Paul Ash Senior reporter

Paul Ash is a senior reporter at the Sunday Times, covering transport, environment and wildlife, farming, tourism and defence. He was a 14-year veteran of the paper's travel section before moving to the newsroom in 2020 to focus on writing, reporting and telling stories in sound.

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Bushveld town in thrall as Tom Cruise choppers in

Move over Big Five, here comes the top gun from Hollywood.

Paul Ash Senior reporter
'There was brightness then violence, blackness and water': Navy's worst tragedy ...

The SAS President Kruger was rammed by the navy replenishment vessel SAS Tafelberg 145km southwest of Cape Point on February 18 1982.

Paul Ash Senior reporter
St Helena ready to welcome first scheduled flights in almost two years

One of the world's remotest islands will have its connection to the outside restored when regional airline Airlink restarts flights in March as ...

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Human Rights Commission promises action on stinking Wemmer Pan

A child's sewage-soaked teddy bear lies amid plastic bottles and rotting waste, while an onshore breeze carries the stench of human excrement and ...

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Eskom refuses to nuke plan to revamp Koeberg despite growing opposition

Power entity spurns renewable sources opting to go ahead with refurbishments that will deprive the grid of 920MW

Paul Ash Senior reporter
It’s farmers vs environmentalists for Orange River’s bounty

Scientists say river is overused for irrigation. Farmers say they’re an economic boon in a place where jobs are scarce

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Five drownings across SA mar finish to the festive season

Five people, including two children, drowned in separate incidents across SA at the weekend, the National Sea Rescue Institute reported.

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Motorist killed in botched cash-in-transit heist

A prison warder was killed and his wife and two children injured during a botched cash-in-transit heist on the East Rand on Friday.

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Omicron less likely to cause severe illness, studies show

The latest variant of the coronavirus is likely to infect lung tissue than previous strains, based on hospital admissions in SA and research on anima

Paul Ash Senior reporter
Vaal river pollution leaves foul smell hanging over smart city plan

Raw sewage and power supply problems are stalling Gauteng premier David Makhura’s ambitious, six-year-old plans to turn the area into a commercial hub

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