South Africa’s David Bedingham celebrates with the ICC Test Championship Mace on the podium alongside teammates after winning the final The Buffalo City Metro leg of the Mace Victory Tour has been cancelled due to ongoing municipal protests. East London would have been the second and last Eastern Cape stop of the tour, before the…
Kenny Kunene addresses delegates at during a #FixingPA Program meeting in Mpumalanga on 24 August 2024. Proponents of the Government of National Unity are hoping to see it complete its full term but cracks are again beginning to show in the 10-party pact. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is threatening to pull out of the GNU…
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court. The 38-year-old man convicted of the murder of German tourist on the Numbi road towards the Kruger National Park in 2022 has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. Napoleon Nyalunga was sentenced in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court sitting in Mbombela. The tourist, Jorg Schnarr was…
A humpback whale. The annual migration of the humpback whales and sea turtles to Richards Bay’s waters from June to November each year is under severe threat from pollution. The natural spectacle has become a significant draw for tourists on South Africa’s east and west coasts. Dockside Cruises spokesperson Mazwi Dubazane says, “In South Africa,…
Ekurhuleni’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng has called for the suspension of the municipality’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The call comes as the City of Tshwane council sits this afternoon to deliberate on a number of issues and Mkhwanazi’s possible precautionary suspension over alleged links to controversial businessman…
Some of the Goldern Arrows players during training. Mamelodi Sundowns has suffered their first defeat of the 2025/2026 season. Sundowns lost 1-nil to Golden Arrows at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban earlier Wednesday. This was Arrows’ first win against Sundowns since 2019. The only goal of the match was scored by Junior Dion from…
Clinical lead doctor points to an x-ray showing a pair of lungs infected with TB. The Africa Health Institute has called on the South African government to prepare adequately for the roll-out of TB vaccines, which are currently under clinical trials. The KwaZulu-Natal-based institute is one of the sites for the M72 vaccine trials, which…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu presents the quarterly crime statistics The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard that Senzo Mchunu’s function as Police Minister is to formulate policing policy in consultation with provincial governments. This is according to Patronella Van Rooyen, who is the head of Governance, Legislation and Policy at the Legal Services…
Clinical lead doctor points to an x-ray showing a pair of lungs infected with TB. Professor Limakatso Lebina, Director of Clinical Trials at the Africa Health Research Institute, says it’s important for South Africa to prepare early for rolling out new TB vaccines, which are currently undergoing clinical trials. The institute, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on 25 September 2025. Police Major General Petronella van Rooyen has told the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that the authority to disband the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) lies exclusively with National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola. The hearing has been adjourned until Friday. Van Rooyen is the head of Governance, Legislation and…
