Community member is tested for diabetes at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Wits University says the newly launched National Diabetes Dashboard will help to improve timely intervention in diabetes management. The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) launched the dashboard on Tuesday. The institution’s Chemical Pathology Department Head, Dr Siyabonga Khoza, says old methods…
Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze’s sentencing under way in the Alexandra Regional Court in Johannesburg. Livestream|
FILE| Outside the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court. The case of nine people accused of killing a part-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Sifundo Madasi, has been postponed to June in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria. The group allegedly killed Madasi in Soshanguve in February after accusing him of sexually assaulting two…
[FILE IMAGE] Members of the March and March organisation Traffic is expected to be disrupted in the Johannesburg CBD when civic organisation March and March takes its campaign to the Gauteng legislature. Traffic authorities and their SAPS counterparts are on standby. The march follows a day of protest action in Pretoria on Tuesday. The group…
Zovuyo Mbana was reported missing, and her body was found along the N6 in EC set alight. The Magistrate’s Court in KuGompo City in the Eastern Cape is expected to rule on the bail application of a school principal and church leader, accused of murder and defeating the ends of justice. George Plaatjies faces charges…
Media practitioner Makhudu Sefara. The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) chairperson Makhudu Sefara has stepped aside as chairperson pending an investigation. This follows allegations of misappropriation of lottery funds made against Sefara and others by the Special Investigating Unit. In a statement, SANEF says an urgent meeting was held earlier on Tuesday in which…
Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matondze appear in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court. Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze are expected to be sentenced on Wednesday at the Alexandra Regional Court in Johannesburg. Earlier this month, Mugabe pleaded guilty to being illegally in the country as well as pointing a firearm. However, the admission of guilt for…
Lebombo Port of Entry signage. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the redevelopment of six strategic ports of entry across the country will significantly improve border security. Earlier, the Border Management Authority (BMA) announced the appointment of five construction consortiums to redevelop the selected ports of entry at a cost of R12.5 billion. The ports…
IDAC Head Adv Andrea Johnson testifying before the Ad Hoc Committee at Parliament on November 6, 2025. None Profit Organisation (NPO) Public Interest SA says it has formally registered a criminal complaint against the Head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Advocate Andrea Johnson. In a statement, Public Interest SA says the complaint has…
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube addresses the 2030 Reading Panel annual event on February 24, 2026. Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has commended Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube for demanding accountability in the awarding of a R285 million textbook tender. Gwarube has written to the National Treasury after reports that publishing company Lighthouse Publishers Limited was…
