NEARLY two years after children died in the 2024 food poisoning crisis, communities across Gauteng say they are still being forced to protect themselves as the province’s food safety system continues to fail. Those fears were reinforced...
THE FIFA World Cup heads towards its final chapter this weekend, with Spain and Argentina set to battle for football’s ultimate prize tomorrow while France and England compete for the bronze medal today. After a month of drama, surprises and...
illegal mining syndicates and organised crime. “The South African National Defence Force regrets to confirm the loss of life of two of its members during an anti-illegal mining operation under Operation Prosper,” the statement...
Kings staged it in public squares. Conquerors paraded the defeated through city streets. Colonisers refined it. Apartheid institutionalised it. Humiliation was a weapon. It was the passbook thrust into a worker's hands. It was the forced...
SOME things in life are like boomerangs. Jobs, colleagues, friends and exes. Growing up, people would always say that if it didn’t work the first time, it wouldn’t work the second time. I think things were a little more black and white back then....
TALK radio once again inspires reflection on my part. A wonderful afternoon show about bucket lists – the things you want to do before you die – prompted me to wander down the road of regret – when you don’t do the things that you wish you had...
IF YOU have spent any time scrolling through social media lately, you have probably noticed a massive surge in "therapy-speak." Suddenly, everyone is a self-deprecating expert on their own mental health, throwing around terms like...
64AD The Great Fire of Rome begins. It destroys 70% of the city, but Nero never did fiddle while Rome burned; he did dilly-dally 1914 Mohandas Gandhi leaves Cape Town for India. 1915 The Second Battle of Isonzo, between the Austro-hungarian and...
