# Athletics: The University of the Free State says it is proud to celebrate the inclusion of several Kovsie athletes and alumni in South Africa’s final team for the World Athletics Championships in Japan. Among those selected is Mthi Mthimkulu, a current UFS student. Representing the Kovsie Athletics Club alongside him are Miné de Klerk […]
# Nelson Mandela University’s Ruby Davies is one of seven master’s degree students countrywide, who received the South African Women in Science Awards DSTI–Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri Fellowship. The Fellowship celebrates exceptional women scientists advancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics in South Africa and beyond. Davies’ research, which was recognised, investigates how nectar robbing affects pollinator […]
# A research team from the University of Johannesburg has launched the Buysdorp Water Security Project in Buysdorp Village, Limpopo. The project aims to reshape how communities think about, test, and preserve their most precious resource, water. Buysdorp is a small heritage settlement that faces chronic water scarcity. Researcher Lee-Ann Sade Modley says, alongside water testing, hydrogeologists are […]
# The City of Tshwane says it will reopen public swimming pools today for the Spring season. The pools were initially closed in 2024 due to water shortages. The metro had planned to reopen them on Monday, but a delay in chlorine delivery scuppered the timeline. Mayoral committee member for Environment and Agriculture, Obakeng Ramabodu, […]
# A suspected kidnapping kingpin was killed in a shootout with police and private security at the R21 in Kempton Park, Gauteng, last night. This follows the rescue of kidnapped Benoni businessman, Mohammed Bashir Ahmed Seedat. The 42-year-old was taken by gunmen from his business, Rynfield Drapers and Outfitters, on the 23rd of July, following […]
# Government has confirmed that criminal proceedings are set to commence next week against five suspects in connection with the 2022 Jagersfontein tailings dam disaster in the Free State. Three people died when the dam wall broke. Department of Water and Sanitation’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says the five suspects, who are employed by an engineering company, […]
# The GOOD Party says it has long expressed concern about the Stellenbosch Municipality’s troubled track record when it comes to employment equity and appointments. Municipal human resources manager, Alexander Kannemeyer, is under fire following a leaked video from 2023 in which he suggests that white employees should be made uncomfortable until they resign. GOOD’s Robin […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has been alerted to a scam targeting its customers, in which fraudsters are circulating messages using a fraudulent domain resembling the metro’s official platforms. The scam falsely poses as an official communication from the metro and seeks to defraud unsuspecting customers regarding utility bills. City of Tshwane’s spokesperson, […]
# In an effort to address the non-ferrous metal and essential infrastructure-related crimes, Gauteng police recovered copper cable worth approximately three-million-rand at an unregistered scrapyard in De Deur. Five foreign nationals were arrested. Police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, says they also seized homemade stoves, reportedly used to burn the copper:
