4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (819+ words) A member of the Lesotho Parliament has agreed to repay M6-million (M1=R1) from an allegedly corrupt scheme involving the supply of fertilisers, seeds and pesticides to the Ministry of Agriculture, according to the country’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO)....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (729+ words) Simpiwe Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean woman from Esigodini, near Bulawayo, was in her flat in Hillbrow in mid-August when a group of men, supporters of March and March, barged in and ordered her to leave. She was seven months pregnant. She…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (285+ words) Sugar workers are to return to work following a four-week strike for higher wages. Employers agreed to raise salaries by 6%, back dated to April. Workers, who downed tools on 17 August, were demanding a 13% wage increase against the employers’ offer of…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (672+ words) Learners from Wallacedene Primary jumped over green streams of sewage along Sono Street where Henk Boshoff, commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), was assessing sanitation services across Bloekombos and Wallacedene. It’s been a year since Boshoff visited the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (296+ words) Hundreds of Ngcobo taxi operators met several local and national government officials in the council chambers of the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality on Monday afternoon. Outside, scores of taxis formed a long convoy through the town near the municipal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (384+ words) The battle to preserve the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) wetland and the crucial Cape Flats Aquifer from mining and development was at the centre of a Cape Town Climate Week event on Thursday. Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (946+ words) Passenger numbers on Durban’s Metrorail have fallen by 41% within a year, despite recovery attempts by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Last year the average number of daily passengers dropped for the first time since the 2021/22 financial year....

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (757+ words) South African company Esor Construction has launched a high court case to claim more than M165-million (M1=R1) for work on the Polihali Transfer Tunnel, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Esor is suing the Kopano Ke Matla joint venture and…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (845+ words) The forfeiture of assets in Lesotho and South Africa bought with illicit proceeds diverted from one of Lesotho’s largest clothing companies is being hailed as a milestone by authorities for cross-border asset recovery. Three months later, however, none of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (687+ words) Some judges expressed alarm when they were provided plane ticket options for R8,500 and R9,195 for a Johannesburg–Durban roundtrip that normally costs about R3,000. Illustration: Lisa Nelson A return economy plane ticket at a cost of R8,501 between Johannesburg and Durban was quoted…...