# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has expressed concern at the charges against suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. He faces five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons, promoting the sexual grooming of a child, and two counts of sexual grooming of a child. Sibiya is accused of sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl and […]
# South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who was detained by government authorities in Djibouti, was released unharmed and without charge yesterday. He and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud, who was also released, disappeared from their hotel in the East African country on Saturday afternoon. Reddy is the Africa Coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative […]
# The DA has filed an urgent application in the Electoral Court accusing the EFF, ActionSA, MK Party and the GOOD Party of deliberately concealing candidates from voters. It alleges that the parties are bending the rules by misinterpreting the law, which allows the Electoral Commission to request a party to submit extra names after […]
# The Ophthalmological Society of South Africa warns that the global rise in short-sightedness is increasing the risk of retinal detachment and permanent vision loss. The warning comes ahead of Eye Care Awareness Month, which runs from Wednesday to 18 October. The society’s Viresh Dullabh says more screen time and less time outdoors are contributing […]
# The South African Rooibos Council says this year’s World Koesister Day Competition shows how local ingredients can be used in new ways. Cape Town chef Huwitt Strydom won the competition at Makers Landing at the V&A Waterfront for using Rooibos in the traditional Cape Malay koesister. Rooibos was this year’s featured heritage ingredient, following […]
# The GOOD Party says narratives of White persecution could deepen racial divisions and strengthen populist political parties. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says such rhetoric undermines South Africa’s post-apartheid settlement and commitment to non-racialism. He added minority groups should not be targeted, as South Africa’s democratic transition avoided revenge against the White population. Herron urges […]
# Die Twee Oseane-akwarium in Kaapstad nooi gesinne uit om Suid-Afrika se mariene-erfenis tydens die skoolvakansie te verken. Die “Sea Local, Love Local“-veldtog duur van Donderdag tot 5 Oktober en sluit voersessies, kinderaktiwiteite en verlengde openingstye in. Besoekers kan meer leer oor plaaslike spesies, insluitend die galjoen, rooistompneus, Afrika-pikkewyn en swartmosselkraker. Besoekers kan ‘n pikkewynervaring […]
# Die Oogheelkundige Vereniging van Suid-Afrika waarsku ‘n wêreldwye toename in bysiendheid verhoog die gevaar van ‘n los netvlies en blindheid. Die waarskuwing volg voor Oogsorgbewusmakingsmaand, wat Woensdag begin en tot 18 Oktober duur. Viresh Dullabh van die vereniging sê meer skermtyd en minder tyd in die buitelug dra by tot die toename in bysiendheid […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Rooibosraad sê vanjaar se Wêreld-koesisterdagkompetisie toon hoe plaaslike bestanddele op nuwe maniere gebruik kan word. Die Kaapstadse sjef Huwitt Strydom het die kompetisie by Makers Landing in die V&A Waterfront gewen deur Rooibos in die tradisionele Kaaps-Maleise koesister te gebruik. Rooibos was vanjaar se erfenisbestanddeel, ná spekboom verlede jaar. Adele du Toit […]
