Новости за 29.01.2020

City of Tshwane speaker Katlego Mathebe says Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile has "once again acted in a manner that is not guided by any of the applicable legal prescripts".

The men raped, murdered, kidnapped and robbed unsuspecting women during this time, and were convicted on 53 counts.

Measures have been introduced in two African states aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus, joining countries worldwide who have imposed restrictions since the disease surfaced in central China last month.

Unions representing government workers in Zimbabwe say they have accepted an offer of higher pay as a provisional step in long-running negotiations.

Boeing closed the books on one of the worst financial performances in its history, but investors breathed a sigh of relief that the damage wasn't worse.

The Judicial Service Commission says the complaint lodged against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his wife, Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe, will be dealt with by a statuary body chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and other senior judges of the superior courts.

If circumstances change, you may need to vary the terms of your divorce order, says attorney Simon Dippenaar.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions, a key ruling party ally, is pushing senior members of government to consider its proposals to rescue the state’s indebted power utility before next month’s budget.

The White House on Wednesday said that former national security advisor John Bolton cannot publish in its current form a book reportedly containing explosive evidence concerning President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

Britain's departure from the European Union was set in law Wednesday, amid emotional scenes, as the bloc's parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers.

South Africans lost a lot of their wealth during the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest Momentum/Unisa Household Net Wealth Index.

Here are the results of the January 29 draw.

Hylton Kallner, current CEO of Discovery Life, will assume the role of CEO of Discovery's South African operations.

The education department in KZN intervenes after photos go viral of children crossing rivers to get to school. The department says it requires at least R1bn to provide adequate transportation for all pupils.

Here are the winning Lotto and Lotto Plus numbers from the Wednesday, January 29 draw.

Eating spicy food and dehydration will not make you more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus, despite false messages circulating on social media.

Palestinians have protested against President Donald Trump's controversial peace plan that gives Israel a US green light to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank.

The World Health Organisation has urged governments around the globe, including those as yet unaffected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, to be "on alert" and "take action" to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

A new era of Sharks rugby gets underway at Kings Park on Friday night with the franchise's 2020 Super Rugby opener against the Bulls.

Proceedings in a civil case aimed at having former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni declared a delinquent director finally got underway at the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, after the court dismissed attempts to appeal earlier judgments against her.

The "peace plan" for Israel and Palestine seems to be a logical conclusion for the former's seeming indifference to the future of the West Bank and Gaza, writes Pieter du Toit. The contrast between the charmed life people lead in Tel Aviv, and what happens in the border country, is stark.

Nearly 600 European citizens in China want to be repatriated because of the coronavirus epidemic, the EU has said, as airlines began suspending flights to and from the Asian giant.

The impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump enters a new phase on Wednesday as senators get their first opportunity to pose questions to House managers and the president's defence team.

Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern DRC region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, giving a provisional toll.

De Beers sold the most diamonds since April in a sign the industry is starting to recover from a slump in demand last year, though the market will require more evidence of a sustained rebound.