# South African National Parks has concluded a series of focus group workshops shaping Table Mountain National Park under the new ten-year Park Management Plan and Marine Protected Area Management Plan from 2027 to 2036. Led by Chand Environmental Consultants, the sessions tackled marine protection, cultural heritage, socio-economic transformation, and biodiversity. In a statement SANParks […]
# Acting deputy chief justice, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, will outline details of the commission of inquiry into KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s claims of political interference in crime fighting this afternoon. Appointed by president Cyril Ramaphosa, Madlanga will chair the probe into alleged criminal syndicate infiltration in law enforcement. Police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy police […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has commended the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union for securing a 5.5-percent wage increase, including a no-retrenchment clause with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. Cosatu spokesperson Zanele Sabela has critisised Prasa’s planned fare hikes of up to 58-percent. She also flagged concern over […]
# Several people have been injured after a bus veered off course and collided with six vehicles near Booysens Road in Johannesburg. Metro Police Department’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says a passenger grabbed the steering wheel during an altercation with the driver, causing the bus to lose control and cross into oncoming traffic. He has urged […]
# Stellenbosch University researchers, led by Shahida Moosa, are using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to diagnose ultra-rare genetic disorders. Combining facial analysis with exome sequencing, their approach achieved a 51-percent diagnostic yield in their first 100-patients. The initiative aims to expand across Africa, addressing underrepresentation in global datasets. The team is building local capacity […]
# University of Cape Town researchers are part of a groundbreaking global clinical trial using CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing technology to treat hereditary angio-edema. HAE is a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder that causes recurrent episodes of swelling in the limbs, face, intestinal tract, and airway. According to the Allergy Foundation of South Africa, early results […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has suspended all Expanded Public Works Programme fund transfers to Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State, following reports of inflated salaries paid to politically connected individuals. A City Press exposé revealed former councillors and office bearers were earning over 31-thousand-rand monthly, far above the programme’s intended stipend. […]
# The DA in Johannesburg is demanding a full investigation into all contracts and procurement processes during Kenny Kunene’s time as Transport mayoral committee member. Kunene resigned as MMC and placed on suspension by the Patriotic Alliance after visiting businessman Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe, linked to DJ Sambodi’s murder. DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku told Newzroom Afrika there were […]
# The South African National Parks has launched phase two of its Newlands Forest rehabilitation project in Cape Town, planting 100 Cape Beech seedlings to combat bark stripping and restore the ecosystem. The Cape Research Centre and Biodiversity team led the effort, following an earlier planting of 50 seedlings in June, which are thriving. In […]
