# This year marks ten years of the Greenovate Awards, inspiring young people to design practical sustainability solutions for South Africa’s built environment. Since its inception in 2015, Greenovate has awarded more than one-million-rand to students from over nine universities nationwide, across property, engineering and prop tech streams. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Greenovate has added […]
# ActionSA is calling for the immediate release of the Special Investigating Unit’s report into the University of Fort Hare. The institution’s vice-chancellor, professor Sakhela Buhlungu, believes last week’s violent protests were an attempt to delay the release of the report, which implicates 33 high-ranking politicians in academic fraud at the university. ActionSA’s Matthew George […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng is calling on the Emfuleni municipal manager, April Ntuli, to resign, saying his failure to properly manage the municipality should no longer be tolerated. In March, he failed to appear before the Municipal Public Accounts Committee to account for the one-billion-rand in unauthorised expenditure. FF Plus’ Hein van der Lith […]
# The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa has commended Electricity and Energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, for positioning nuclear energy at the heart of the country’s re-industrialisation agenda. Last week, global energy leaders convened in Durban for the first-ever high-level G20 meeting on nuclear energy. Over 20 African countries are exploring the potential of nuclear […]
# Solidarity has rejected the government’s intention to use tax credits from medical aid members to fund the National Health Insurance. The Department of Health is in talks with the National Treasury over changes to the medical aid tax credit regime in a bid to raise an additional 34-billion-rand for NHI. The department’s other noted […]
# Thirty-eight children in Gauteng have died from severe malnutrition in the first three months of 2025, bringing the total number of child deaths since 2024 to 168. Only three of the five provincial food banks are operational. Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says late reporting of malnutrition and illnesses related to that worsen outcomes. Food […]
# Stony Point Nature Reserve at Bettys Bay in the Western Cape’s Penguin Palooza celebrates African penguin conservation, drawing families to markets, exhibits, and penguin releases. With African penguins now critically endangered, CapeNature and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds lead efforts to protect the species while boosting local tourism. CapeNature’s […]
# The Road Traffic Management Corporation has deployed a team of crash investigators to Limpopo following a major bus accident on the N1 near Ingwe Lodge that claimed 42 lives. RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane says the bus overturned while carrying passengers, leaving 17 adult males,18 adult females and seven children dead. Zwane says traffic flow […]
# The DA in Gauteng is calling on premier Panyaza Lesufi to clarify the legitimacy of the Crime Prevention Wardens, which have become affectionately known as “Amapanyaza.” This comes after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhanazi told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that the unit is illegal and should not exist. DA provincial leader Solly Msimanga says […]
