South African National Defence Force members. 2 minutes The Public Service Commission (PSC) has revealed that the Department of Defence has topped the list of offenders with late payments of supplier invoices totalling R348 million. While it was an improvement from the previous quarter, only 19 national departments out of 42 fully complied with legislation…
A panel discussion at the Loeries Creative Week in Cape Town unpacked the motivations and effects of Dove’s groundbreaking generative AI tool designed to promote diversity and challenge narrow beauty standards. The initiative, known as Dove’s Real Beauty Generation, aims to redefine beauty standards in digital content creation and inject authenticity into AI-generated images, tackling…
Policeconduct forensic investigation on VW polo used in Olorato Mongale’s murder, which was traced in Phoenix, Durban. 4 minutes A former girlfriend of an unidentified man who claimed to be an acquaintance of Philangenkosi Makhanya, the deceased suspect in the Olorato Mongale murder case, has also come out and implicated the man as being part…
SAPS logo at a police station. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has suspended a captain attached to the Protection Security Services after reportedly defrauding the service of millions of rands. Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says the suspension follows an internal investigation that uncovered discrepancies and suspicious transactions within the Protection Security Services’ division….
Police officers seen during a scholar transport safety. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says it’s using cutting edge technology to keep unroadworthy scholar transport off the road and improve the safety of learners. It’s installing tracking devices in vehicles with government contracts for scholar transport. The department says this will help monitor the movement of…
University of Free State campus entrance. The University of the Free State says its Bloemfontein and South Campus staff have returned to work, while the Qwaqwa campus remains closed, after severe damage sustained on the campus on Monday. Students embarked on a violent protest to show their dissatisfaction over the announcement that the institution is…
Minister of Cogta, Velenkosini Hlabisa encourages young women to join local government. Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called for more visibility of young women in the local government space. Hlabisa was speaking at the dialogue on the White Paper Review on Local Government (WPLG) at Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni,…
Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has warned that he will not allow the recent exposure of fraudulent qualifications to compromise the 2026 academic year at the Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng. The higher learning institution is currently at the centre of a major scandal. It involves a syndicate selling fraudulent…
It’s believed all those killed were taxi drivers returning from a funeral at Ematimotolo. 2 minutes Police in Cape Town have offered a reward of R100,000 to anyone who will come forward with information regarding a fatal shooting that claimed four lives and left three others wounded including a commuter on Friday morning. Deputy Police Commissioner…
The Nkabinde Enquiry will continue on Friday with the cross-examination of former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigator Inspector Sharmilla Williams. Williams, who completed her testimony on Thursday, was part of the team that probed the 2008 killings of senior police officers and members of the taxi associations, which were allegedly carried out by the…
