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Nizaam Carr (Gallo Images) The Bulls' extensive recruitment over the past few months has been a careful process of balancing the budget.Industry numbers show that no SA franchise can afford to offer extravagant contracts, particularly given its R60 million salary cap on 45 players.It's, therefore, valid to ask how Jake White, the Bulls' director of…

The government banned the sale of tobacco products, citing the relationship between smoking and Covid-19.But the government is not collecting data on hospitalised Covid-19 patients who are smokers, or smokers who have died of Covid-19.Collecting this data can help the government determine the validity of its decision.The South African government instituted a ban on the…

With the Hawks rounding on nine men accused of involvement in defrauding VBS Mutual Bank, the state may lean on evidence gathered by law firm Werksmans.Werksmans previously uncovered evidence of corruption at rail agency Prasa, though that probe was seemingly not welcomed with open arms by the Hawks.In recent years, South Africa's prosecuting arm and…

Research shows consumers are more inclined to pay for news online.The Covid-19 pandemic has further boosted this trend as audience searched for credible sources of information about the virus.The New York Times gained 587 000 new digital subscriptions during the first quarter of the year to the end of March alone.Earlier this year, on 20…

Whatever we do with contentious or controversial statues and monuments, it should not be the outcome of the random acts of populist mobilisation. Building inclusive societies is the result of thoughtful and collective deliberation, argue Adam Habib and Alexandra Leisegang.Statues across the world are being torn down, vandalised, in response to legitimate anger about racism and…