# Following an unusually wet summer, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture urges horse owners to vaccinate against African Horse Sickness, a fatal equine disease. South Africa is divided into control zones, with mandatory vaccination required in infected zones and protection zones between June and October. In free and surveillance zones, vaccination requires state approval. […]
# A man abandoned his bail bid in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court after being charged with the murder of Loveness Magabe. The pair met on a social media hook-up site and arranged to meet. NPA Lumka Mahanjana says her body was later found in a shallow grave at the Eersterust home of the accused Helder […]
# Ten Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department and South African Police Service officers arrested on corruption and theft allegations have been granted one-thousand-500-rand bail. They appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, says the group allegedly took 35-thousand-rand from a store in the East Rand during a […]
# The Patriotic Alliance has filed criminal charges against Open Chat Podcast hosts, Mthokozisi Methula and Sinothando Kama. They made disparaging comments about the coloured community in an episode posted on their social media, which went viral. The hosts have since apologised for the remarks and removed the discussion from the episode. PA leader Gayton […]
# The DA will mark Women’s Day with a march in Gugulethu, Cape Town, on Saturday. The party says the march will highlight the police’s DNA backlog that is denying justice for gender-based violence across the country. The SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory is facing a critical DNA backlog exceeding 140-thousand cases. Challenges include expired service contracts for forensic equipment, tenders having lapsed and crucial forensic instruments […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the official opening of two state-of-the-art schools, Isikhalisezwe Secondary School and YWCA Special School in KwaZulu-Natal. The schools are part of the province’s ongoing commitment to providing quality education and modern infrastructure. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naicker, says education drives economic growth, promotes social progress, and reduces poverty and […]
# Today, over two-thousand-400 families from New Horizon in Pelican Park, will be protesting against the City of Cape Town’s plan to demolish extensions to their RDP houses, to make way for new pavements. Last month, the metro issued a 60-day notice requiring homeowners to obtain formal building plan approval or face possible legal action. […]
# The City of Tshwane says it will review the cases of 44 dismissed workers once investigations into allegations against them have been concluded. The workers affiliated with the South African Municipal Workers’ Union were fired in 2021 after participating in an illegal march over salary increases. SAMWU is demanding that mayor, Nasiphi Moya rectify […]
# ActionSA has criticised the Health Department for failing to track the number of undocumented migrants who make use of the country’s healthcare facilities. In a response to a parliamentary question, the department said everyone has the right to access healthcare services, and no one may be refused emergency medical treatment. ActionSA’s Kgosi Letlape says the absence […]
