Winning learners for their science projects in the Eskom Regional Science Fair in the Klein Karoo and Garden Route areas A total of 12 gold medals, five silver and 16 bronze medals have been awarded to learners from the Garden Route at Little Karoo at the Eskom Expo Eden Karoo Regional Science Fair. The science…
A rhino is photographed during a rescue operation. Five men and a woman have appeared before the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court for illegal rhino poaching. They have been linked to an international fraudulent scheme involving over 960 rhino horns, worth millions of rands, destined for illegal markets in Southeast Asia. It is alleged that the suspects defrauded…
African National Congress (ANC) MP Molapi Lekganyane delivers opening address on August 5, 2025 after being elected as Chairperson of the ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations. A submission by the African National Congress (ANC) that Parliament’s legal services should lead evidence in the ad hoc committee probing allegations of police…
FILE | Private security guards. Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has expressed its support for the Private Member’s Bill that aims to end the outsourcing of essential government services. The insourcing Bill, if passed, will require state entities to employ workers to provide regularly required services such as security, cleaning, maintenance and IT,…
Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga. Some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have expressed concern about the government’s figures on the employment of people with disabilities. This comes after Minister of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga revealed the number of employed people with disabilities. In a written parliamentary reply, Chikunga…
Bafana Bafana team. South Africa failed to reach the quarterfinals of the CAF African Nations Championship in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. This after they played to a 3-all draw with the host nation Uganda in a Group C match at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda, on Monday evening. Bafana needed to beat…
The state calls witness who deals with the applications of intercepted calls in Booysen’s case. The state, in the case against alleged underworld crime boss Jerome Booysen and 11 others, has called a witness who deals with the applications of intercepted calls. A trial-within-a-trial to determine the admissibility of transcripts of intercepted phone calls between…
Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024 The Minerals Council of…
South African National Taxi Council logo Taxi organisation, SANTACO, says that any of its members found responsible for the brutal killing of the e-hailing driver outside Maponya Mall or any other violent act will be suspended immediately. Mthokozisi Mvelase was murdered and his vehicle was set alight outside the Soweto mall last Wednesday night, and…
SAPS ‘suspect arrested’ banner. Police in Cape Town have arrested a 29-year-old man for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in Muizenberg. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says during patrols, officers confiscated a firearm and 29 rounds of ammunition, which led to the arrest. He says the operation was part of targeted efforts…
