# The Western Cape Agriculture Department says new outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu have been detected in the province. Recent outbreaks have been confirmed in chickens in North West and Mpumalanga provinces, with one poultry outbreak in the Western Cape detected in farmed ducks near Paarl last month. The department’s spokesperson, Mary James says […]
# Union federation Saftu is calling for a national employment strategy that ties monetary policy to a broader industrialisation plan, ensuring job creation through state-led investment and local industry support. This follows the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent. Saftu’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani, says […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on government to protect vulnerable children from possible exclusion from schools in the 2026 academic year. This comes after Operation Dudula announced it’s plan to block undocumented foreign children from entering public schools next year. Makaneta says this action is not only deeply unethical but also unlawful and […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has welcomed the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The repo rate, at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks, now stands at seven-percent, and the prime lending rate has been lowered […]
# The South African National Parks is joining the world in celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day today, under the theme, Ocean Protection Needs Human Connection. This day recognises the critical role marine protected areas play in conserving marine biodiversity, protecting fisheries, mitigating climate change, and supporting coastal communities. South Africa’s oldest marine protected area is […]
# The GOOD Party says it has applied to join the South African Property Owners Association’s court action, over the City of Cape Town’s decision to link specific fixed charges to property values. The court challenge is on the cleaning tariff, the fixed water charge, and the fixed sanitation charge, as part of the metro’s […]
# The University of Johannesburg says Theatre 101, a unique, interdisciplinary learning experience aimed at reimagining the future of theatre, was a huge success. Over 300 second-year students took part in this project. Over two weeks, students from theatre design, marketing, fashion, and fine art presented work inspired by the classic The Bacchae of Euripides: An African […]
# The National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, has condemned the senseless killing of an Eastern Cape prosecutor. Tracy Brown, attached to the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha, was gunned down outside her home yesterday. The NPA’s spokesperson, Mthunzi Mhaga, says Brown’s murder is an attack on the rule of law and the […]
# The University of the Witwatersrand says the Rhisotope Project has officially reached operational status, where rhinos will effectively be protected through nuclear technology. The project aims to disrupt the illegal rhino horn trade by embedding low-level radioactive isotopes into the horn. Rhisotope Project CEO, Jessica Babich, says these radioisotopes can be detected by radiation […]
