Police ‘ready to act’ as fears of violence grow following Zuma’s jail ruling

Wendy Jasson Da Costa , Duncan Guy and Shaun Smillie|Published

South African police officials say they are ready to act if the country, reeling under socio-economic hardship, erupts into violence after the Constitutional Court ...

The most universal expression of love has been cleared of wrongdoing: Research debunks myths on kissing

Shaun Smillie|Published

It is not just humans that engage in kissing, our closest relatives do too.

South African cheetah’s death in India sparks concerns

Shaun Smillie|Published

With the death of a second cheetah in India this week, researchers are warning that there are shortcomings in a plan to reintroduce the once extinct predator to ...

Sudan conflict: Scores of South Africans attempt to flee

Genevieve Serra and Shaun Smillie|Published

Scores of South Africans caught in the middle of the fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have fled the country over the ...

Rage against Eskom heats up

Phindile Nqumako , Shaun Smillie and Duncan Guy|Published

Rage against load shedding is heating up and rubbing salt into the wound, the electricity pricing regulator Nersa this week approved Eskom price hikes of 32% over ...

Experts call for Ramaphosa to address nation over load shedding and power hike

Phindile Nqumako , Shaun Smillie and Duncan Guy|Published

The country’s leadership remains silent on any plan to solve a national disaster that threatens the very stability of the nation.

Free State man stuck in SA embassy in Abu Dhabi for six years in diplomatic limbo

Shaun Smillie|Published

For the last six years Tsolo has lived in the South African embassy on the veranda that has been covered and converted into a room.

A hint of good news for SA consumers

Shaun Smillie|Published

In shopping baskets across South Africa there is a hint of good news, that the high inflation of recent months may have peaked and could be on its way down

Bones leads the way: Remains of ’strange creatures’ in cave near Joburg

Shaun Smillie|Published

FEATURE: Dr Keneiloe “Bones” Moyopane is a part of a new breed of scientist who is multidisciplinary, hard to pigeonhole and willing to go to places others can’t. ...

Concern as highly organised house-jacking syndicates target SA’s affluent suburbs

Norman Cloete , Sameer Naik and Shaun Smillie|Published

They are a new breed of building hijackers who are moving into the more affluent suburbs of Gauteng and they do their dirty work with the help of assault rifles ...

At least half of all drivers underestimate how drunk they are before getting behind the wheel - study

Shaun Smillie|Published

The researchers noticed that participants become worse at estimating their breath alcohol level the drunker they became.

Mixed feelings over youngsters not needing parents’ permission to get Covid-19 vaccine

Kashiefa Ajam , Shaun Smillie and Sameer Naik|Published

The Children's Act 38 of 2005 provides that children over the age of 12 years can consent to their own medical treatment provided they are sufficiently mature and ...

Spike in demand for firearms following civil unrest as many live in fear

Shaun Smillie|Published

In Gauteng, at least one gun store said that they had found it difficult to source ammunition.

Covid-19 in numbers: Deaths, prices and grim milestones during the year of lockdown

Shaun Smillie|Published

At midnight on March 26 a year ago our lives changed. Those changes were seismic and the aftermath remains.

Easter 'super spreader' events could spark third Covid-19 wave in SA

Shaun Smillie and Norman Cloete|Published

Stricter lockdown restrictions are likely to return as the country experiences a new surge of Covid-19 infections.

New Covid-19 variant sees child hunger grow in SA

Shaun Smillie|Published

Social grants, school meals and Early Childhood Development subsidies are what researchers at Stellenbosch University believe will stop an epidemic of hunger.

Expect second wave to be worst than the first

Shaun Smillie , Chelsea Geach , Tanya Waterworth and Norman Cloete|Published

Health authorities were taken by surprise this week with the arrival of the second wave of the Covid-19 virus, just as millions of South Africans were about to set ...

Snapshot of a nation deep in an economic, social crisis

Shaun Smillie|Published

Price increases on staple foods, electricity and cooking oil have left even those fortunate to have a job with not enough money to see themselves through an average ...

The second wave of Covid-19 infections in SA could be more devastating - experts

Shaun Smillie|Published

Research suggests that a local surge is coming and will be with us early next year. Then it will return the same time, every year.

Alleged con artist’s “sex change” was not enough to keep him away from the law

Shaun Smillie|Published

Grant Nelson has allegedly conned victims from across South Africa and his arrest last year didn’t even slow him down.

People should pick up food orders themselves, say restaurateurs

Shaun Smillie|Published

‘A third-party delivery person makes 40 or 50 points of contact a day. If you collect your own meal, it can be a contactless collection’

#StateCapture: What will Jacob Zuma reveal?

Shaun Smillie|Published

Jacob Zuma is set to appear at the Zondo commission and, while he is likely to claim it is all a political plot, he could be in for a tough time.

Birds of a feather sing together

Shaun Smillie|Published

The most beautiful duet you will hear anywhere in the world comes from Northern Cape birds singing in unison.

US manages to trace their listeriosis source, SA still in the dark

Shaun Smillie|Published

US health authorities found that toffee apples were the source of an outbreak in 2015. South Africa has still not found the sources of the outbreak which has already ...