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Wilting Proteas must blossom in second Test PREMIUM It is imperative the Proteas banish memories of their second-innings batting collapse in Karachi if they want to salvage some pride from their two-Test cricket series against Pakistan. Mercifully, they will not have too much time to dwell on what happened at Karachi’s National Stadium before the second Test starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subscription gives you full digital a...

Well done to our proactive residents One man decides he’s had enough of the filth plaguing the area he lives in, rolls up his sleeves, and cleans and beautifies a site used as an illegal dumping ground. The illegal dumping is a citywide problem, made worse in many areas by vagrants living in abandoned rundown buildings and others dumping their rubbish on any available open space, including pavements... FREE TO READ | Just register if you’re new, or sign in.

On Sunday, at the funeral of minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane was caught without her mask on.

Nelson Mandela Bay has been on a downward trajectory for years — at least since 2011 — when service delivery started taking a nosedive.

If ever there was a bad time for Eskom to implement load-shedding, it is now.

School system faces more difficult challenges There is no denying that the 2020 academic year was a difficult one for pupils, teachers and parents. Suddenly, parents found themselves having to be teachers, all while balancing the new work-from-home set-up with the endless virtual meetings, and pupils had to become accustomed to virtual classrooms (those who were fortunate enough to have access to such)... FREE TO READ | Just register if you’re new, or sign in.

Time for EP to turn over new leaf New EP coach Peter de Villiers will have struck a chord with many disillusioned rugby supporters when he called for the Elephants to become a “People’s Team”. For too long there has been a disconnect between rugby fans and professional rugby in the Bay and De Villiers wants the impasse to end... FREE TO READ | Just register if you’re new, or sign in.

Ingrams need closure on children’s tragic deaths Our hearts go out to the Ingrams, who are still waiting for the investigation into the deaths of their two children to be finalised. While they now know what caused the deaths of the two teenagers — methyl bromide — nearly five months after inhaling the noxious fumes following the fumigation for borer beetle of one of the units in the complex they stayed in, Stanton and Selina Ingram still don’t know whether anyone will be criminally ...

Donald Trump’s presidency exacerbated divisions in the US, undermined institutions that underpin democracy such as a free press and an independent judiciary and did little to protect citizens from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Further restrictions cannot be the only solution Conversations over the not-so-festive season show that most people have little hope of 2021 being any better than the ruinous year that has almost passed. The overriding sentiments appear to be hopelessness and helplessness, with a good measure of apathy thrown in... FREE TO READ | Just register if you’re new, or sign in.