Another dodgy contract is revealed at the health department, we create a suggestions box for Eskom and see how a group of Rhodes University academics created email in SA – all in the Weekend Wrap.
The Department of Health is set to spend nearly R500-million on a ‘suspicious’ and possibly irregular lease contract for its ‘unsafe’ new head office outside Pretoria. Red flags abound in Scorpio’s months-long investigation.
By Pieter-Louis Myburgh
The Department of Health is set to spend nearly R500-million on a ‘suspicious’ and possibly irregular lease contract for its ‘unsafe’ new head office outside Pretoria. Red flags abound in Scorpio’s months-long investigation.
By Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Members of a team dedicated to busting organised crime networks spent weeks away from their families safeguarding a R583-million haul of cocaine found on a fishing vessel off Saldanha Bay in 2021. This earned the team the Catch of the Year honour at the Western Cape SAPS Excellence Awards.
By Vincent Cruywagen
On 23 September 1983, South African heavyweight boxer Gerrie Coetzee took on world champ Michael Dokes, and won. On the night, millions across the world tuned in to the fight, but in South Africa Radio Zulu brought the bout into people’s homes in townships.
By Jacob Dlamini
On 23 September 1983, South African heavyweight boxer Gerrie Coetzee took on world champ Michael Dokes, and won. On the night, millions across the world tuned in to the fight, but in South Africa Radio Zulu brought the bout into people’s homes in townships.
By Jacob Dlamini
The necessary steps to fix South Africa’s energy crisis — not just Eskom — are not rocket science.
By Marianne Merten
The Class of 2022 has clinched an 80.1% pass rate, improving by 3.7% from 2021. We unpack the 2022 National Senior Certificate results here in graphic form.
By Victoria O’Regan
The very last thing the South African military should be doing is celebrating with some military training and cooperation with the Russian Navy on the very anniversary of the launch of a Russian invasion of a neighbouring state.
By J Brooks Spector
The very last thing the South African military should be doing is celebrating with some military training and cooperation with the Russian Navy on the very anniversary of the launch of a Russian invasion of a neighbouring state.
By J Brooks Spector
Canadian-American economist John Kenneth Galbraith said there were two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know. The contradictions and difficulties faced by economists have never been easy; employed to make forecasts, they make forecasts, and then they are ridiculed endlessly because of the forecasts they were forced to make.
By Tim Cohen
Canadian-American economist John Kenneth Galbraith said there were two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know. The contradictions and difficulties faced by economists have never been easy; employed to make forecasts, they make forecasts, and then they are ridiculed endlessly because of the forecasts they were forced to make.
By Tim Cohen
Did you know that three decades ago, a gutsy, pragmatic group of Rhodes University academics created email in this country, opening the digital gateway between South Africa and the world? Settle in for an entertaining read about the resourceful tech wizards who achieved success on a minimal budget, a lot of grit and a smattering of good luck.
By Julienne du Toit
Every pile of elephant dung holds a story that tells of forgotten migrations, ancient hookups and a population’s well-being, and now scientists are unlocking these secrets thanks to a new way of collecting DNA.
By Shaun Smillie
Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ shows how children and the adults they become need to choose how they grieve. That may include sharing their experiences and getting angry.
By Sarah Wayland
We give you fresh air fryer recipe as part of our mission to get to know the strange beast that now occupies a sometimes pleasing, and at other times puzzling, place in so many kitchens. Published on Fridays. Good to try every day.
By Tony Jackman
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