# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, together with Trade, Industry and Competition minister, Parks Tau, are leading South Africa’s delegation at the 2025 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris today and tomorrow. The meeting’s focus is on resilient, inclusive, and sustainable prosperity through rules-based trade, investment and innovation. Lamola’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, […]
# Johannesburg Water has warned residents of a possible water outage today, as Rand Water will be conducting the first phase of major maintenance on its infrastructure. The phased approach will start with maintenance of the Palmiet system. Johannesburg Water’s spokesperson, Nombuso Shabalala, says for ten hours today, pumping will be reduced to 67-percent, which will […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says genocide is a storm that is brewing in South Africa. The international organisation Genocide Watch has identified ten stages of genocide. According to the organisation, white farmers in the country are at stage six – polarisation. The FF Plus’, Wynand Boshoff, says characteristics of this stage include polarising statements and […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service is switching focus from summer to winter. A review of winter statistics for the past three seasons show a decline in the number of structural fires from two-thousand-129 in 2022 to one-thousand-748 in 2024. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says there was an […]
# University of the Western Cape professor Dirk Smith says the management of mouth and teeth problems in people with substance use disorder is often not prioritised. Smit’s dissertation, titled Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Dental Status and Treatment Needs of People with Substance Use Disorder, investigated the profound impact on the oral health of the 504 participants […]
# South African National Parks has expressed its deepest condolences on the passing of the Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation CEO, Sharon Haussmann. SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw says Haussmann’s passing comes at a critical time in the history of conservation in South Africa, as SANParks embarks on a bold new strategic direction Vision 2040, which places collaboration, sustainability, and inclusive conservation […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has received the final report from the Council for the Built Environment on the tragic building collapse in George which claimed the lives of 34 individuals and injured 28 others. This report marks a critical step in the Department’s commitment to uncover the truth behind this preventable disaster. The […]
# N3 Toll Concession says north and southbound traffic is now being diverted via the off-ramps at the Roadside and Reitz Interchange in the Free State. Spokesperson Thania Dhoogra says this after trucks obstructed the N3 Toll Route and blocked the traffic on the highway in both directions. She says while traffic is slowly starting […]
# A groundbreaking study, led by researchers from the University of Cape Town and the University of Copenhagen, has delivered some of the oldest human genetic data ever recovered from Africa. The researchers used ancient proteins to uncover biological sex and hidden genetic variation in Paranthropus robustus – a close, extinct cousin of modern humans. Two-million-year-old protein […]
