# Swimming: Graeme King has made history by becoming the first swimmer to complete the Cape Triple Crown in the wetsuit category. The Cape Triple Crown was established to recognise swimmers who complete three of Cape Town’s most iconic and demanding open water swims. These are the False Bay Crossing, the Double Robben Island Crossing […]
# The DA in the Free State says the Fezile Dabi District Municipality must be applauded for conducting a district-wide landfill site audit in an effort to assist struggling local municipalities. The audit has highlighted serious shortcomings across local municipalities, which include no access control or fencing, inadequate operational plans, burning of waste, and ineffective management. The […]
# The DA in Gauteng has expressed concern at the increasing cases of kidnapping in the province. According to the South African Police Crime Statistics, kidnapping cases have increased by 15.8-percent in Gauteng from two-thousand-and-85 in the fourth quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year to two-thousand-414 in the same quarter for the 2024/2025 financial year. […]
# Lamb Champs 2025 made history at Hoër Landbouskool Boland in Paarl, featuring a record-breaking lamb carcass sale. Lamb Champs is an annual competition which showcases the best lamb producers from across South Africa. Louis Botha from Cradock in the Eastern Cape won, walking away with a cash prize of 40-thousand-rand. Botha will now compete […]
# The DA in North West has welcomed the transformation and development of the Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg, saying the upgrades will bring real benefits to residents. The party’s Joe McGluwa says local soccer teams will now have access to the stadium, boosting soccer development and nurturing young talent. He says the project also creates […]
# The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Gauteng says it has managed to put a stop to Laerskool A.G. Visser’s planned camel races at this weekend’s Kameelfees. NSPCA’s Jacques Peacock says after alerting the Department of Agriculture, the department confirmed that the school’s Performing Animals Protection Act licence covers only riding, exhibition […]
# Over 12 months between July 2024 and June 2025, the City of Cape Town’s Traffic Service responded to five-thousand-392 incidents on the highways. Half of the incidents were stationary vehicles, just over 30-percent were crashes involving vehicles, pedestrians and animals, and the rest were a combination of incidents, including protest action, crime, fires, and […]
# Stellenbosch University’s doctoral student in Agricultural Economics and Artificial Intelligence, Luther Chipembere, was recently crowned the FameLab South Africa 2025 champion. Considered to be one of the biggest science communication and public speaking competitions in the world, FameLab creates a platform for young emerging scientists to speak to public audiences about their work. Chipembere’s doctoral […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has condemned the Ekurhuleni Municipality’s implementation of a fixed electricity charge, which will be phased in over the next five years. Residents, especially in Tembisa, have expressed their dissatisfaction with the fixed electricity charge of 126-rand. FF Plus’ Denise Janse van Rensburg says this basic electricity charge is unfair and […]
