SA study finds, limiting alcohol opening hours will save lives

Who owns the traditional ‘family home’ in South Africa? We explore this and more in this week’s feature of Talking Legal Matters with Nthabiseng Dubazana.

The deadline for spaza shop registration has been extended to February 28 2025. However, owners have been warned not to wait until the next registration deadline. Speaking at the media briefing on food-borne illnesses on Wednesday morning, cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa stated that so far about…

Johannesburg’s water supply is steadily recovering following the planned Rand Water maintenance that disrupted services between 13 and 16 December. This is according to mayor Dada Morero, who provided an update during an oversight visit to the city’s reservoirs on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Morero assured residents that water supply…

An earth tremor was experienced in large parts of Johannesburg on Tuesday night, but no injuries or damage were reported. The tremor was experienced at about 9pm in most parts of Johannesburg, Soweto, Roodepoort and surrounding areas, City of Johannesburg’s emergency services said. Phemelo speaks to Chief Scientist at the…

The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF) is optimistic that the Johannesburg City Library, the biggest library in the city, will partially reopen in the first quarter of next year, three years after it was closed to the public. The library in the CBD was emptied of staff and locked up in…