'We did it to Zuma, we will do it to Ramaphosa,' vow opposition MPs in battle to unseat president

Opposition political parties in Parliament cling to the nostalgia of the 2017 motion of no confidence against Jacob Zuma in the hope that Cyril Ramaphosa will suffer a similar political fate.

2022-08-18  | News24

Police minister ordered to pay R400,000 after unlawful arrest and detention

A Limpopo-based conservationist, arrested by 16 police officers on trumped-up charges and locked up for three days, has been awarded R400,000 in damages for unlawful arrest and detention.

2022-08-17  | GroundUp News

Huh? In Moscow, Defence Minister Thandi Modise calls for ‘warmongers’ to be dragged to the ‘table of peace’

Modise issued her diatribe against warmongers in the capital of a country that is waging an unprovoked war against its much smaller neighbour Ukraine.

2022-08-16  | Daily Maverick

Court ruling against Modibe Modiba an expected outcome to a fake story with dangerous implications

An excellent and funny summary by Rebecca Davis about the unknown dude who tweeted a laughable pack of lies about the Daily Maverick and now owes the publication R100,000.

2022-08-16  | Daily Maverick

News From Our Continent

Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin colour, says WHO chief

WHO boss says the catastrophe in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is the worst disaster on Earth and asked if global leaders have not responded to it because of the colour of the skin of the people in Tigray.

2022-08-17  | Al Jazeera

World News

First drought, now downpours as storms slam France, England

After a summer of drought, heat waves and forest fires, violent storms are whipping France and have flooded Paris subway stations, snarled traffic and disrupted the President Macron’s agenda.

2022-08-17  | AP NEWS

Liz Cheney loses her primary in Wyoming to Trump-backed challenger

Trump sought revenge for Cheney’s vote last year to impeach him and her work on the House committee investigating him. Neither endeared her to GOP voters in the state.

2022-08-17  | NBC News

Salman Rushdie has been a seer, presaging our age of violent religious extremism

A fatwa put his life in peril for decades. As the novelist recovers from last week’s assault, we are reminded that he has always been a stalwart advocate for freedom of expression.

2022-08-15  | Vanity Fair

Health News

Women in Health: Francesca Conradie – from HIV to groundbreaking TB research

Francesca Conradie knew she wanted to be a doctor when she was eight - 50 years later she's a pioneer in the field of tuberculosis and led a trial that changed how drug-resistant TB is treated.

2022-08-17  | Spotlight

Sport

Rabada, Nortje rock England in first Test as Proteas dominate at Lord's

South Africa quicks Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje did the damage as England slumped to 116-6 before heavy rain forced an early end to the opening day of the first Test at Lord's yesterday.

2022-08-17  | Sport24

And Then There's This ....

Construction crews stumble upon mastodon skeleton in Michigan

The massive animal was between 10 and 20 years old when it died about 12,000 years ago. These huge animals stood between 2.5 and 3 metres and weighed more than 5 tons.

2022-08-15  | Smithsonian Magazine