# ANC national executive committee member, Malusi Gigaba says the late ambassador Nathi Mthethwa believed in the renewal and political building of the ANC. Mthethwa, who served as South Africa’s Head of Mission in Paris, France, passed away in the French capital last week, at the age of 58. His funeral service is underway in […]
# ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the apartheid regime blocked black communities from developing to their full potential. Mbalula was speaking during the reburial of the freedom fighters and artists, Todd Matshikiza, Esme Sheila Matshikiza and John Pogiso Maroo in Johannesburg yesterday. He says organisational renewal traverses every aspect of political and social life across sectors:
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party het wat hy noem militêre aggressie deur die Verenigde State teen Venezuela veroordeel. Dit volg na verskeie militêre aanvalle op beweerde dwelmbote naby Venezuela deur die Amerikaanse weermag. Pius Vilakati van die SAKP sê die aanvalle is ‘n duidelike skending van internasionale reg en ‘n oorlogsdaad wat Venezuela se vrede […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het sy vloedgereedheid en waterbestuurstelsels versterk om behoorlik voor te berei vir die komende reënseisoen. Die departement se waarnemende woordvoerder, Sanku Tsunke, sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens voorspel bogemiddelde reënval tussen Oktober vanjaar en Januarie 2026 oor die sentrale binneland en oostelike kusstreke:
# Die provinsiale polisiekommissaris in Limpopo, Thembi Hadebe, het die gedrag van vier SAPD-lede in die provinsie sterk veroordeel, nadat hulle in hegtenis geneem is vir ‘n beweerde huisroof. Polisiewoordvoerder Hlulani Mashaba sê hulle is saam met ‘n burgerlike in Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, aangekeer. Die voorval het Donderdagaand in Mashishing plaasgevind. Hy sê die slagoffers, almal […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, moedig Afrika-leiers aan om openbare hospitale in hul lande te versterk en daarin te belê. Motsoaledi het gepraat tydens die jaarlikse Kgalema Motlanthe-stigting Drakensberg Groeiforum vir 2025. Motsoaledi het verlede maand suksesvolle oogoperasies ondergaan, gelei deur ‘n span hoofsaaklik jong mediese personeel by die Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal in […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi is urging African leaders to strengthen and invest in public hospitals in their countries. Motsoaledi was speaking during the annual Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation Drakensberg Growth Forum 2025. Last month, Motsoaledi underwent successful eye surgery led by a team of mainly young medical professionals at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital`s St John Eye Clinic in Johannesburg. The […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation has strengthened its flood preparedness and water management systems to ensure full readiness for the forthcoming rainy season. The department’s acting spokesperson, Sanku Tsunke says the South African Weather Service forecasts above-normal rainfall between October 2025 and January 2026 across the central interior and eastern coastal regions:
# The South African Communist Party has condemned what it called the military aggression perpetrated by the United States against Venezuela. This follows multiple military strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela by the US defence force. The SACP’s Pius Vilakati says the attack is a clear violation of international law and an act of […]