An inspector checks cattle for foot and mouth disease. The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says plans are underway for South Africa to produce its own foot-and-mouth disease vaccine. Steenhuisen was addressing farmers in Eshowe in northern KwaZulu-Natal, which is the epicentre of the disease. He says currently the country is importing vaccines from Botswana….
File image| Ditsobotla Municipality head office building. The national Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department says it’s determined to ensure the resumption of the delivery of basic services in the Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. Years of instability have led to the collapse of the delivery of services and financial management….
File image| National Taxi Alliance Chairperson Thamsanqa Moya. The slain taxi boss Thamsanqa Moya’s funeral service will take place in Pimville, Soweto, on Saturday morning. Scores of families, friends and colleagues are expected to attend the service at Grace Bible Church. The National Taxi Alliance’s (NATA) Gauteng chairperson was gunned down along the Soweto Highway…
Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced a plan to completely eliminate load reduction across the country within the next 12 to 18 months. Ramokgopa says this follows the successful turnaround on national load shedding, with the energy availability factor consistently holding above 70%, a significant jump from 48% in early 2023….
[FILE IMAGE] A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 12, 2025. The vacancy rate of nurses and general staff at hospitals in Limpopo has increased since 2022. This is according to two health sector unions, DENOSA and HOSPERSA….
Springboks team to take on the Pumas in Durban on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Defending champions South Africa have been forced into a late change ahead of Saturday’s Rugby Championship test match against Argentina in Durban. Prop Boan Venter will start in the number one jersey in place of Ox Nche, who was forced to…
Former VhaVenda king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana in court The battle for the Vhavenda kingship throne has been adjourned to Monday next week in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. A senior traditional leader has told the High Court that he is not biased towards Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana in the ongoing battle for the Vhavenda…
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has warned of severe delays on the N1 North before Winnie Mandela Drive near Fourways, after a fatal accident between a truck and two cars. Two people have died. Fatal collision involving a truck along N1 North/William Nicolhttps://t.co/fJF3oRDXJN#ArriveAlive #TruckCrash @CityofJoburgZA @CityofJoburgEMS pic.twitter.com/IrfMf6XvWL — Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) September 26, 2025 JMPD…
Speaker of Council, Cllr. Margaret Arnolds presided over the swearing in of Mr. Kenny Kunene as a Proportional Representation (PR) Councillor. Patriotic Alliance deputy president, Kenny Kunene has been re-sworn in as a councillor for the City of Johannesburg. The former MMC of Transport resigned from his position and as a councillor in July, after…
