RC 260830702Gugs Mhlungu
Sunday, 30 August 2026
A Sunday mix of accountability and optimism, from Eskom and tender-fraud scrutiny to indigenous medicine, black-rhino behaviour, spring gardening and Dolly Parton’s humanitarian legacy.
- 09:01
Gauteng Hawks arrested a 37-year-old businessman at OR Tambo over alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to more than R2 billion in Tembisa Hospital tenders; he appears in court tomorrow.
- 08:55
Professor Mtogozi Simelane said research into an indigenous plant compound with anti-diabetic potential has reached regulatory review, with the intellectual property licensed and a complementary product planned.
- 06:49
WWF tracking across 23 years and more than 400 black rhinos found the supposedly solitary animals associate more than expected, with females, calves and subadults appearing to have neighbours and friends.
- 07:23
SARS increasingly pre-populates tax returns using information from employers, banks and investment providers; provisional taxpayers must submit estimates and payment by Monday, 31 August.
- 09:44
Dolly Parton’s legacy extended beyond music: her Imagination Library distributed more than 300 million books, while she funded education, hospitals and COVID-19 vaccine research.