Scandals How Joburg paid almost R1m for an old-age home wall that never existed February 18, 2026 Daddy The City of Joburg paid nearly R1-million for a boundary wall that did not exist, after photographs from another site and five unchecked invoices were accepted as proof of completion.…
Scandals Legal fireworks ahead as old tensions resurface between lawyer Barnabas Xulu and Hermione Cronje February 18, 2026 Daddy While facing his own Legal Practice Council disciplinary hearing into misconduct later this year, lawyer Barnabas Xulu this week launched an urgent application to interdict President Cyril Ramaphosa from appointing…
Scandals ANC Integrity Commission to quiz NMB mayor over ‘unauthorised lease’ of R25m transformer February 18, 2026 Daddy Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe has been summoned to appear before the ANC’s Integrity Commission at Calata House in Qonce on Friday, 6 February, in relation to the “unauthorised”…
Scandals No funds, no answers — government’s ‘dark’ appeal against R306m damages award to conservationist Fred Daniel February 18, 2026 Daddy In November 2025, six weeks after the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria had declared a resounding victory for conservationist Fred Daniel in his decades-long legal battle with…
Scandals Fired Lottery employee’s pension frozen by Special Tribunal February 18, 2026 Daddy The Special Tribunal has frozen the pension of a former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) employee, Sibonelo Vilakazi, who used his position to channel payments running into tens of millions of…
Scandals Pam Golding faces fallout over management of millions, bribes paid to former president’s son February 18, 2026 Daddy The iconic green emblem of Pam Golding Properties’ logo sits on posters at the gates of mansions sprawled across luxury neighbourhoods in South Africa (SA). The South African real estate…
Earnings New beginnings, necessary endings and having the wisdom to leave at the right time February 18, 2026 Daddy As the year gradually gets going, I’ve been reflecting a lot on new beginnings and the inevitable endings that often go hand in hand as one enters a phase of…
Food & Travel Salad Days: Garlicky roasted baby potato salad February 18, 2026 Daddy Look, it’s the new year. Ring the changes. In with the new. Clean slates all round. Even if nobody has any money. Well, nobody I know at any rate. Even…
Food & Travel Chicken roasted with parsnips, carrots and thyme February 18, 2026 Daddy Who loves parsnips? Anyone? And why is this magnificent root vegetable so overlooked? The same vegetable shelves that boast mounds of carrots rarely give much space or time to the…
Food & Travel AirFryday: Pork belly and crackling with fennel, apple and mustard February 18, 2026 Daddy When my big 25-litre air fryer oven landed in my kitchen, I knew it wouldn’t be long before I put a hefty slab of pork belly in it to see…