There are plenty of training apps aimed at ensuring you work up a proper sweat, even when nobody is there in person to bark instructions, so let’s check out some of the standouts.
Politicians talk of blowing vuvuzelas to thank our healthcare workers for their service, but they would rather have proper PPE, management, and some degree of empathy.
Research by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and UCT’s Centre for Actuarial Research shows that we may still not be getting anywhere near the full picture.
Restaurant owners, workers, and industry affiliates have taken to the streets to protest the stringent lockdown rules impacting their businesses.
Under our first round of banned alcohol sales, pineapple prices soared as demand increased. Enter round two, and it’s happening again.
Scientists will spend the next few days putting 120 Knysna dwarf chameleons through their paces, during speed and endurance challenges that they refer to as the ‘Chameleon Olympics’.
Both seasons of ‘The Bachelor SA’ have failed to produce anything resembling a successful relationship, but perhaps ‘The Bachelorette SA’ can do better.
The Restaurant Collective (R|C) has penned an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, outlining ways in which the industry can work with government going forward, and asking for increased assistance.
Johan Goosen was touted as a potential Springbok great from a young age, but these aren’t the headlines rugby fans expected him to make.
I hope your liquor cabinet, or wine rack, is fairly well stocked, because there are suggestions that the current ban on the sale of alcohol could last for a while.
You stopped drinking cheap wine years back, and the same should be true for the cannabis you toke, which is why it’s important to be able to tell good weed from bad weed.
SA smokers who haven’t kicked the habit during lockdown are paying an arm and a leg for ciggies, as prices soar at differing rates across the country.
For staff and gym owners alike, the pandemic has all but obliterated the bottom line, and massive pay cuts and ‘temporary layoffs’ have now been announced.
In July last year, Carte Blanche looked into the so-called ‘Drug Squad’, which was a fake organisation run by a conman. It appears that old habits die hard.
Pierre Naudé may not be a household name in South Africa, but his fintech company is making headlines across the pond in the US.
Should you land a gig, you’ll get employer contributions toward medical aid, as well as a provident fund, employee wellness programmes, and a monthly stipend towards an internet connection.
The latest Stats SA release, focused on non-retail food and beverages data for April and May 2020, is perhaps best described as a bloodbath.
Whilst we are still very much in the middle of the pandemic, there will come a time when lockdown measures are further eased, and then dropped altogether.
I really don’t feel like putting on my hazmat suit and traipsing off to Woolies or Pick n Pay, just to buy my favourite olive oil, or a tray of Usana free-range eggs. I don’t feel like leaving the house at all, to be honest.
In the ongoing trial of 19-year-old Romando Meyer, who is facing murder charges, it is alleged that a fight over the price of a loose cigarette led to the death of Emile “Milo” Anthony, 23.
As if COVID-19, and the ensuing economic collapse, wasn’t enough to keep you up at night, radical militant group ISIS has now made a series of threats against South Africa.
With our testing backlog and, let’s be honest, government incompetence, we know we’re not getting the full picture with regards to the spread of the virus, which is why the ‘excess deaths’ number is so important.
If you’re after a slightly less frenetic lifestyle than those who call the City Bowl home, Kommetjie is good living. There are big plans afoot, too.
Cape Town has as many as 130 different gangs, with a combined total of somewhere around 100 000 members, and leaving that life behind is not easy.
Honey badgers aren’t known to take defeat lying down, but even the most fiercely independent of animals may occasionally need a helping hand.
Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha reckons corrupt members should be cut some slack due to COVID-19.
One of the five famous castles of Noetzie, near Knysna, has now hit the market, and the views aren’t at all shabby.
The Western Cape High Court yesterday found in favour of residents of Hangberg, in Hout Bay, ruling that the City’s conduct was “unlawful and unconstitutional”.
The KwaZulu-Natal man is now the biggest winner in the history of PowerBall Plus, and the biggest winner ever to have bought his ticket online.
Using data for the week ending July 13, South Africa recorded 19,6 cases per 100 000 citizens. Our mortality rate, however, remains low.