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The Gender-Based Violence Command Centre, meant to provide psychosocial services to survivors of gender-based violence, is reportedly near collapse.

As the IEC gears up for the voter registration weekend, it is imperative to emphasise the pivotal role of registering to vote, and more critically, using the act of registering as the starting point on a journey towards the robust and sustained civic action and participation needed from all cit...

Solly Msimanga: Just months before the 2024 elections political parties are gearing up to contest for the country’s economic hub, Gauteng.

Conservationists are now raising serious questions about crime scene protocols – and the sense in stockpiling rhino horn – after a report claimed the police took hours to respond.

It’s been more than a week since John Hume tried to auction his breeding project of 2,000 white rhinos without attracting a single bid.

Is rhino breeder John Hume a reviled, money-grubbing entrepreneur or revered conservation hero? Either way, the forthcoming auction of his farm and 2,000 rhinos is a conservation crisis. But might it be an opportunity for a major repopulation of the country’s declining rhinos? Is rhino breeder...

The details of rhino tycoon John Hume’s auction for his North West province breeding project have been unveiled. The opening bid, set at $10m (R182m), includes 2,000 white rhinos, other game, the 8,500 hectares they roam and a state-of-the-art security system. 

The lawyer representing Dinesh Patel, an accused in the Gupta-linked Nulane Investments case, said he would be demonstrating a 'wholly irregular process' by police officers in relation to a search-and-seizure operation at the offices of one of the State's witnesses.

The police presented the crime statistics to the Portfolio Committee on Police on Wednesday morning.

A new report by the Wildlife Justice Commission shines fresh light on the illicit trade in rhino horn that has decimated wild populations. It highlights an apparent rise in harvested horn from legal stockpiles making its way into the illicit trade. And in defiance of conventional wisdom, it mai...