# Seven people have died in a multi-vehicle crash on the N4 in Mpumalanga. The collision, involving two minibus taxis and a truck, happened at about 4 a.m. Three people in one taxi were burned beyond recognition, while four others died in the second taxi. Preliminary reports indicate one taxi lost a trailer before the […]
# Thungela Resources says artificial intelligence is improving efficiency in coal mining without replacing workers. Speaking at the Coal and Energy Transition Day, CEO Moses Madondo dismissed concerns that AI would lead to widespread job losses, saying technological advances have historically created more employment by growing industries. Madondo added that AI is helping extend the […]
# A new study has found that about 77-thousand fewer children worldwide received US-supported HIV treatment in the year to October 2025 following changes to American foreign aid. The study that comes ahead of the Sunday’s AIDS 2026 conference in Brazil, found a 14-percent year-on-year decline in paediatrics HIV treatment. Researchers say the sharpest drops […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has called on the US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda. Speaking at a conference in Accra, director-General Jean Kaseya said he had written to US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arguing there was no reason to maintain the measures. Uganda has reported no […]
# The head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, has told the Madlanga Commission the directorate obtained a Section 27 affidavit from Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams through solicitation. Johnson said this was after receiving a referral letter from suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu’s office. Responding to the chairperson of the commission, Mbuyiseli […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that defense lawyer Advocate Nardus Grove, representing accused number two, Tiego Floyd Mabusela at the Vusimusi Matlala trial, may not use still photographs taken to cross-examine State witness Bethwell Cele. The former security guard is testifying in the attempted murder trial linked to the 2022 shooting of taxi […]
# Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering in the High Court in Pretoria at the start of her trial. The charges relate to alleged solicitation of 4.5-million-rand bribes from a contractor linked to Defence Force contracts during her tenure as Defence […]
# The head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, has told the Madlanga Commission that senior investigator Brian Padayachee only received the Section 27 referral in the investigation involving Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo after he had already joined the case. Johnson conceded to questions from Commission Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, that Padayachee […]
# Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Bantu Holomisa says public-private partnerships could help strengthen South Africa’s defence capabilities despite limited government funding. Speaking to the SABC amid the Defence Industry Lekgotla in Pretoria, Holomisa said partnerships could support military housing, infrastructure, border security and equipment modernisation without compromising national security. Holomisa called for innovative […]
