No relief in sight from high food prices – economists
The consensus is that load shedding will likely remain at relatively high levels for the foreseeable future, which will be a key factor in...
End of an era? Tupperware faces collapse following slip in sales
Tupperware has embarked on a massive turnaround strategy to help boost sales following record lows in recent months.IF YOU’VE grown up in a South...
Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn
A growing number of scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses and conducting other high-stakes work with pathogens.By David Willman and...
Thabo Bester’s escape exposes corruption in South African correctional system
OPINION: We have known for years that, like many government entities, South Africa’s correctional system has not been untainted by the stain of corruption....
Reversed Eskom exemption attempt ‘suspicious’
Analysts and experts said the government’s withdrawal of Eskom’s exemption from disclosing its irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure shows that the reasons on which...
My favourite tea … ‘punctuali-tea’
How many organisations, businesses, or even municipalities and governments are being held back by some individuals who feel they are far too important to...
Carping Point: South Africans needs to dig deep and support its...
Buy a paper – any paper. Get your friends to do it too.The Saturday Star
Opinion: Loud and proud … Ag shame
GREY MUTTER: Having a meal at a restaurant is not something that comes easy to most people these days. Money is tight and eating...
Solving AKA: The getaway car, the hitmen and the airtime slip!
A white Mercedes-Benz, believed to have been used as a getaway car on the night of AKA’s murder, was found in one of Durban’s...
Welfare state is nothing to be proud of, Mr President
OPINION: Government needs a radical switch in its thinking from handouts to hand-ups, and from poverty alleviation to wealth creation and economic inclusion, writes...