# The Gauteng Department of Health has selected 18 young people from disadvantaged communities across the province to study medicine in Cuba through the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Medical Training Programme. The group was selected from two-thousand-480 applicants following a competitive recruitment process launched in May 2025. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the Cuban […]
# ActionSA says Parliament’s decision to rescind the recommendation of Advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader is a classic display of Stalingrad delay tactics. President Cyril Ramaphosa objected to Madonsela’s appointment, citing potential conflicts of interest, including previously providing legal advice to the ANC on matters connected to the impeachment process. ActionSA’s Lerato Ngobeni says procedural […]
# Union GIWUSA is very concerned over tomorrow’s fuel price increases. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources announced the petrol price will increase by one-rand-34-cent per litre from midnight. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says even more devastating are the differentiated wholesale diesel price increases of two-rand-94-cent and three-rand-15 -cents per litre, depending on the […]
# The Road Traffic Management Corporation says spring in South Africa is more than a transition from winter to warmer weather. Spokesperson Simon Zwane is urging motorists, pedestrians and transport operators to prepare for a season that can bring rapidly changing weather, reduced visibility and challenging driving conditions:
# Minister of Social Development, Dina Pule, has commended the role of Ilitha Labantu in intensifying the fight against gender-based violence and femicide. The Cape Town-based non-profit organisation focuses on addressing violence against women and children and supporting victims. The department’s spokesperson, Sandy Godlwana, says that by classifying GBVF as a national disaster, the full […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative has immense potential, but the current administration needs to provide more guidance. The upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals and businesses to maintain council property such as streetlights, road signs and parks, and to install security measures […]
# The DA in Tshwane says the removal of mayoral committee member for Utility Services, Frans Boshielo, just two months before an election is clearly the product of internal party politicking, not accountability for his failures. He has been replaced by Molatelo Samuel. The DA’s Themba Fosi claims Boshielo was removed from his position for […]
# The Eastern Cape police arrested a 52-year-old suspect and recovered eleven firearms, hours after they were stolen from a private security company in Newton Park, Gqeberha, yesterday. Nine shotguns, two rifles, three battle jackets and a bakkie belonging to the security company were recovered. Police spokesperson Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the suspect will appear […]
# The City of Cape Town has concluded its first power purchase agreements worth an estimated eight-billion-rand, with two independent solar power producers, Jempec Energy and Make a Difference. These are worth 70 megawatts of power at a lower price than Eskom tariffs. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the 20-year agreements are with solar plants that […]
