Steve Biko Academic Hospital Building. President Cyril Ramaphosa will conduct an oversight visit to the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure Facility at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria on Tuesday. The facility is a one-stop medical imaging facility dedicated to cancer and tuberculosis (TB) drug development and clinical research. The President will be joined by…
City Power, Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Dada Morero are currently hosting a media briefing at the Johannesburg Theatre. The aim is to provide an update on the finalisation of the SANEDI report regarding the payment dispute between Eskom and City Power. The matter has been…
[File image] Eastern Cape police say six armed suspects have been killed in a shootout with officers on the R61 between Mthatha and Ngcobo. Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says an intelligence-driven operation was conducted to follow extortion suspects. When the police stopped the suspects’ vehicle, they allegedly opened fire. Officers returned fire, killing all six…
[File photo] Bullets seen at a crime scene. The R 61 road in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape has been closed to traffic as it is an active crime scene following an alleged police shootout, which is believed to have led to the death of several people. The incident happened at Rose and police are…
G20 banner The current conflict in the Middle East between Iran and Israel is set to dominate the talks at the G20 Sherpas meeting in the North West. South Africa will host the three-day G20 Sherpas meeting in Sun City, from Wednesday until Friday. The country’s sherpa and director general, Zane Dangor is set to…
Rabid dog showing aggression A man from eZimbokodweni, south of Durban, has died after being bitten by an unvaccinated dog, that later showed signs of rabies. The eThekwini Municipality has in a statement said that the victim was bitten in March but only sought medical attention a couple months later. By that time, the virus…
Illegal guns and ammunition found Three suspects have been arrested in Phillipi on the Cape Flats for the alleged possession of a stolen vehicle, firearms and ammunition. City of Cape Town Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith says members of the K-9 unit were driving on Varkensvlei Road, when they spotted a vehicle…
Former VhaVenda king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana in court Former VhaVenda king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana has told the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, that the king’s right-hand man, or ‘ndumi’ can ascend the throne if the king dies without a successor. Mphephu Ramabulana has said that the position of a ‘ndumi’ is dissolved and a prince…
[FILE IMAGE]: Severe storms battering parts of the Western Cape. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says an intense cold front is expected to make landfall in Cape Town on Wednesday. The City’s Disaster Risk Management Centre Spokesperson, Sonica Lategan says specific warnings linked to the frontal system include damaging waves, winds and disruptive rainfall….
KZN Legislature building in Pmb KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says an investigation into the alleged verbal abuse and public humiliation of the former director general in his office, Dr. Nonhlanhla Mkhize by a male subordinate, is at an advanced stage. Ntuli says the incident, which Mkhize has described as gender-based violence (GBV), only came to…
