An inspector checks cattle for foot and mouth disease. The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says plans are underway for South Africa to produce its own foot-and-mouth disease vaccine. Steenhuisen was addressing farmers in Eshowe in northern KwaZulu-Natal, which is the epicentre of the disease. He says currently the country is importing vaccines from Botswana….
File image| Ditsobotla Municipality head office building. The national Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department says it’s determined to ensure the resumption of the delivery of basic services in the Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. Years of instability have led to the collapse of the delivery of services and financial management….
File image| National Taxi Alliance Chairperson Thamsanqa Moya. The slain taxi boss Thamsanqa Moya’s funeral service will take place in Pimville, Soweto, on Saturday morning. Scores of families, friends and colleagues are expected to attend the service at Grace Bible Church. The National Taxi Alliance’s (NATA) Gauteng chairperson was gunned down along the Soweto Highway…
[FILE IMAGE] A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 12, 2025. The vacancy rate of nurses and general staff at hospitals in Limpopo has increased since 2022. This is according to two health sector unions, DENOSA and HOSPERSA….
Former VhaVenda king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana in court The battle for the Vhavenda kingship throne has been adjourned to Monday next week in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. A senior traditional leader has told the High Court that he is not biased towards Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana in the ongoing battle for the Vhavenda…
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has warned of severe delays on the N1 North before Winnie Mandela Drive near Fourways, after a fatal accident between a truck and two cars. Two people have died. Fatal collision involving a truck along N1 North/William Nicolhttps://t.co/fJF3oRDXJN#ArriveAlive #TruckCrash @CityofJoburgZA @CityofJoburgEMS pic.twitter.com/IrfMf6XvWL — Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) September 26, 2025 JMPD…
A child running in the passage. The Department of Social Development (DSD) will host an Educational Awareness Programme on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse today in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Eastern Cape, as part of its intensified efforts to curb violence against children. The initiative comes in response to worrying child protection trends…
A lottery ticket. Tuesday’s Powerball Plus jackpot of over R69 million has not yet been claimed. Ithuba, the operator of the National Lottery, says the winning ticket was bought at a store in Empangeni on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. Ithuba Chief Executive Officer Charmaine Mabuza has urged everyone who bought lottery tickets in the store…
[FILE IMAGE]: Drugs seized from criminals by SAPS members. Residents of Daveyton in Ekurhuleni say drug abuse is wreaking havoc in schools. This emerged during a drug rehabilitation campaign that the Gauteng Social Development Department embarked on in the area. The campaign aims to track the progress of former drug addicts who have completed the department’s…
