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…
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up
The whole concept of low-impact cardio exercises may sound like an oxymoron. After all, can you really jack up your heart rate without running or jumping? The answer is yes, absolutely! And we have a bunch of different bodyweight exercises (20, to be exact!) as proof. Low-impact cardio exercises can be a smart choice for