Young initiates. The National Health Department has commended Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, for his efforts to regulate initiation schools. This is after Hlabisa gazetted the fees payable to initiation schools in all nine provinces. The fees are applicable for male and female initiates, their parents, as well as traditional surgeons…
FILE| A PUTCO bus seen parked. Bus company PUTCO on Monday is hosting a defensive driver training workshop in Dobsonville, Soweto, to prepare over 600 bus drivers for the busy Easter long weekend. This as major church groups will be using the bus service for their bulk transport needs. The session at the company’s Dobsonville…
A man types on a computer keyboard Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been targeted in a ransomware attack, with hackers claiming to have stolen over 450 000 files. The breach affected a human resources database used for job applications. Stats SA says it’s working with authorities and will notify the information regulator. The XP95-…
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola briefs the media in KwaZulu-Natal, Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi seen on the behind, 29 March 2026. Civil society organisation- the Activists and Citizens Forum, has slammed the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC)- for targeting National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. They say the arrest of 12 senior police officers over the…
Confiscated drugs Five suspected female South African drug mules were arrested on Saturday at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police say the suspects were found with drugs worth more than R5 million concealed on their bodies. Preliminary reports indicate that the group was headed to China via Dubai. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the…
N3 linking KZN and Gauteng The N3 Toll Concession says it expects heavy traffic on the N3 toll route between Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal from Thursday this week, ahead of the Easter weekend. The N3TC says traffic on the route was also heavier than usual this past weekend as motorists travelled to holiday destinations for the…
FILE | The late South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Senior Researcher Steven Gruzd. Five suspects are expected to appear before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Senior Researcher Steven Gruzd’s kidnapping and murder. The police arrested the suspects on Sunday following a…
FILE: An accident scene. Five people have died and three others injured in car accident on the R-45 between Hopefield and Langebaanweg on the Western Cape. The R-45 has been temporarily closed to traffic near the Elandsfontein Mine. Details about the crash are sketchy at this stage. Traffic is being rerouted via Velddrif. From Langebaanweg…
SAPS National Head Fannie Masemola. The country’s top cop has broken his silence regarding an order to appear in court over the controversial multimillion rand police contract. Speaking in Durban, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said he will cooperate with the courts and law enforcement agencies in the matter. He has been summoned to appear…
The stronger rand should stabilise inflation and make it possible for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. The National Planning Commission has warned that rising inflation will likely trigger higher interest rates, which would slow down economic growth and job creation. Commissioner Ravi Naidoo says this comes at a time when South Africa is…
