Renske Cox and Maarten van Pel proved electric travel in Africa is possible after reaching Cape Town eight months after leaving the Netherlands. And they are only halfway.
By Sarah Hoek
Zimbabwe’s election replays the past, Donald Trump continues to hypnotise Republican voters, and how Durban uses satellites to plug water leaks.
In many ways, this election resembled the previous four elections (2002-2018), which were marred by violence, intimidation and arrests, coupled with many other electoral malpractices that dented the credibility of the country’s claim to be hosting free and fair elections.
By Nonkululeko Njilo
In addition to all the other news of the past 24 hours, Wednesday evening featured the first of many US presidential debates — but Donald Trump didn’t participate, even if his spirit did.
By J Brooks Spector
The problem with a common currency is that it requires economic harmonisation, and that requires a common central bank. The BRICS countries are just too diverse for that to happen. And that is even before the group expands.
By Tim Cohen
In the absence of a well-funded, properly informed and cohesive strategic plan for South African reservoir limnology, misinformation will remain a problem, old findings will be ‘rediscovered’, and resort will be made to outdated technologies.
By Bill Harding
In the absence of a well-funded, properly informed and cohesive strategic plan for South African reservoir limnology, misinformation will remain a problem, old findings will be ‘rediscovered’, and resort will be made to outdated technologies.
By Bill Harding
Typical reasons for your life insurance claim being rejected include the medical condition not being covered or not meeting the criteria for a valid claim, exclusions being applied, discovery that crucial details were not disclosed at inception, or finding out at the claims stage that the policy is inactive.
By Neesa Alexander
More than 1,000 suspected water leaks have been tracked from space as part of a project by eThekwini municipality to plug the massive volume of water lost to ruptured pipelines every year.
By Tony Carnie
Renske Cox and Maarten van Pel proved electric travel in Africa is possible after reaching Cape Town eight months after leaving the Netherlands. And they are only halfway.
By Sarah Hoek
The scholar-activist spent a decade as a political prisoner on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela and others before emerging as one of South Africa’s foremost public intellectuals.
By Salim Vally and Enver Motala
It doesn’t matter what species an animal is if they meet a strong biological need. There may be deep-rooted biological reasons why we enjoy caring for pets.
By Daniel Mills
For decades, most stories from Cape Town’s District Six started with ‘I was born at Peninsula Maternity Hospital!’
By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
Vanessa’s chickens and Vanessa’s ducks are on the menu at some of the best establishments. We journey to the middle of nowhere to meet the ebullient, down-to-earth, hands-on farmer who produces her poultry, from start to slaughter, the humane way.
By Wanda Hennig
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