# The DA says rural communities need faster police responses and better resources to tackle crime in farming areas. This follows the murder of Hannetjie van Zyl near Ottosdal in the North West. The party argues police took about an hour to reach the scene after Van Zyl was attacked at the entrance to her […]
# The Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng has heard that a police officer who filed an affidavit supporting former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s bail application allegedly leaked information about the case to him. The court also heard a recording in which Sibiya allegedly asked if the officer could be trusted to ‘take a […]
# The Gauteng legislature has received international recognition for its environmental efforts after winning the inaugural Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Green Mace Award. The award recognises measures including energy-efficient LED lighting, plans to install solar panels, an electric vehicle charging station and tree-planting initiatives. The legislature’s speaker, Morakane Mosupyoe, says the recognition strengthens the legislature’s commitment […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the launch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s FuturePharma facility in Tshwane marks an important step towards strengthening South Africa’s health sovereignty. Speaking at the launch, Ramaphosa said the facility will help move pharmaceutical innovations from laboratories towards clinical development, commercial production and manufacturing. He added stronger partnerships […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for South Africa to strengthen its local scientific, technological and pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. Speaking at the launch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s FuturePharma facility in Tshwane, Ramaphosa said greater local production is essential to protect the country’s health security and build […]
# Agri SA’s CEO, Johan Kotzé, says South African farmers are facing growing financial pressure due to foot-and-mouth disease, high input costs, tight profit margins and the risk of El Niño conditions. Speaking to FarmersWeekly, he called for stronger development finance for farmers who cannot access conventional funding. Kotzé also wants a coordinated response from […]
# 2026’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai for their work on non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work helps explain how chemical reactions can produce one mirror-image form of a molecule rather than an equal mix of both. The Nobel Committee’s […]
# The City of Tshwane says it’s prioritising fault tracing to restore electricity to customers in Murrayfield and Koedoespoort after outages lasting almost ten days in some areas. In Murrayfield, teams restored five medium-voltage units overnight, leaving about 20 without power, while further cable faults are being traced. The city’s Lindela Mashigo says in Koedoespoort, […]
# The DA says fuel prices can be reduced by replacing the Road Accident Fund and scrapping the levy that funds it. The party’s Chris Hunsinger says the RAF has about 450-billion-rand in outstanding claims, while its annual income is only 47-billion-rand. Hunsinger added motorists are paying more for fuel to fund a system that […]
