Hospital beds lined up outside a ward. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has reiterated its call for a full forensic investigation to be conducted into tender fraud and corruption in all hospitals in the province. This follows large-scale looting uncovered at the Tembisa Hospital by the Special Investigations Unit, estimated at over R2 billion. DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga says South Africans have…
1 minute Police have arrested two suspected drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. A 24-year-old Brazilian man and a 51-year-old South African woman were intercepted on Thursday after arriving from São Paulo, Brazil. Authorities say both suspects had ingested “bullets” suspected to contain cocaine, which was confirmed through medical examination. Police spokesperson…
1 minute The Basic Education Department will publish the 2024 matric results on forums including newspapers. This is after the High Court in Pretoria struck the matter between the department and the Information Regulator off the roll saying it is not urgent. The regulator had lodged an urgent court interdict to prevent the department from…
SABC building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 1 minute The Activists and Citizens Forum wants Communications Minister Solly Malatsi to reconsider his decision to withdraw the SABC Bill. The Forum’s spokesperson Dennis Bloem says the decision is about what he calls the “show of power” and an indication that the Government of National Unity (GNU) won’t…
Police graphic with crime scene tape and ammunition. Police are probing a double murder after a man and a woman were gunned down in Lentegeur in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says another man was wounded in the shooting and was taken to the hospital. Swartbooi says the suspects fled…
Founder of Team Free Sanitary Pads, Nokuzola Ndwandwe, is calling on government to take the lead and move beyond politics in addressing menstrual health in the country. She says the issue must be treated as a matter of urgency as it impacts on women’s rights and public health. Her remarks follow a study by the…
Premier Thami Ntuli officially launched the Nkandla and Bizimali Digital Centres on Monday The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has emphasized the importance of closing the gap of educational inequality between rural and urban schools through improving digital literacy programmes. Today, Premier Thami Ntuli officially launched the Nkandla and Bizimali Digital Centres situated in the province’s deepest…
15-time Dusi winner Andy Birkett 2 minutes Andy Birkett’s 2025 Dusi Canoe Marathon win pairs him with Grame Pope-Ellis for most number of Dusi wins, a whopping 15. The 34-year-old world champion finished the race in an overall time of 7 hours 12 minutes and 5o seconds. Dusi veteran Sbonello Khwela and Matthew Fenn finished…
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma (C) before addressing party members 1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma will brief the media in Durban today. He is expected to focus on the current political climate in the country. This after the Western Cape High Court ruling yesterday that the National Assembly’s decision to designate party’s…
File image: A service station in South Africa. 2 minutes The latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) indicates that fuel prices will likely drop in May. Both grades of petrol are set to decrease by up to 19 cents per litre, with both grades of diesel set to fall by 37 cents per…
