Scene from the George building collapse. The George Municipality in the Western Cape says it will review its legislation and internal processes to help prevent a tragedy like last May’s building collapse. The municipality maintains it has fulfilled its legal obligations in relation to the construction site, but Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and…
[FILE IMAGE]: uMkhonto weSizwe Party member of Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. The Durban High Court has heard that some of the social media posts that MK Party Member of Parliament (MP), Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla that had been deleted, have been recovered. That’s the evidence of media law expert Emma Sadleir in Zuma-Sambudla’s terrorism trial stemming from the…
Passengers at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Border Management Authority says they have intensified security measures at border posts to ensure safety of delegates and visitors. This as the country is days away from hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Speaking at the BMA conference at the CSIR in Pretoria, Commissioner Michael Masiapato said technology…
Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 18 November 2025. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi has raised concerns over the credibility of North-West businessman Brown Mogotsi’s testimony at the Madlanga hearings in Pretoria. The commission will resume on Thursday. Baloyi on Wednesday accused Mogotsi of not backing the claims he has made before the commission….
FILE | Men’s legs. Some South African men have shared their experiences ranging from society’s expectations, economic pressure and the challenges of evolving in a changing world. This comes as the country joins the world in celebrating International Men’s Day on Wednesday. The day highlights the positive value men bring to the world, their families…
Motorists travelling around the vicinity of the Nasrec Expo Centre, South of Johannesburg, are advised to expect major traffic delays this weekend, due to road closures as a result of G20 Leaders’ Summit. The South African Police Service says protests at the G20 leaders’ summit this weekend at the Nasrec Expo Centre, south of Johannesburg,…
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drug Lenacapavir has been added to the Department of Health’s National Essential Medicines List. The Health Department says the twice-a-year injectable HIV prevention medicine, recently registered with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), will ensure access to safe, effective, quality and affordable medicines for use in the public…
File image | A rhino is photographed during a rescue operation. Members of four of the top five rhino poaching groups active in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been arrested. A data analyst of the KZN conservation body Ezemvelo, Laura Fynn, says the fifth group has been put out of action permanently. This was revealed during a…
FILE PHOTO: An employee inspects tablets as they move along the production line at a pharmaceutical plant South African Physician Professor Jimmy Volmink says the country urgently needs to produce its own locally manufactured pharmaceuticals, as importing medicine is getting expensive. Volmink was the Keynote Speaker at a Global Health Public Institution Lecture held at…
File image | A framed picture of Hillary Gardee. The Hillary Gardee murder trial has been postponed to the 12th of next month in the Mpumalanga High Court sitting in Mbombela. This is the fifth postponement of the trial. The reasons the court has cited include allowing the accused, Rassie Nkune, to secure a new legal…
