According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the population of both black and white rhinos has stabilised and even increased slightly since 2021. The white rhino population is estimated to have ...

The Passenger Rail Agency of South (PRASA) has finally complied with an order by the High Court, compelling it to return building materials belonging to people sleeping on Transnet-owned land on Cape ...

Businesses and residents of Tsomo in the Eastern Cape have stopped a R3-million project to build a park. They say they were never consulted by the Intsika Yethu Municipality and the site chosen is too ...

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Parents of learners at Copesville Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg have shut the school down since Monday in protest because the school’s water and electricity have been cut by the municipality.

The Johannesburg High Court has delivered a significant judgment. It has declared unconstitutional the defence of “subjective consent” to a charge of rape. Judge Selby Baqwa said such a defence ...

Crime involving firearms and extortion has prevented the municipality, Eskom and SASSA from providing essential services ...

Eskom’s Kusile power plant has been plagued with issues since its construction commenced in 2008. The initial plan was for ...

The bucket eradication programme, started in 2012, has been through three departments and five implementing agents ...

SASSA has managed to get back about R150-million in Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant payments made to ineligible ...

Since it started operating in 2004, the LHWP has been the most consistent source of Johannesburg’s water, and when the LHWP’s ...