Load shedding: ‘Sabotage cannot be ruled out’
Sabotage cannot be ruled out for the country suddenly being thrown into stages 5 and 6 load shedding, when Kusile and Medupi are new...
One in 10 older adults in SA are subjected to abuse,...
One in 10 people aged 65 years and older reported having experienced some form of abuse, new UCT research has found.ONE IN 10 people...
Transcending ‘political theatrics’ key to EFF growth
OPINION: The EFF is increasingly being drawn into bourgeois electoral politics, writes Trevor Ngwane.By Trevor Ngwane WHEN Julius Malema was raised to the skies...
Swiss ’zero star hotel’ offers sleepless nights to ponder world’s crises
The hotel room is set up to encourage guests think about the problems in the world and to inspire them to act differently.By Denis...
Earliest-known ‘dead’ galaxy spotted by Webb telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope since becoming operational in 2022 has uncovered numerous surprises about what things were like in the universe’s early stages....
What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
The prevailing notion has been that hunter-gatherers’ diets were primarily composed of animal proteins. However, new evidence demonstrates that plants constituted a big part...
How Fica now applies to high-value purchases
High-value goods are defined as goods that sell for more than R100 000 per item.CONSUMERS buying expensive and luxury goods, such as a car,...
Israel shifts to deadlier strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria
Israel is carrying out an unprecedented wave of deadly strikes in Syria targeting cargo trucks, infrastructure and people involved in Iran’s weapons lifeline to...
Chinese firms go ‘underground’ on Russia payments as banks pull back
The US has imposed an array of sanctions on Russia and Russian entities since the country invaded Ukraine in 2022. Now the threat of...
High interest rates, living costs force more homeowners to sell
More South Africans are being forced to sell their homes as high interest rates and rising living costs make it impossible to keep hanging...
