A bitter fight over SA’s sugar tax

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Calls have been made on the government to increase sugar tax so it can properly improve health, but the industry warns of job losses

Alien rock locked up under guard

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

South African scientists are collaborating with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) to learn as much as they can about the Nqweba meteorite ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile collapses during speech

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

The deputy president collapsed while giving a speech in Limpopo.

‘Things are going to get worse before they get better’: SA warned to buckle up

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Experts say South Africa’s financial situation is as tenuous as that of its citizens, with huge chunks of the country’s and personal budgets being used to service ...

Milk crisis looms

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Under-pressure dairy farmers are facing a triple whammy of heavy weather, infrastructure failure and load shedding.

Stage 16 load shedding on the cards

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

More stages of load shedding are on the cards even as South Africans are still in the dark about the government’s plans to resolve the energy crisis.

One man’s hilarious struggle to become a black vegan

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Also known as the king of Christian comedy, Napsta who started out in the world of advertising before branching into comedy, has embarked on a worldwide comedy tour ...

85% of affairs start at work, survey finds

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

A recent survey in the UK shows that 85% of affairs begin at work, and one in five colleagues confessed to being unfaithful with a fellow employee.

Pensioner’s nightmare shopping trip after being kidnapped, tortured by ‘three fat women’

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Beaten, choked and burnt with cigarettes, a Durban pensioner is in hospital after she was lured out of a shopping centre and then bundled into a car and tortured ...

TV licence threat for streaming services

Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Duncan Guy|Published

Netflix survival possibly on the line

Jail for selling loose smokes

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

The National Informal Traders Alliance of SA has warned that thousands of livelihoods are at risk because people can be jailed for selling a loose cigarette if the ...

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 ...

Vapers are fuming

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

People who switched from cigarettes to vaping will have to fork out more money from June 1 as an excise duty comes into effect. The ‘sin tax’ will also lead to the ...

Less time at office equals happy (and productive) workers

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Fewer bums on seats at the office equals a happier, productive workforce. That's the outcome of two diverse global studies which found that employees who spent less ...

Don’t bully us, say vapers

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

While agreeing that laws were needed to protect children, people in the vaping industry are angry at the government’s ‘bullying tactics’ in a new bill and want a ...

Diet. . . January’s four-letter word

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Many people start the year with the good intention of losing weight. And then they don’t.

WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

The World Health Organization has warned that common bacterial infections are becoming increasingly resistant to treatments.

‘Goblin mode’ voted word of the year

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

The world has a new term reflecting another torrid year: “goblin mode”. The term has officially been added to the English language after the public voted overwhelmingly ...

Stage 8 looms closer, warns energy analyst

Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Duncan Guy|Published

‘We are certainly moving closer to a Stage 8 total grid meltdown, the chances are more than 70%. And we will see Stage 6 load shedding before the end of the year. ...

Another wave of Covid-19, but no need to panic

Wendy Jasson Da Costa , Zolani Sinxo and Genevieve Serra|Published

The Health Department says ‘technically’ the country could already be in a sixth wave as the number of infections started increasing from September.

SA running low on essential meds

Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Sameer Naik|Published

Cancer patients and other chronic pain sufferers are in for a rough ride as stocks of well-known analgesics and several other essential drugs run low in the private ...

Parliament agrees to urgent debate on petrol price

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Parliament has agreed to an urgent debate on the price of petrol next week following calls by the DA for the government to cut the 33% tax on fuel.