Axed SA Post Office board member Colleen Makhubele is challenging the decision to remove her from the board, and has instructed her legal team to apply for an urgent court application to set aside the decision. “I have been instructed to file an urge

As emphatic warnings were sounded by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize about increasing new daily cases of Covid-19, igniting fears of a second wave of infections in the country, a recent survey has shown that the population is not only experiencing pande

Capitec Bank, South Africa’s leading digital bank, announced the launch of the Live Better Academy – a free financial education platform – this week. The courses offer practical tips and strategies to help people make smart financial decisions and ac

I think that if the video assistant referee (VAR) was a human being, it would have committed suicide by now, or at least been in an asylum for the mentally ill. It was supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread or, as a former boss of mine at W

Last week (City Press, October 18 2020), we reported on the tussle over the instrumentals for the song titled Intombi Yesgebengu by Babes Wodumo. The ongoing battle over authorisation to use the instrumental is between music production duo Demolition

What innovative solutions can be implemented to mitigate the effects of shack fires in townships? SMS us on 35697 using the keyword FIRE and tell us what you think. Please include your name and province. SMSes cost R1.50. By participating, you agree

Every year between November and January, South Africa experiences a spike in retail sales, predominantly due to the payment of bonuses that coincide with the December holiday break and, in recent years, the rise of the Black Friday phenomenon, which

In a dramatic twist to the amaXhosa kingdom battle, a rival faction appointed retired SA National Defence Force (SANDF) commander General Derrick Daliwonga Mgwebi as acting king on Thursday. This comes exactly a week after the Sigcawu royal family an

There’s panic in the air as warnings of a resurgence of Covid-19 infections become louder each day. To say small businesses are panicking is an understatement. To be frank, we are defecating cement blocks at the prospect of the economy closing down a

Years ago, while walking along the esplanade in Durban, I heard a voice randomly insult me from the dark. On closer inspection, said voice came from one of two youngsters in one of the many dark alleys around that promenade. After working out that t

A housewife from Gauteng’s East Rand, who moved out of her matrimonial home in 2007 because of her husband’s infidelity, is set to get half of his living annuity, even though the money was invested years after she left. The couple were married for 22

If you wondered why Nigeria has been on fire this week, it is best you get the story from Fola Ojo, one of that country’s leading columnists. Writing in Punch magazine, Ojo described Nigeria as a “nation roiling, boiling and burning” as youngsters ta

The internet erupted on Friday morning over a video that shows The Expresso Morning Show host and the face of insurance giant OUTsurance, Katlego Maboe, confessing to cheating on his wife, Monique Muller. In it, Muller sets Maboe an ultimatum to tell

Hospitals are institutions where people who feel unwell or are suffering from ailments go for healing. Patients go to hospitals hoping to come out healed and feeling better. They are not places of murder and rape, or, at least, they should not be. Ho

• HPV is extremely common. It is estimated that every person who is sexually active will get HPV at some point in their life if they don’t get the HPV vaccine. • You should ideally go to your gynaecologist to check once a year for HPV or if you have