A man standing on a pavement narrowly escaped injury after a taxi collided with a bus and car in Cape Town.In CCTV footage, the taxi is seen changing lanes into oncoming traffic and clipping a MyCiTi bus, but the taxi driver does not stop. The taxi then hits a car reversing and narrowly misses a man…
A man's body has been found near blocks of flats as Red Ants were evicting illegal occupiers.It's unclear if the man's death was linked to the eviction.A group of people have been living illegally in government flats in Fleurhof, Johannesburg.People who allegedly "invaded" government flats in Fleurhof have accused the police of applying maximum force…
An excerpt of a conversation including City of Cape Town Mayco members JP Smith and Malusi Booi has been circulating on social media.It shows a housing official responding that Bulelani Qolani's newly rebuilt shack will have to be demolished, "with or without a naked man".A High Court order allows the City to remove any new…
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen PHOTO: Felix Dlangamandala According to political analysts, the DA is in a policy 'no man's land'. The party could lose the electoral support it enjoys in predominantly black communities, analysts argue.The party has objected against the use of transformation criteria in government Covid-19 assistance, and fighting for farm murders to be…
Lessons from a war zone, anti-apartheid veteran finally home after months locked down in SomaliaHis journey began on a single-propeller plane to Chicago. Then a commercial flight from Chicago to Washington DC. There, he spent two nights in a hotel.The official repatriation flight followed. And then began quarantine, at the Capital-on-Park Hotel, provided by the…
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…