# The DA in the Western Cape has strongly condemned the wave of gun violence that claimed the lives of 13 people across the province over the weekend. Police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Makhaza and Endlovini, Harare, in which six men were killed within hours of each other. Seven were killed in […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to appeal the warrant of arrest issued against state prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba in Mpumalanga. Kwaggafontein Chief Magistrate Tuletu Tonjeni issued the warrant after Ntaba failed to appear before the court in the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case. PSA’s Claude Naicker says Ntaba reportedly […]
# Vrystaat Landbou sê die jongste bevel van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria is ʼn bepalende keerpunt in die voortgesette stryd om Suid-Afrika se vee-bedryf teen bek-en-klouseer te beskerm. Die hof het bevind boere mag sonder die staat se toestemming entstof aankoop en toedien. Vrystaat Landbou se president, Francois Wilken, sê die uitspraak is ʼn reusestap […]
# Free State Agriculture says the latest order of the High Court in Pretoria marks a decisive turning point in the ongoing fight to protect South Africa’s livestock industry against foot-and-mouth disease. The court confirmed that farmers may procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines without state permission. Free State Agriculture president, Francois Wilken, says the order […]
# Corruption Watch has urged government to urgently strengthen accountability and public participation in the fight against corruption. In its 2025 annual report, the organisation received more than two-thousand-200 complaints last year, with fraud, bribery and maladministration among the top cases reported. Policing remained the most complained-about sector, while Gauteng recorded the highest number of […]
# AfriForum has warned the Gauteng Department of Transport to halt its planned rollout of new number plates or face legal action. The civil rights organisation argues the project should be suspended until the Competition Tribunal completes its case against three manufacturers accused of fixing plate prices. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff says the government has not […]
# University of Cape Town’s professor Liesl Zühlke has won the 2026 L’Oréal- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for Women in Science International Award for Africa and the Arab States. The award recognises Zühlke’s work in cardiac and cardiovascular science, especially improving treatment for children and women in low- and middle-income countries. Zühlke […]
# ActionSA says communities in the Eastern Cape need working taps and reliable water infrastructure, not more empty promises from the government. The party welcomes a court ruling ordering urgent intervention in the water crisis affecting Nombanjana and Nxaxo villages in Centane, where residents have spent years collecting water from rivers shared with livestock. ActionSA’s […]
# Corruption Watch het die regering versoek om dringend aanspreeklikheid en openbare deelname te versterk in die stryd teen korrupsie. Die organisasie sê in sy 2025-jaarverslag hy het verlede jaar meer as twee-duisend-200 klagtes ontvang, met bedrog, omkopery en wanadministrasie van die belangrikstes. Daar word steeds die meeste oor wetstoepassing gekla, terwyl Gauteng die hoogste […]
