Taxi associations associated with violence and blockades on the R61 between Port St Johns and Lusikisiki have each been fined R700,000, and must cough up R200,000 within five days. The remaining R500,000 is suspended.
An invasion of slithering snakes and other creepy critters has so spooked government employees that officials have had to close at least two offices in the Eastern Cape. Provincial social development department bosses have temporarily closed the service office in Mthatha because of the reptile rebellion.
A Nelson Mandela University alumnus has impressed pundits and got one up over peers to become the proud winner of a prestigious international design prize.