3D-printed rocket fails to reach orbit but still hailed a success
A 3D-printed rocket lifted off successfully and survived the perilous moment of maximum dynamic pressure, where speed and the still-thick atmosphere conspire to tear...
Civil society must reclaim leadership role
OPINION: We have become too focused on building a compliant state and not a developmental state. A developmental state at the very least would...
ANC brinkmanship defeated the public sector strike
OPINION: The public sector strike may be over, but there’s more to this than meets the eye, and some of it might give considerable...
Owners face steep increases in property rates, tariffs and taxes
The increases in municipal rates and tariffs are putting immense pressure on property owners and tenants, with little relief in sight. These above-inflation increases,...
President Cyril Ramaphosa continues to disappoint South Africans
March 2020 was a watershed in our lives, but in retrospect it had very little to do with the virus at all.THREE years ago,...
Carping Point: Weapons of justice misfires in hands of impotent state
Perhaps the most shocking revelation of all was the fact that we actually have hi-tech crime command centres.SOUTH Africans were astounded on Monday. Not...
Silly? Not as silly as you might think
OPINION: Maybe there’s a reason why the tension surrounding the national shutdown on Monday and the blasphemous utterances by someone who cares nothing for...
World on brink of climate calamity, definitive UN climate report warns
Human activities have transformed the planet at a pace and scale unmatched in recorded history, causing irreversible damage to communities and ecosystems, according to...
‘Just in case’: Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans
Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months...
South Africa ‘fast becoming assassination capital of the world’
Crime experts believe that South Africa is fast becoming the country with the highest rate of targeted killings, amid recent reports that a number...
