A mosquito on a person’s skin. Twelve malaria-related deaths and over 800 malaria cases have been recorded in Limpopo since April 2025. Health Department spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says two of the deaths were recorded after last month’s floods. Shikwambana says that the risk of malaria transmission has significantly increased due to the heavy rain. Malaria symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, diarrhoea and…
EFF leader Julius Malema addresses a media briefing on the outcomes of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) meeting, which took place over the weekend. LIVE STREAM:
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the signing ceremony of the Establishment Agreement of African Export with Afreximbank. LIVE STREAM:
Court gavel. Sentencing for convicted murderer, Alberto Matthews, has been delayed again by another day following a postponement by the Northern Cape High Court. Judge Danie Olivier adjourned court until Thursday morning after pre-sentencing arguments on Wednesday. Matthews was found guilty of the December 2023 murder of his ex-wife, Mandy Bailey. Bailey was shot in…
FILE | Election officials count ballots. The Electoral Commission (IEC) says the Democratic Alliance (DA) has won both by-elections that took place in the Cederberg and Langeberg areas in the Western Cape on Tuesday. In Langeberg Ward Four, the DA managed to wrestle the seat from the African National Congress (ANC) after councillor Daniel Baadjies…
Pakistan may skip T20 World Cup match vs India Indian Cricket Board (ICB) Vice-President, Rajeev Shukla says the board agrees with the governing International Cricket Council’s (ICC) statement on sportsmanship, after Pakistan’s withdrawal from the Twenty20 World Cup match, against India. Cricket fans in Pakistan’s major cities on Monday (February 2) largely endorsed the federal…
Adv. Matthew Chaskalson at the Madlanga Commission. Witness F has denied that WhatsApp messages believed to be between him and the late former Deputy President David Mabuza over an arms deal were with Mabuza. WhatsApp messages presented at the Madlanga Commission show a conversation between Witness F and a number allegedly belonging to the late…
An empty lecture hall. Traditional Leaders Organisation, Contralesa has called upon the Department of Higher Education to plan ahead for student admission to avoid frustrating deserving students who have passed their matric especially those who are from rural areas. Contralesa President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena says there are many students who have passed their matric but…
File: DA leader John Steenhuisen speaking during an event. The SABC has reliably learnt that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen will not be standing for re-election. He is expected make the announcement at a media briefing in Durban on Wednesday, where he started his political career some 30 years ago. Despite this development, the…
New Mapulaneng Hospital under construction Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has raised concerns about the delays in the completion of the new Mapulaneng Hospital in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. The hospital was scheduled to be completed last June. The portfolio committee visited the old Mapulaneng Hospital as part of its oversight visits in areas that have been…
