# University of Cape Town Emerita professor Sue Harrison has been elected an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, recognising her contribution to engineering research, innovation and capacity development. Harrison, now Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Queensland in Australia, spent 30 years at UCT, where she built a […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has struck from the roll an urgent application by Mpumalanga taxi boss Oupa Sindane to stop the Madlanga Commission from hearing his evidence. Sindane challenged WhatsApp messages while his lawyer sought a postponement, citing a medical certificate and cultural seclusion. Commission chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga ordered evidence leader advocate […]
# CapeNature vra inwoners en besoekers om nooit pelsrobbe te nader, aan hulle te raak of te voer nie, en onmiddellik op te tree indien hulle gebyt of aan speeksel blootgestel word. Woordvoerder Luke Folb sê minstens 176 mense is deur robbe gebyt sedert hondsdolheid einde verlede jaar langs die kusl bespeur is. Hy sê […]
# The DA welcomes the Special Investigating Unit’s recovery of 42-million-rand linked to the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal. However, the party argues recovering public money is not enough, calling for the entire corruption network to be investigated, with those found responsible facing disciplinary or criminal action. The DA’s Madeleine Hicklin has urged the Gauteng Health […]
# Alliance of Citizens for Change veroordeel die naweek se dodelike massaskietvoorvalle in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap. Agtien mense is dood toe agt mans Saterdagaand losgebrand het op besoekers aan ‘n taverne in Wedela aan die Gautengse Wes-Rand. Tien mense is gisteroggend by ‘n taverne in Lwandle, Kaapstad, dood. Die alliansie se woordvoerder, Masizole Mnqasela, […]
# CapeNature is urging residents and visitors to never approach, touch or feed fur seals and act immediately if bitten or exposed to saliva. CapeNature’s Luke Folb says since rabies was detected along the coastline at the end of 2025, at least 176 people had been bitten by seals. He says anyone bitten must wash […]
# The GOOD Party terminated Sarah Mabotsa’s membership and removed her as a councillor in Tshwane. She served as mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning and was recently announced as Rise Mzansi’s mayoral candidate for the metro under a cooperation framework between the two parties. GOOD’s Brett Herron says the decision follows […]
# The FF Plus in Gauteng says when eight heavily armed attackers with AK-47s can storm a tavern and kill 18 people and wound 15 others, organised armed crime in parts of the province is out of control. The party’s Jaco Mulder welcomes the first arrest in Tzaneen, Limpopo, but says crime intelligence should have […]
# Die nasionale gesamentlike ondersoek na geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord het in Braamfontein, Johannesburg begin. Dit word gesamentlik gedoen deur die Kommissie vir Geslagsgelykheid, die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie en die Kommisie vir die Beskerming van Kultuur-, Taal- en Godsdiensregte. Die vyfdaagse ondersoek plaas die kollig op hoe Suid-Afrika se strafregstelsel op geslagsgeweld reageer, insluitend aanmelding, slagoffer-ondersteuning, ondersoeke […]
