Trade union Solidarity has issued written warnings to several state-owned enterprises and municipalities not to apply the provisions of the now-invalid Public Procurement Act in their tender processes. This follows Solidarity’s recent victory in the Constitutional Court, in which the court ruled that the Act had been unlawfully enacted. The ruling means that government procurement…
Israeli Security Chiefs are increasingly treating a mid-air crisis aboard a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv as a terrorist attack, following a joint high-level situation assessment between the heads of the IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad. [1, 2] The aircraft, which was intercepted by scrambled Israeli Air Force fighter jets, underwent a terrifying ordeal after…
PRETORIA — Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has sparked fresh debate over patriotism and accountability after publicly questioning why individuals who claim South Africa is “not a good country” choose to stay rather than leave. Speaking on the country’s collective responsibilities, Ntshavheni emphasized that all South Africans must pull together to confront ongoing socioeconomic…
As the City of Cape Town embarks on yet another proposed desalination plant idea, this time a R5 billion project in Paarden Eiland, concerns have been raised among residents and political parties due to potential implications for water tariffs. This comes as prior desalination plants in Strandfontein and Monwabisi, which have since been decommissioned, “provided…
The World Academic Summit 2026 opened in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 29, bringing together global university leaders, policymakers, researchers and representatives from business and civil society to discuss the future of higher education in the age of artificial intelligence. Organised by Times Higher Education (THE) and jointly hosted by the University of Cape…
Cape Town is getting more international flights going into 2027, with two airlines adding frequencies ahead of the peak travel season. British Airways is increasing its number of international flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town for the upcoming summer season. The airline will increase the frequency on the route from seven flights per week…
Two German visitors spent the night on a remote stretch of the Cape Town coastline after one suffered an ankle injury and the pair found themselves struggling along a badly overgrown section of trail near the Boss 400 wreck, Cape {town} Etc reports. The rescue, which began late on Sunday afternoon and ended shortly after midday…
The City of Cape Town has issued an urgent call for residents in several southern and western suburbs to reduce their water consumption while emergency repairs are underway on a major pipeline in Claremont, Cape {town} Etc reports. The City’s Water and Sanitation team began attending to repairs on an 810mm-diameter pipeline on Tuesday, 29 September…
Today is the ancient feast of St Michael and All Angels, traditionally known in England as Michaelmas. The feast itself was celebrated across Western Christendom, but Michaelmas became deeply woven into English life. It marked the turning of the seasons, the end of harvest, and became one of England’s four traditional quarter days, when rents…
President Cyril Ramaphosa wagered South Africa’s well-being on what he perceived to be President Donald Trump’s butterfly attention span. He lost the wager and the concern should be that he may now double down. There is more to that wager than a potentially ruinous misjudgment of an erratic American president. Drawing on the Marxist-Leninist concept…
