# Gauteng preschool teacher Amber Lee Hughes has now confessed to drowning the daughter of her ex-boyfriend. Her new legal team made supplementary submissions on her behalf in the High Court in Johannesburg. Hughes confessed to drowning four-year-old Nada-Jane Challita at her Glenvista home in Johannesburg in 2023 after a dispute with the girl’s father […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says over 213-thousand Grade 1 and 8 applications were successfully processed by lunchtime today as the 2026 Online Admissions officially opened. The Department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says within the first hour, over 78-thousand applications were recorded. Mabona has urged parents not to panic, as the system will remain open […]
# Motorists are warned of serious traffic disruptions in Tshepisong due to ongoing protests. Johannesburg Metro Police spokesperson Xolani Fihla says Impala Road between David Webster and Dulcie September is closed, with protesters blocking the route using burning tyres and rocks in response to electricity outages:
# EFF leader Julius Malema says no other party in South Africa is as organisationally grounded and politically coherent as the EFF. Briefing the media ahead of the party’s 12th anniversary in Khayelitsha, Malema said the EFF is a protest movement and a government force with clear programmes. These include land expropriation, nationalised healthcare, and […]
# The Department of Agriculture has issued new regulations governing meat analogue products, also known as mock or imitation meat. Products labelled as meat substitutes must now contain at least nine-percent protein. Terms like ‘chicken-style’ or ‘beef-style’ are banned under the Agricultural Product Standards Act. Acceptable names include patties, sausages, and nuggets. Inspectors and the […]
# Athletics: Team South Africa secured another medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany, with 400-metre sprinter Lythe Pillay clinching gold in a Season’s Best time of 44.84 seconds, also a World Qualifier. Hungary’s Patrick Enyingi took silver, and Italy’s Edoardo Scotti claimed bronze. South Africa now ranks eighth globally and leads […]
# Transnet Port Terminals reports a 16-percent increase in citrus containers moved by rail. Durban has received 980 refrigeration units since April, surpassing 2024’s full-season total. Citrus exports are up 18-percent year-on-year, with the European Union and Middle East leading demand. Transnet Port Terminals management says it expects to meet the national forecast of 106-thousand-500 […]
# The State has concluded its case in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria – nearly eleven-years after the Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper was shot at his girlfriend singer Kelly Khumalo’s home in Vosloorus, Gauteng. After three years of presenting evidence against the five accused, the […]
# EFF member of Parliament, Sihle Lonzi, has warned newly appointed Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, to choose between serving corrupt ANC and Communist Party comrades or standing with South Africans. Speaking during the budget debate, Lonzi urged Manamela to fight student debt, clean up NSFAS and SETA corruption, and uplift the TVET […]
