Six ways to fix SA’s justice system, tales from the autopsy table and the slow death of hitchhiking — read it all in the Weekend Wrap.
There can be no greater symbol of the inequality and violence of our society than a group of thugs, paid by the state, beating up motorists for some imagined slight. And the ultimately devastating expectation that they are likely to get away with it.
By Stephen Grootes
There can be no greater symbol of the inequality and violence of our society than a group of thugs, paid by the state, beating up motorists for some imagined slight. And the ultimately devastating expectation that they are likely to get away with it.
By Stephen Grootes
Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club, former National Prosecuting Authority prosecutor and DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach offered six solutions to fix South Africa’s ailing justice system.
By Victoria O’Regan and Chuma Nontsele
His work has covered everything from feeding schemes to building houses and planting thousands of trees; providing support to single mothers, people with disabilities and more than five thousand senior citizens.
By Thom Pierce
After weeks of tracking, living on peanut butter and jam sandwiches, a filmmaker has captured breathtaking pictures of Knysna forest’s lone and elusive surviving elephant cow.
By Estelle Ellis
After weeks of tracking, living on peanut butter and jam sandwiches, a filmmaker has captured breathtaking pictures of Knysna forest’s lone and elusive surviving elephant cow.
By Estelle Ellis
Most customers – particularly younger buyers – who choose synthesised diamonds are doing so for environmental and ethical considerations as much as price sensitivity.
By Georgina Crouth
A year ago, the US became the fourth country to roll back abortion rights since 1994. On the last Friday of June 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade, which for 50 years had granted women in America constitutional protection to access abortion.
By An Wentzel
A year ago, the US became the fourth country to roll back abortion rights since 1994. On the last Friday of June 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade, which for 50 years had granted women in America constitutional protection to access abortion.
By An Wentzel
Attending the Forensic DNA Symposium recently held in Cape Town where the vital role of DNA analysis in criminal investigations was highlighted, Sue Segar caught up with Professor Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of Pretoria.
By Sue Segar
Go to Uganda and you’re guaranteed to experience life highlights and moments that will live with you forever. But it’s also a place of many lows.
By Tara Turkington
Go to Uganda and you’re guaranteed to experience life highlights and moments that will live with you forever. But it’s also a place of many lows.
By Tara Turkington
Insurance claims related to load shedding or rolling blackouts have increased significantly in the last few years, as rolling blackouts have also grown in intensity.
By Neesa Moodley
Investment banker Mark Barnes and Business Maverick editor Tim Cohen unwrap the news. A new edition of StandUp!Business midweek, every week.
The Springboks will not only debut a new-look team against the Wallabies this weekend, but they will also reveal their new-look Nike home kit.
By Craig Ray
Do you remember the days when motorists gave hitchhikers lifts? Helping person A to get to place B, responding to the outstretched, beseeching thumb. It used to be a common thing but the practice is dying.
By Robert Morrell
It’s been suggested that there are simply too many wine competitions in South Africa for consumers to keep track or know which to take seriously.
By Georgina Crouth
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