Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen at the foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine drive in the Free State on March 2, 2026. The Southern African Agri Initiative, SAAI, and the Free State Agriculture and Independent Business Organisation, Sakeliga, will approach the High Court in Pretoria for an urgent interdict against the Agriculture Department, Minister John Steenhuisen…
Rescue workers at scene of the Ormonde Building collapse President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the families of the six people who died after a two-storey business park building collapsed in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg. Three bodies have been retrieved, while three other people are believed to be in the rubble. Three people…
A woman checks a tap for water Zingcuka location residents in Kieskammahoek in the Eastern Cape have lambasted the Amathole District Municipality for failure to ensure sufficient and consistent water supply to the residents for the past four months. The residents have since resorted to protesting, closing entries in and out of the village and…
Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili testifies before Parliament’s Ad Hoc in Cape Town on March 3, 2026. Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili says she became aware of the directive given by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, through an email. Mosikili says this was after the completion of the festive…
Three people arrested in connection with the murder of an e-hailing driver in Pretoria appear in court. The case against six people arrested in connection with the murder of e-hailing driver Isaac Satlat has been postponed to June 2026 for further investigations by the Pretoria Magistrates Court. All six accused have abandoned their bail application. Satlat was allegedly…
Rescue teams in the process of extracting victims. The death toll in the building collapse in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, has risen to nine. The Johannesburg Emergency Services says its team has managed to locate the third person from the rubble of the collapsed building, and rescue teams are currently engaged in the extraction process….
Johannesburg Emergency Management Services on the scene at the Ormonde building collapse. The MMC for Public Safety in the City of Johannesburg, Mgcini Tshwaku, says authorities will investigate whether proper construction inspections were conducted following the collapse of a two-storey building in Ormonde that claimed six lives. Three survivors were pulled from the rubble, one of whom is being treated in hospital. Three others are still missing….
Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. The bail application of the son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Bellarmine Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, has been postponed to Thursday in the Alexandra Magistrates’ court. This is for the prosecution to provide the defence with outstanding documents. Mugabe and Matonhodze are charged with attempted murder,…
Minister Steenhuisen and other stakeholders during Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccination Drive. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to look into the regional approach to combating the Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Steenhuisen has confirmed that there’s a unique challenge of cross border infections…
Ormonde building collapse The death toll in the Ormonde building collapse has risen to eight. Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Xolile Khumalo, says rescue and recovery operations resumed Tuesday morning after being suspended on Monday night. She says one person remains unaccounted for. “Recovery operations have commenced for three missing individuals who have been located,…
