s Tebogo Sithathu argues […]
# Forum for South Africa has formally submitted a proposal to Parliament, urging the review of Section 11 of the Constitution to allow for the reintroduction of the death penalty. The Forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane argues that rising murder rates, especially targeting women and children, demand harsher consequences. Citing public support and rising crime, he says […]
# Ster-Kinekor, South Africa’s biggest cinema chain, will shut its Cavendish Square cinema in Cape Town today, following a lease expiry. Its Gateway branch in Umhlanga closed earlier this month. Despite the closures, the company is shifting focus to e-gaming and educational programmes to stay relevant. CEO Mark Sardi says innovation is key. Rival Nu […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, has expressed eagerness to collaborate with the newly elected African Development Bank president, Sidi Ould Tah. The seasoned Mauritanian economist, secured 76-percent of the vote during the bank’s annual meetings in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He will officially assume office on 1 September 2025, succeeding Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina. Godongwana emphasised the […]
