# A search for missing goats has reportedly led police to uncover a clandestine drug laboratory in Klipvoorstad, North West. Provincial Police Commissioner Arthur Peter Adams says officers discovered equipment allegedly being used to manufacture CAT. One suspect, believed to be the tenant, was arrested, while three others escaped into an area deemed unsafe to […]
# The DA has warned that Eskom’s promise to keep tariff increases in single digits offers little comfort to consumers. DA Electricity and Energy spokesperson, Kevin Mileham, says an 8.83-percent increase planned for 2027/28 is nearly three times the Reserve Bank’s inflation target. Mileham also questions rising employment and executive costs at Eskom, while electricity […]
# South Africa is honouring 12 police officers who died in the line of duty between April 2025 and March 2026. Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane described the annual SAPS Commemoration Day in Pretoria as solemn, remembering their courage and sacrifice. Speaking to the SABC, she says police safety measures has reduced deaths, but […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Demokratiese Onderwysersunie doen ‘n beroep op president Cyril Ramaphosa om teen die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, op te tree oor die voortgesette opskorting van ‘n nuwe handboekkatalogus vir die Grondslagfase. Vakbond-woordvoerder Nomusa Cembi sê ‘n ondersoek van die verkrygingsproses het geen oortredings gevind nie. Die vakbond beskuldig Gwarube van politieke […]
# ‘n Nuwe politieke beweging, die African Cultural Identity Movement, of ACIM, is amptelik in Botshabelo in die Vrystaat bekend- gestel. ACIM-woordvoerder, Thato Khoathela, sê die beweging is gestig om uitdagings van Afrika-gemeenskappe te hanteer, met ‘n fokus op die herstel van Afrika-identiteit en -kultuur. Hy sê ACIM wil hê Afrikane moet ‘n groter rol […]
# South African immunologist Professor Clive Gray has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society Africa Prize by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy. Gray, a professor at Stellenbosch University, was recognised for pioneering research into the effects of HIV on maternal and child health. His work focuses on HIV-exposed, uninfected children […]
# Build One South Africa se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Kaapstad, Roger Solomons, doen ‘n beroep dat inwoners as kliënte behandel word, nie net as kiesers nie. Solomons het tydens die party se amptelike bekendstelling van sy plaaslikeregeringsmanifes vir 2026 in Johannesburg gesê uitstekende dienslewering, diensgelykheid en bekwame, deursigtige leierskap bly ‘n prioriteit. Hy doen ‘n beroep […]
# The DA has revealed that Ekurhuleni has conducted no lifestyle audits on municipal officials, stating that this will change under a DA government. Mayoral candidate Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says hundreds of audits would be conducted within the first six months, starting with senior officials and high-risk positions. Rasilingwane pledged a whistleblower protection unit within the […]
# The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to sanction Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube over the continued suspension of a new Foundation Phase textbook catalogue. SADTU spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says investigations found no wrongdoing in the procurement process. The union accuses Gwarube of political interference and delaying transformation in […]
