Domestic

A gardener who strangled his employer to death four years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Nicholas Magagula was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years in the Nelspruit Regional Court on Tuesday for murdering 41-year-old Liesl Nel in her home in Mbombela.

The Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Cooperative Governance said on Sunday that evacuations had already taken place in the province amid heavy rains.

Stellenbosch University says in light of the events of the past week and the impact it has had on the mental health and emotional state of students, it has decided to postpone the first semester examination period with one week.

An employee of a medical equipment supply company who refused to be vaccinated against Covid was not entitled to severance pay, the CCMA has ruled.

Power utility Eskom said it would be beefing up security at all power stations following two acts of suspected sabotage this week.

Both the university and police have confirmed that a case of rape has been reported on the main campus, in Stellenbosch.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has now backtracked on its decision to erect a R22 million monumental flag in Pretoria following a public backlash on social media.

The South African Bureau of Standards is preparing the groundwork for regulations to govern vaping products.

The West Rand City Local Municipality has been fined R10 million for breaching the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA). But, R7m of the fine was suspended for five years.