Rugby Australia (RA) said it would be "madness" for any Pacific Island team in a New Zealand-led revamp of Super Rugby to be based in Auckland and instead should play out of Sydney.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Plans for a Pacific side were unveiled Friday by New Zealand…
Dr Thabo Lekalakala. Picture: Reginald Kanyane The SIU wants the Special Tribunal to issue an order halting the payment of the pension of former North West health department boss Thabo Lekalakala. SIU says it is currently investigating tender irregularities involving Buthelezi Emergency Medical Services. It has also made an application in court for the mobile clinic…
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images A company allegedly invoiced the district R4.8 million for doing a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about Covid-19.Mabuyane said the provincial government anticipated opportunists would take advantage of the pandemic crisis for quick wealth.Photographs of the invoice, and two Hawks hatchback cars parked outside…
Environment | Analysis 7 July 2020 By Adam Vaughan Electrolysers produce hydrogen from waterITM Power Hydrogen is back. On 8 July, the European Commission will announce a new strategy to turn the universe’s most abundant element into a way “for the EU to achieve a higher climate ambition”. Past grand visions of a “hydrogen economy”…
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is concerned about corruption at the Department of Water and Sanitation and wants prosecutions. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is concerned about corruption at the Department of Water and Sanitation and wants prosecutions.The Special Investigations Unit has already referred 36 cases to the National Prosecuting…
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…