Stellenbosch University flags affordability as key housing challenge
The Stellenbosch University campus in the Western Cape. Stellenbosch University says while the national demand…
Stellenbosch University flags affordability as key housing challenge
The Stellenbosch University campus in the Western Cape. Stellenbosch University says while the national demand for student accommodation is well documented, the challenge its students face is not necessarily availability, but of affordability. This ahead of the commencement of the 2026 academic year. The Acting Dean of Students, Dr Leslie Van Rooi, says this challenge…
Du Toitskloof Pass fires contained
A Cape Winelands District Municipality fire truck seen at a fire scene. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s (CWDM) Fire Services says the wildfire that has been burning in the Du Toitskloof Pass area has been contained. Spokesperson Anesca Roodt says the fire was first reported on Friday on the Worcester side of the pass and later…
Du Toitskloof Pass fires contained
A Cape Winelands District Municipality fire truck seen at a fire scene. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s (CWDM) Fire Services says the wildfire that has been burning in the Du Toitskloof Pass area has been contained. Spokesperson Anesca Roodt says the fire was first reported on Friday on the Worcester side of the pass and later…
56% of treated water is lost due to leaks: Majodina
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina handed over the World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS) Award to the Orange-Vaal Water Users Association in the Northern Cape on September 18, 2025. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has blamed persistent water shortages that have seen communities go days without water on the municipalities’ inability to take proper…
Mothibi says not distracted by reports challenging his appointment
Newly appointed head of the National Prosecuting Authority Advocate Andy Mothibi addresses media during a joint briefing with the SAPS on 06 February 2026. The newly appointed head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Advocate Andy Mothibi says he is not distracted by media reports that his appointment will be challenged. A number of civic organisations…
Citizens Forum urges Ramaphosa to resign amid country’s water woes
Sophiatown residents in Johannesburg carrying water they got from the truck on September 14, 2025. The Activists and Citizens Forum has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign amid the water crisis facing the country. Several communities across Gauteng, including Midrand, Melville, and Hammanskraal, are battling crippling water cuts and shortages. Many areas in other…
Five killed in Kroonstad crash
Shattered glass on the ground after an accident. Five people have been killed after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the R34, near Kroonstad in the Free State. Emergency Services spokesperson Sipho Towa says five other people were critically injured. The victims were declared dead at the scene. Towa says the injured have…
Prominent security guard, cylist David Sejobe to be laid to rest
A banner at the funeral service of David Sejobe place in Limpopo. The funeral service for a cyclist and a famous Johannesburg-based security guard is underway at Mukondeni village outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo. Forty-nine-year-old David Sejobe was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Johannesburg last weekend. Sejobe, who was well known for his humour…
Combating violent crime must be top of the agenda at SONA: Cosatu
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering SONA. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has urged the government to do more to combat violent crime in the country. The labour federation’s comments come as the country gears up for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) set to be delivered next week by President Cyril Ramaphosa….
EC health authorities probe suspected food poisoning deaths
[File Image] School children having lunch. The Eastern Cape’s District Environmental Health Unit has been roped in to investigate an incident where two children have died in a suspected food poisoning incident in the province. It happened at Msintsi Location outside KuGompo, formerly East London, on Friday. The children were declared deceased on arrival at…
