# South African-born jurist Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace, human rights and international law. Born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal during apartheid, Pillay has served as a South African and international judge and as the United Nations human rights chief. The Nobel committee’s Jorgen Watne Frydnes […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Gesondheid, in samewerking met ORBIS International stel vandag ‘n program bekend vir die sifting en behandeling van diabetiese retinopatie by die Tshwane-distrikshospitaal. Dit vorm deel van Oogsorgbewusmakingsmaand en het ten doel om toegang tot oogsorg te verbeter en voorkombare blindheid wat met diabetes verbind is, te voorkom. Die program fokus […]
# Die Gautengse primier, Panyaza Lesufi, sê wetstoepassingsagentskappe hou die situasie in Soweto onder beheer te midde van versetoptrede teen immigrasie. Lesufi sê bykomende hulpbronne, insluitend die weermag, is ontplooi om te help om die orde te handhaaf. Hy sê die regering hou gesprekke met organiseerders wat vreedsaam hul kommer geopper het, met die doel […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus verwelkom die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria se tersydestelling van die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, se besluit om die ekonomiese bemagtigingskode vir die regsektor in werking te stel. Die party se woordvoerder Jaco Mulder, sê die uitspraak bevestig die beginsel dat ministers wettige vereistes onafhanklik moet oorweeg en beduidende […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health is launching a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and Management Programme today at Tshwane District Hospital in partnership with ORBIS International. The initiative forms part of Eye Care Awareness Month and aims to improve access to eye care and prevent avoidable blindness linked to diabetes. It focuses on early detection, referral […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says law enforcement agencies are managing the situation in Soweto amid anti-immigration protests. Lesufi says additional resources, including the defence force, have been mobilised to help maintain order. Lesufi says the government is engaging with organisers who have raised concerns peacefully, to find solutions through dialogue. However, he warned that […]
# Twee beskuldigdes in die moord op ‘n vrou op ‘n plaas in Noordwes bly in aanhouding tot hul volgende hofverskyning. Die 55-jarige Hannetjie van Zyl is aangeval by hul plaashek op die Doornpan-pad naby Ottosdal. Haar man, Sarel, het haar met ernstige beserings aangetref en sy is na ‘n hospitaal in Klerksdorp gehaas waar […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the High Court in Pretoria’s setting aside of Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau’s decision to promulgate the Legal Sector Black Economic Empowerment Code. Spokesperson Jaco Mulder says this reinforces the principle that ministers must independently consider legal requirements and justify significant departures from general BEE codes. […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap moedig alle kwalifiserende kuns-, kultuur- en erfenis-organisasies in die Kaapstadse metro aan om aansoek te doen vir die Stad Kaapstad se hulptoelaag-befondsing vir die volgende twee boekjare. Benedicta van Minnen van die party sê die stad het in die 2025/26-boekjaar 3,81-miljoen-rand toegeken aan 14 organisasies wat ontwikkelingsprogramme in kuns, […]
