DRC's top court has intervened in a high-profile graft case involving a key ally of the presidentProsecutors are seeking 20-year terms against Vital Kamerhe legal sources saythe country's Constitutional Court had asked the lower court to hand over the judicial dossier "immediately" Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's top court has intervened in an unprecedented corruption case…
Education activists and some schools are taking Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to court after she "backtracked" on a promise to reinstate the National Schools Nutrition Programme (NSNP) to feed nine million pupils from this month, irrespective of whether or not they are back at school.The urgent application, brought in the Gauteng High Court…
Police in Cape Town are investigating a double murder after the bodies of a woman, 27, and a girl, 7, were discovered in a house in Belhar. Police have confirmed they are investing a double murder after they made the discovery at a house in Belhar on Friday.A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection…
A high court has upheld the life sentence handed down to a man who raped a 12 year old. The Fochville Regional Court had convicted and sentenced Micheal Letsibane to life imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old in 2018.The victim was a minor and mentally disabled. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has upheld the decision…
The deeds office in Cape Town has been ordered to open on Monday as estate agents and property owners say they are suffering because of backlogs caused by Covid-19 closures. This follows an application brought by the Cape Town Attorneys' Association, Tygerberg Attorneys' Association and Institute of Estate Agents of South Africa.They argued the office was…
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…