long-overdue announcement earlier this month that 19 000 low-risk inmates would be released from prison.LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesIt is a bold and necessary step to save lives as Covid-19 threatens to wreak havoc in South Africa's overcrowded prisons, GroundUp reported.Under the plan, people who have been sentenced for "crimes of…
Only inmates convicted of petty crimes will go free, says Lamola"Many of the prisoners who stand to be released do not have families or homes to return to. Those who do may well return to a home where there is already little or no food," she said."Finding employment, difficult enough under the best of circumstances…
Absa Premiership 2020-05-04 18:06 John Comitis (Gallo Images) Tashreeq Vardien - Sport24 The coronavirus pandemic has seen football clubs take extraordinary measures with hopes of staying afloat financially.EXCLUSIVE | CT City boss Comitis: A man with a plan for a new stadiumCertain clubs across the globe, specifically in Europe's top leagues, has seen players and…
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…