# A team of SAPS officials is returning 121 case dockets to the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team after they were allegedly seized on the orders of deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. The dockets have been untouched at the Police head office in Pretoria since March. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, blew the whistle […]
# The DA has confirmed the murder of one of its activists, Michael Muthiya, hours after participating in an anti-crime picket outside Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office. The DA’s Wendy Alexander says Muthiya was attacked and killed by criminals upon returning home at night. The party says his death highlights Gauteng’s spiraling crime crisis, and […]
# Namibia’s Statistics Agency says the country recorded a trade surplus of 856-million-rand in June. Exports were predominantly mineral-based, including uranium, non-monetary gold, diamonds, and copper, with fish being the only non-mineral product in the top five. China emerged as the leading export destination, while South Africa remained the primary source of imports. According to […]
# Western Cape Department of Health urologist, Danelo du Plessis, successfully performed South Africa’s first robotic donor nephrectomy at Tygerberg Hospital. Du Plessis used the Da Vinci Xi Robotic system to remove a healthy kidney from a 45-year-old mother for her 24-year-old daughter. This is a major advancement in patient care and surgical innovation. He […]
# National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union president, Mike Shingange, says they will not be forced into signing a collective agreement permitting retrenchments in the public service. Shingange stressed the union’s mandate to unite, protect, and fight for workers. Shingange warned against disguising forced retrenchments as voluntary severance packages, adding that employees must not […]
# A male driver was arrested on the N1 near Sondela in Waterberg for clocking 183 kilometres per hour in a 120-kilometre zone yesterday. Limpopo Transport spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says he was granted 500-rand bail and will appear in the Bela Bela Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday next week. She calls on motorists to remain vigilant […]
# Makhanda Gwijo Combined, winners of the inaugural National Arts Festival Makhanda Igwijio competition, have earned a career-changing opportunity to record with the iconic a cappella trio, The Soil. Their electrifying festival performance impressed the judges, leading to an invitation to Johannesburg to feature on The Soil’s upcoming album. Supported by the Eastern Cape Department […]
# Coaltech South Africa CEO Avhurengwi Nengovhela says Africa should harness its coal resources instead of relying on Western loans to tackle the energy crisis. Making his case for coal in the Just Energy Transition debate at the Continental Energy and Infrastructure Forum at Sun City, North West, Nengovhela argued that Africa has abundant coal […]
# The relocation of elephants from Pretoria and Johannesburg zoos has sparked widespread debate and petitions about wildlife access and conservation in South Africa. This follows the move of Pretoria Zoo’s last elephant bull, Charley, to Shambala Private Game Reserve in Limpopo. The decision was approved by the South African National Biodiversity Institute as a […]
