‘Uncharted waters’: Pork industry battles first-ever FMD outbreak in commercial piggeries

The commercial pork industry is in the midst of its first-ever foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, with up to 10% of the 2 million-strong national herd affected.

Wendy’s Win of the Week | New Audi, no repair part – and 6 months without a car

After buying a brand-new Audi, this customer had an accident with just 6 000km on the clock. But a major delay sourcing a repair part, with no courtesy car on offer, had left her stranded for months. That’s when Wendy Knowler stepped in.

PnP, Woolies and Checkers all have self-checkout tills. Here’s how they compare

Pick n Pay is the latest major South African retailer to roll out self-checkout tills, joining select shops in the Shoprite. Woolworths is piloting the technology. Interestingly, the retailers have taken different approaches.

Helena Wasserman | Eish, me hearties. I don’t want to be a pirate

Some of the Canal+ strategy looks right: It needs to cut costs, simplify packages and lower prices to make DStv appealing to more potential subscribers. But a big part is missing, argues Helena Wasserman.

EXPLAINER | How Eskom plans to use gravity and 30-tonne coal ash blocks to store energy

A gravity-based system at the Hendrina coal-fired power station will use surplus electricity to raise heavy blocks and release them later to generate electricity when needed.

SA franchises will earn flat rate for hosting All Blacks as SA Rugby changes revenue model

South Africa’s four premier franchises will receive R5 million each for fielding sides against the All Blacks as part of this year’s Rugby Greatest Rivalry product.

Curwin Bosch returns home with a new mindset: ‘I enjoy the pressure now’

A more mature Curwin Bosch returns to South Africa as someone who embraces pressure rather than seeing it as a burden.

URC quarter-finals confirmed: Stormers, Bulls at home, Lions make history

The quarter-finals for this season’s United Rugby Championship (URC) have been confirmed and three South African teams will take part.

Khanyiso Tshwaku | Fan and fury: Would they still boo in Belfast if Fourie’s career ended? 

Officiating in the United Rugby Championship and European Professional Club Rugby, especially this year, has been patriotic and unfair to visiting teams, but the behaviour of home fans, even in light of the right decision being made, has been deplorable, writes Khanyiso Tshwaku.

Fadlu Davids issues Sundowns with AS FAR warning: ‘They are really a hostile crowd’

Former Orlando Pirates and Maritzburg United coach, Fadlu Davids, has warned Mamelodi Sundowns to win by at least a two-goal margin when they host AS FAR on Sunday.

A seat at the table: On bulk buying, bivalves and food sovereignty

Noluthando Ngcakani writes that what the powerful call luxury, the powerless invented to survive. Geography and money rename things and concepts – they do not change them – and food reveals that every time, she says.

Clouds over the classroom: SA teens are turning to vaping at alarming rates, experts warn

New research shows South African teens are vaping at alarming rates, with experts warning that easy access, social pressure and weak regulation are fuelling a growing nicotine addiction crisis in schools.

Behind the ‘Pimville’ pay storm: SABC, Bakwena and Modupe face off as chaos erupts

The SABC has commissioned an internal forensic review into the production of TV show Pimville and has admitted that its oversight mechanisms were not consistently applied.

INTERVIEW | Ex-CIA David McCloskey on The Persian and Israel’s shadow war on Iran

The fourth novel by a former CIA analyst in the Middle East deals with actions such as Israel’s assassinations of Iranian scientists.

Semi Lubisi swaps banking for brushstrokes to paint township dreams

When passion refused to stay part-time, Ivory Park artist Semi Lubisi did the unthinkable – he walked away from a steady banking career to tell the vibrant, unfiltered stories of township life through art. Seven years on, he has never looked back.