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The yellow cards at SAFA, orange overalls time for Zuma and the magical, buzzing city that is Kyiv — bombs and all.

Scorpio can reveal that Safa’s auditor PwC fired the football association twice as a client due to “risk” the auditor was not willing to bear – a fact that has been hushed up. 

By Pauli van Wyk

Scorpio can reveal that Safa’s auditor PwC fired the football association twice as a client due to “risk” the auditor was not willing to bear – a fact that has been hushed up. 

By Pauli van Wyk

Former President Jacob Zuma should return to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence. That is the upshot of a Constitutional Court ruling on Thursday which rejected the prisons commissioner’s application for leave to appeal against a previous rejection from the Supreme Court of Appeal.

By Rebecca Davis

While the ANC is coming under the most intense electoral pressure since the dawn of democracy in SA, it now appears the dynamic between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile is becoming contested.

By Stephen Grootes

While the ANC is coming under the most intense electoral pressure since the dawn of democracy in SA, it now appears the dynamic between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile is becoming contested.

By Stephen Grootes

In January 2023, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba wrote that ‘we need an alliance of leaders and forces to say: Enough is enough!’, pointing out that ‘a plethora of independent movements is not enough’. But six months later ‘a plethora of independent movements’ is all we still have. Time is running out if we are to change the balance of power in the 2024 elections.

 

By Mark Heywood

A sibling’s decision to emigrate can result in a complex sea of emotions for the remaining siblings. To process the change in family structure brought about by sibling emigration, these various emotions must be acknowledged.

By Sulette Ferreira

A sibling’s decision to emigrate can result in a complex sea of emotions for the remaining siblings. To process the change in family structure brought about by sibling emigration, these various emotions must be acknowledged.

By Sulette Ferreira

A knee injury has forced veteran Springbok and Cheetahs utility back Frans Steyn to retire at the age of 36.

By Craig Ray

We tend to think of vertebrates as living about as long as we do, give or take 50 to 100 years. That notion has been completely trashed by a fish — the Greenland shark.

By Don Pinnock

The Karoo is replete with beastly tales, some true, others laden with salt and legend – but always highly entertaining. Witness exhibits below.

By Chris Marais

There are no victims here. Just free spirits who are embracing life and carrying on. Even though missiles are raining down all over the country, every other day.

By Ronnie Apteker

There are no victims here. Just free spirits who are embracing life and carrying on. Even though missiles are raining down all over the country, every other day.

By Ronnie Apteker

In southern Cameroon, about 150km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a bitter story from the colonial era is playing out. Rubber companies are once again destroying rainforests and communities.

By Tristen Taylor, Arison Tamfu, Ingrid Gercama and Nathalie Bertrams

In southern Cameroon, about 150km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a bitter story from the colonial era is playing out. Rubber companies are once again destroying rainforests and communities.

By Tristen Taylor, Arison Tamfu, Ingrid Gercama and Nathalie Bertrams

Residents and schools in the far-flung OR Tambo District are using hydropanels, which collect and store up to eight litres of potable water a day.

By Mark Heywood

As thousands of South Africans switch to alternative power supply systems, municipalities have warned of the potential fire risks. And insurers are unlikely to pay out claims if your installation was not approved by your municipality.

By Neesa Moodley

As thousands of South Africans switch to alternative power supply systems, municipalities have warned of the potential fire risks. And insurers are unlikely to pay out claims if your installation was not approved by your municipality.

By Neesa Moodley

Conventional wisdom says gnocchi – little potato dumplings – should be soft and puffy like a pillow, which is why when I first saw this recipe for preparation in an airfryer, I was curious.

By Georgina Crouth

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