A health agent prepares an anti-malaria injection. Non-profit organisation (NPO), Inyathelo, is raising concern about the sustainability of South Africa’s healthcare sector ahead of World Health Day on Tuesday. The organisation warns that ongoing international funding cuts, including from USAID, and the freezing of PEPFAR-funded projects, have left a significant gap in HIV and TB…
A traffic jam Motorists are urged to exercise patience as major routes coming into Gauteng are heavily congested. The N1 at the Carousel Plaza towards Pretoria is now recording over 2 000 vehicles per hour, while the N3 at De Hoek Plaza from Durban to Johannesburg is recording almost 1 900 per hour. ⚠️ ⚠️…
Day 2 of the Rand Easter Show Rand Easter Show CEO Adele Hartdegen says they have had their busiest start to the show this year compared to the previous years, and will run till Easter Monday. The show, which is in its 131st edition features five-days of family entertainment including a major music festival, carnival…
SAPS logo at a police station. A prominent police officer who recently appeared before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to appear in the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court today. Police raided his home in Pretoria and found firearms and ammunition last Thursday. The officer spent the Easter long weekend in police custody. Some witnesses…
Graphic depicting an arrest Two suspects have been arrested after police found a cache of unlicensed firearms and ammunition hidden beneath mattress in Batho location in Bloemfontein. Free State police spokesperson Mahlomola Kareli says officers discovered 23 boxes of various caliber ammunition hidden near a kitchen cabinet at the suspect’s residence. He says four rifles,…
People walk as a storm is brewing Two people have died following a heavy storm that ravaged Ngwetsheni Village in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape on Monday. uMzimvubu Local Municipality Mayor Zukiswa Ndevu says the two men were inside a vehicle when it was blown away by strong wind and hit a wall. Ndevu says…
FILE| Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria. A prominent police sergeant who recently appeared before the Madlanga Commission is expected to appear in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The officer’s property in Pretoria North was allegedly also raided by police on Thursday last week. He was reportedly arrested…
Flags of the Democratic Alliance are seen at the party’s Eastern Cape Elective Congress on 27 February 2026. City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Democratic Alliance (DA) Sedibeng District Municipality Caucus leader, Sibusiso Dyonase will be contesting for the position of federal leader at the party’s upcoming Congress. The DA congress will take…
Northern Cape Co-operative Governance MEC, Bentley Vass The Northern Cape’s biggest local municipality, Sol Plaatjie might be placed under administration. This after it failed to deliver on a directive from the Northern Cape MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Bentley Vass. Vass is yet to determine a solution for the chaos at the Municipality…
Traffic officer inspects a taxi Mpumalanga Public Works, Roads and Transport MEC Thulasizwe Thomo says close to 1 000 vehicles have been impounded in the province due to violations of different traffic laws. Thomo was part of a roadblock operation on the N4 toll road near Mbombela. Thomo has urged motorists to adhere to traffic…
