# Linden in Johannesburg has made TimeOut’s 39 coolest neighbourhoods in the world 2025 list. TimeOut says the world’s coolest neighbourhoods are places that represent the soul of cities, while maintaining their own unique local character that draws people in to live, work, and play. Linden, ranked 17, has been recognised for its old-school authenticity, […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke het die voorkoms van geïsoleerde gevalle van miltsiekte in die Krugerwildtuin bevestig. Miltsiekte word veroorsaak deur spoorvormende Bacillus anthracis wat in die grond voorkom en kan lewende hawe en wilde diere besmet. Die woordvoerder van SANParke, JP Louw, sê die gevalle strook met die besmetting se natuurlike verloop in die park. […]
# Three City of Cape Town primary healthcare pharmacies, Ocean View CDC, Pelican Park CDC, and Albow Gardens CDC, have achieved Grade-A classification from the South African Pharmacy Council. A Grade-A rating is the highest recognition a pharmacy can achieve. Mayoral committee member for Health, Francine Higham, says this milestone reflects the metro’s strong commitment […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the unanimous adoption of the Standing Committee on Social Development’s report on the Child Protection Multi-Stakeholder Engagement. The report was adopted by the provincial Parliament. Statistics show that only four-percent of more than five-thousand reported child abuse cases between 2019 and 2024 resulted in convictions. The […]
# South Africa’s top grain producers were honoured for their outstanding yields, innovation, and contribution to national food security, at the Grow for Gold Awards held in Gauteng. Grain SA’s Corné Louw says this year’s awards proved historic, with a surge of new national records across maize, wheat, and soybean categories. He says for wheat, […]
# The City of Tshwane is warning about revenue collection scams, where fraudsters pose as municipal officials to extort money from residents, often by threatening disconnection of services. Scammers are using WhatsApp and fake job cards, offering illegal meter tampering, unblocking, and discounting electricity units. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says anyone trying to extort money […]
# The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment, based at the University of the Witwatersrand Business School, has launched the Pan-African Youth Competition. The competition challenges youth-led teams and organisations, ages 18-to-35, to transform the findings of the study titled, Dignified and Fulfilling Work for Africa’s Youth, into creative, accessible, and shareable outputs. Wits says the competition […]
# Altesaam 386 verdagtes is gister in Hercules en Pretoria-Wes vasgetrek as deel van Operasie Shanela. Hulle misdade sluit moord, poging tot moord, verkragting en gewapende roof in. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê tydens die operasie is 61 ongedokumenteerde buitelanders aangekeer en aan immigrasiebeamptes oorhandig om gedeporteer te word:
# Die Tshwane-stadsraad het ʼn nuwe raamwerk vir die opleiding en ontwikkeling van ambagslui goedgekeur. Die raamwerk is ʼn strategiese belegging in die ontwikkeling van interne loodgieter-, elektriese en meganiese vaardighede om dienslewering te verbeter en die stad se infrastruktuur in stand te hou. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Korporatiewe en Gedeelde Dienste, Kholofelo Morodi, sê hierdie mylpaal […]
