# The World Health Organisation has urged Russia to provide complete and transparent information following the death of a laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia in Moscow’s southeast. Unverified reports suggest 28-year-old Darya Shipilova fell ill after breaking a test tube containing the pathogen or following a field trip to a […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela says sustainable financing and reliable administration must advance together, with funding policy supported by functioning decisions, appeals, accommodation, and allowance payment systems. This comes as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme prepares for the next academic year. Manamela says they must identify risks early and resolve them […]
# North West police have arrested three South Africans and a Zimbabwean national following the discovery of a multimillion-rand Mandrax manufacturing laboratory at a plot in the Hartbeespoort Dam area yesterday. Police received information regarding suspected illegal activities at the property. Provincial Police Commissioner Arthur Adams says upon arrival at the identified address, Brits Crime […]
# US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell says there are billions of dollars in potential American investment and thousands of potential jobs, but South African policies continue to stand in the way. His latest remarks mark a fresh escalation in increasingly strained relations between Washington and Pretoria. In an interview with Fox News […]
# UK Counter Terror Police have arrested a 22-year-old British man on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts over the RAF Fairford plot last month. Five men were arrested on 27 September near the base on suspicion of explosives offences and preparing a terrorist act, but were subsequently released on bail. A sixth man, a dual […]
# The Centre for Development and Enterprise says the decline of the City of Johannesburg is not only a result of weak administration or municipal incompetence. In its latest report titled ‘Time for Action – Corruption in Joburg’, the centre notes an entrenched network of political, business, and criminal interests that have intersected local government, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to acknowledge and condemn the reality of farm murders in the country. This follows the recent murder of 55-year-old Hannetjie van Zyl, who was struck over the head while attempting to open a gate at her Doornpan Farm in North West. She succumbed to […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU en geaffilieerde vakbonde sal môre Wêrelddag vir Waardige Werk herdenk met optogte en plakkaatbetogings om werkers se uitdagings te beklemtoon. Woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê werkers word swaar getref deur toenemende afleggings, die nie-nakoming van die nasionale minimumloon, toenemende tydelike aanstellings en druk op gesamentlike bedingingsregte. Sy sê die nakoming van die […]
# Die polisie het 14-duisend-581 verdagtes landwyd aangekeer tydens die jongste Operasie Shanela-veldtog teen ernstige misdaad, geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Speurders het een-duisend-811 gesoekte verdagtes opgespoor. Polisiewoordvoerder Amanda van Wyk sê die inhegtenisnemings sluit in 174 vir verkragting, 140 vir moord en 130 vir poging tot moord:
