Vet about to vaccinate cows South African farmers, including red meat producers, are challenging industry bodies to account for funds meant to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. They say they have been paying for prevention efforts for years, but outbreaks have continued with little transparency on how the funds are being used. South Africa…
A medical staff member holds a bottle of anti-typhoid vaccine to be given to children during the immunisation campaign at a school in Karachi, Pakistan November 20, 2019. The Democratic alliance (DA) in Tshwane has expressed concern about the outbreak of Typhoid in the city after several people were hospitalized in Bronkhorspruit and Hammanskraal. The…
A hospital ward Health services in North West have come under sharp focus as Deputy Minister of Health Joe Phaahla embarked on an oversight visit of health facilities in the Provincial capital, Mahikeng. Poor service, staff shortage and infrastructure challenges were some of the issues raised. Phaahla says his visit helped identify areas needing urgent…
Former President Thabo Mbeki delivers the keynote address at the Eastern Cape Higher Education Sector National Dialogue launch, hosted by Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape. The event forms part of the broader National Dialogue initiative supported by the Strategic Dialogue Group and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation. LIVESTREAM:
Water Tower in Midrand. Johannesburg’s water woes have been brought to Mayor Dada Morero’s doorstep. Scores of residents are holding a picket outside the Johannesburg Council chambers in Braamfontein. They are calling for an urgent response from the mayor to the city’s water crisis. They want revenue from the sale of water to be strictly…
Springboks team for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider against Argentina in London on October, 4 2025. Ten years ago, when South Africa lost to Japan at the Rugby World Cup in Brighton in the biggest shock the sport had ever witnessed, it was not because the Springboks fielded a weakened team. This Saturday, the…
File image Western Cape police say they’ve arrested more than 700 alleged gangsters and seized hundreds of illegal firearms over recent months. Additional officers have been deployed to hotspot areas, including Mitchell’s Plain, Mfuleni, Delft, Bishop Lavis, Manenberg, among others. There’s been an alarming increase in ongoing gun violence across various communities in Cape Town….
ANC members, alongside the Luthuli family and party veterans at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on October 30, 2025. The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ruled that African National Congress (ANC) leader Chief Albert Luthuli’s death was a result of injuries caused by an assault. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate died in 1967. The initial inquest ruled…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya appearing before the Parliament’s Adhoc Committee. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard about suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya‘s first encounter with attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Witness C has told the commission that Matlala told him that he and Sibiya met…
Justice Minister Mamoloko Kubayi held a public hearing in KaBokweni, Mpumalanga. The Justice Department says more than R80 million of unclaimed child maintenance funds are sitting in their coffers. The department has embarked on a process to track people who claimed child maintenance and wants them to visit the department’s offices to get their money….
