# ActionSA has welcomed the South African Human Rights Commission’s invitation to conduct joint monitoring of Gauteng hospitals. The party raised concerns about disputed data sources, including a 2013 survey and a 2025 qualitative study, arguing they do not reliably reflect hospital capacity or overcrowding. Party spokesperson Mongezi Ntsebenzo says they requested a preliminary meeting […]
# One person has died, and another was injured in a serious collision involving a diesel tanker and a light motor vehicle on the R59 between Sasolburg and Parys in the Free State this morning. The tanker burst into flames after the crash, causing a major emergency response. Emergency services quickly arrived, extinguished the fire […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse ambassadeur in Italië, Nosipho Jezile, sê die twee lande deel ‘n verbintenis om landbou as ‘n dryfveer vir voedselsekerheid, werkskepping en landelike ontwikkeling te gebruik. Jezile het tydens die Suid-Afrika-Italië Landbousakeforum in Kaapstad besprekings verwelkom wat gerig is op landboutegnologie, waterbestuur en waardetoegevoegde verwerking. Sy sê sterker vennootskappe is noodsaaklik om klimaatsverandering, […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg se Noodbestuursdienste sê minstens vier mense is in die vroeë oggendure dood in ‘n brand in ‘n sinkhuis in die Kathrada-park-informele nedersetting in Claremont. Die slagoffers is tussen 20- en 50-jaar-oud. Verskeie inwoners is vir rookinaseming behandel. ‘n Woordvoerder van die nooddienste, Robert Mulaudzi, sê die oorsaak van die brand is […]
# Gauteng het in die vierde kwartaal van 2025/26 ‘n afname van 5,2-persent in algehele gemeenskaps-aangetekende ernstige misdade getoon. Die polisie se provinsiale misdaadstatistiek dui aan sake van moord- en poging tot moord het met onderskeidelik 15- en 3,2-persent afgeneem, terwyl motorkapings met 17,1-persent gedaal het. Provinsiale kommissaris Tommy Mthombeni sê ontvoerings het effens toegeneem. […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Blended Finance Scheme, which combines grants and loans to support the commercialisation of black farmers. During a briefing, Members of Parliament questioned funding delays, weak post-investment support and the performance of struggling projects identified in the North West. Committee Chairperson Dina […]
# South African Ambassador to Italy, Nosipho Jezile, says South Africa and Italy share a commitment to using agriculture as a driver of food security, job creation and rural development. Speaking at the South Africa–Italy Agriculture Business Forum in Cape Town, Jezile welcomed discussions focused on agri-technology, water management and value-added processing. She says stronger […]
# Forum for South Africa vra ‘n onmiddellike en deursigtige ondersoek na die voormalige hoof van die Georganiseerde Misdaadeenheid, Richard Shibiri, se vrou. Hy is verlede week afgedank nadat hy skuldig bevind is aan wangedrag, insluitend sy verbintenis met ‘n bekende misdadiger. Sy vrou is glo steeds hoof van die Krugersdorpse speurtak in Gauteng, al […]
# Gauteng recorded a 5.2-percent decrease in overall community-reported serious crimes in the fourth quarter of 2025/26. Provincial crime statistics released by police show murder and attempted murder cases declined by 15-percent and 3.2-percent, respectively, while carjackings dropped by 17.1-percent. Provincial commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says kidnappings increased slightly. He credits integrated law enforcement operations, including […]
