Families reeling after finding out loved ones were buried as paupers
A 64-year-old Cape Town undertaker faces multiple fraud charges after he allegedly buried five people as paupers while providing their families with fake cremation certificates.
Dedicated principal shot dead in front of Kraaifontein primary school
A WITNESS has detailed how Ekuthuleni Primary School principal Dr Jeffery P. Sigudla had just arrived at the school when he ...
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Catherine Draper: nurturing early childhood development
When I spoke to researcher Catherine Draper, she was about to travel to work in a rural area of South Africa. Draper is Associate Professor in the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research ...
Daily Maverick on MSN8h
Cape Town’s coastal water quality — the facts versus the hype
The City of Cape Town wades into the debate around seawater quality reiterating its stance that rigorous testing through ‘detailed numerical dispersion modelling shows that South African Water Quality ...
Review: Simply put, Handspring’s ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ raises the art form of puppetry
Mention the Handspring Puppet Theatre of Cape Town, South Africa, to any knowledgeable puppeteer and eyes invariably widen with admiration. The 44-year-old company, collaborators with Britain’s ...
Briefly on MSN22h
Japanese adventurer Gump Suzuki completes 7-month trek to Cape Town, shares journey
Japanese adventurer Gump Suzuki completed a seven-month trek to Cape Town. The young man shared his journey and reflected on ...
Mining Weekly1d
Why Astron Energy Refinery is critical To SA economy
South Africa has lost around 50% of its crude oil refining capacity due to refineries having been decommissioned or converted ...
EURweb1d
Cape Town Memorial Honors 1,772 Black South African Servicemen Who Died in WWI
Cape Town honors 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in World War I without known graves. A new memorial preserves ...
Military Times1d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
While South Africa has several memorials dedicated to white soldiers who died in the world wars, Black servicemen’s ...
EurekAlert!1d
The ISSCR announces new Lawrence Goldstein Science Policy Fellows
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has appointed three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows, Lizhong Liu, Ph.D., Westlake University, China, Kate MacDuffie, Ph.D., Seattle ...
South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in ...