SA has recorded 67 more Covid-19-related deaths. Darren Stewart, Gallo Images South Africa has recorded 67 more Covid-19-related fatalities since Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 15 772. LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe fatalities have been reported in the following provinces: three in the Eastern Cape, 20 in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 in Gauteng,…
The battle against Covid-19 pandemic: Did we do the right thing? In the weeks before it was announced that South Africa had its first Covid-19, newsrooms across the country were on tenterhooks. What would our future look like when we were finally hit by the pandemic? Considering what was happening in Spain and Italy, we all knew…
Uber says it isn't looking at a woman passenger/woman driver option just yet. Major e-hailing services in South Africa, Bolt and Uber, do not yet have an option for women passengers to request women drivers.This comes as women on social media continue to share stories of incidents of violence while using an e-hailing service.The scourge…
A Mpumalanga man has been sentenced to life for killing his wife. A 38-year-old man has been sentenced in the Mpumalanga High Court to life in prison for murdering his wife. The court also sentenced him to an additional 10 years behind bars for assaulting his five-year-old daughter with a panga and burning her on a…
A man was allegedly caught in possession of dagga in KZN. Mario Marco, Getty Images A 40-year-old man was arrested in Louwsburg for allegedly being in possession of dagga. Police allegedly found marijuana worth R2.5 million in the minibus taxi. According to police, the weed was going to be smuggled out of the country. A 40-year-old man…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…