The Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank is under siege as Israeli settlers continue their days-long rampage, attacking mosques, cars, homes, agricultural fields and Palestinians while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) close off villages and carry out mass arrests and home demolitions in a wide-scale military operation. “This is Israeli state…
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0 claims checkedHistory will be made on 7 August when the All Blacks begin their eight-match tour to South Africa against the Stormers in Cape Town.
There is a lot of talk about a “cost of living” crisis in South Africa as consumer inflation has accelerated to 5% in June from 3% in February, fuelled by surging oil prices in the wake of the…
As unlikely as it sounds, lawyer Marco Masotti runs the Sharks from a high-rise in Manhattan, New York City, checking in once a week, working after hours and on weekends on Sharks business and flying…
Anyone who has lived in South Africa has probably witnessed it. A person walks into a shop in Cape Town and is immediately asked, “Where are you really from?” because of their accent. A job applicant…
The National Treasury has proposed increasing excise taxes and introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol.
Parts of the southwestern Western Cape experienced their driest July ever, a harbinger of what looms ahead for much of the country as the El Niño weather pattern intensifies and looks set to become a…
There’s a story about the writing of the Tao Te Ching around 500 BC. Laozi, tired of the corruption and noise of human society, decides to leave civilisation behind. He heads towards the mountains,…
South Africa’s first set of clinical guidelines focused on older people living with HIV has been released.