Rugby returns to South Africa this weekend with a pre-season 'Super Fan Saturday' event at Loftus Versfeld that will see the Bulls host the Sharks (16:25) and the the Stormers take on the Lions (18:55).It is the first competitive rugby the country has seen since the end of March - six months ago - when…
A number of Zimbabwean journalists and activists have been arrested as President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched a crackdown of a planned nationwide protest. The growing reports of alleged human rights violations have prompted the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter social movement. Mnangagwa said "dark forces" inside and outside Zimbabwe "have tampered with" the country’s growth for "too long". A number of Zimbabwean journalists…
The SCA in July set aside an interdict preventing police from demanding that gun owners, whose licences had expired, return their firearms to the state, This would mean that close to 450 000 gun owners can be pursued by police if they do not return their firearms. An interdict was first sought after police changed its policy…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said he was encouraged by areas of agreement between business and the ANC's proposal for an economic recovery. Ramaphosa said in the coming weeks, the state will work with social partners to finalise a recovery plan. News24 looked at how the ANC and Business for South Africa's economic recovery plans compare. President Cyril…
Members of the South African Police Service. (ER Lombard/Gallo Images) President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a national curfew after it was lifted nearly a month ago. Constitutional law experts have argued that the curfew can be challenged in courts. A curfew infringes on an individual's constitutional right to movement and dignity. Nearly a month after President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted…
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…