# Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has presided over the reburial ceremony of ANC activists Benjamin Malesella Moloise and Abraham Zakhele Mngomezulu in Soweto. Their remains, exhumed from pauper graves in Mamelodi, were recovered by the NPA’s Missing Persons Task Team and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Unit. Kubayi stated that the ceremony marks a significant […]
# The United Democratic Movement Women’s Organisation has welcomed the High Court in the Western Cape High sitting in Saldanha Bay’s conviction of Kelly Smith and her co-accused for the kidnapping and trafficking of six-year-old Joslin Smith. Sentencing is scheduled for next Friday. UDEMWO secretary general Thandi Nontenja stated that the judgment is a significant […]
# Die Minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, Blade Nzimande het ’n werksgroep oor befondsing vir wetenskap, tegnologie en innovering van stapel gestuur ná die Amerikaanse regering se skielike onttrekking van navorsingsondersteuning wat belangrike MIV/Vigs en TB-programme bedreig. Nzimande sê die werksgroep sal die impak op Suid-Afrika se navorsing evalueer en raad gee oor volhoubare […]
# The three SAPS officers found dead in the Hennops River in Centurion will be laid to rest separately. The officers were en route from the Free State to Limpopo for a three-month Operation Vala Umgodi deployment, when their car plunged into the river ten days ago. Their vehicle was recovered and the Police are […]
# This year’s World Press Freedom Day focuses on artificial intelligence and its profound effect on media freedom. Under the theme ‘Reporting in the Brave New World,’ the event explores AI’s potential to enhance access to information. It also highlights raising serious risks like disinformation, censorship, and gender-based violence. Stakeholders are urged to ensure ethical […]
# Eskom says the power system remains stable with ongoing planned maintenance and improved unplanned outage levels. From 1 April to 1 May, unplanned outages dropped to 12-thousand-644 MegaWatts, while two-thousand-850 MegaWatts is set to return before Monday’s evening peak. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokoena says the utility reports a 1.6-percent year-on-year improvement in outage performance. […]
# The City of Tshwane has advised Soshanguve residents in Wards 32, 37, and 39 of load rotation in Zone 14A, 14B, and Extensions 19A and 19B. The city spokesperson Selby Bokaba says this will continue until Friday next week. He warned about pressure on transformers, and recent theft of main feeder cables in the […]
# The Middelpos home where Joslin Smith lived was burnt down hours after her mother, Kelly Smith, was convicted of kidnapping and human trafficking. Smith and two co-accused were found guilty in the High Court in the Western Cape sitting in Saldanha Bay. Police have opened an arson case, and a woman has been taken […]
# The Correctional Services Department will revise its education policies after the Constitutional Court ruled that banning personal computers in prison cells is unconstitutional. The court found the restriction infringes on inmates’ right to further education. The department has 12 months to implement a new policy allowing offline-only personal computers for inmates enrolled in approved […]
