# Die SKA-sterrewag het ‘n nuwe boek vrygestel waarin wetenskaplike navorsing uiteengesit word oor wat verwag word van die Square Kilometer Array soos konstruksie vorder. Die boek met die titel Advancing Astrophysics II bevat 221 artikels wat deur portuurgroepe beoordeel is, deur meer as een-duisend-500 wetenskaplikes uit 51 lande. Die SKA-Mid-teleskoop, wat uit 197 skottels […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Independent Police Investigative Directorate Deputy Director of Investigations, Len John, has revealed to the Madlanga Commission that some police task teams may be used in taxi-related conflicts. John raised questions about how officers located a taxi owner who had gone into hiding after receiving threats from rivals. John also questioned whether rival taxi […]
# The ANC says it will take tougher action against corruption and poor governance in municipalities as part of its 2026 local government elections manifesto. Briefing the media, the party’s Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said the ANC also plans to tighten oversight, prevent officials dismissed for misconduct from moving between municipalities, and improve service delivery through more […]
# The Madlanga Commission has heard that investigations into killings by police task teams sometimes contradict claims that suspects shot first. KwaZulu-Natal IPID Deputy Director of Investigations Len John says investigators have found cases scene reconstructions which showed deceased suspects had not fired at police. John revealed that 149 people were killed in 77 cases […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says anyone attempting to disrupt this weekend’s Southern African Development Community summit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, will be arrested. The warning follows plans by the anti-illegal migration group March and March to protest during the 46th SADC summit, which will be held at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International […]
# COPE beskuldig president Cyril Ramaphosa en ministers in die Ekonomiese Groepering dat hulle werklose Suid-Afrikaners, veral die jeug, in die steek laat. Woordvoerder Pakes Dikgetsi sê die regering se stilswye oor die verslegtende werkloosheidskrisis weerspieël politieke mislukking, jare se swak beleid en gebrekkige uitvoering. Die party versoek ‘n nasionale noodberaad oor jeugwerkloosheid met kerke, […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het amptelik die leisels as voorsitter van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap se raad van Ministers oorgeneem. Hy volg Zimbabwe se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Amon Murwira, op. Lamola het in Durban gesê terwyl die streek se bevolking groei en aan veranderende ekonomiese realiteite onderwerp word, sal […]
# The ANC says its 2026 local government elections manifesto will focus on fixing municipal failures by strengthening governance, improving service delivery and restoring public confidence. Following a review of its 2021 manifesto, the party acknowledged ongoing challenges, including ageing infrastructure, financial pressures and inconsistent municipal performance. The ANC’s Fébé Potgieter-Gqubule told the media the […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola has officially taken over as chairperson of the Southern African Development Community Council of Ministers. He succeeds Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira. Speaking in Durban, Lamola says as the region confronts population growth and changing economic realities, South Africa’s chairship will prioritise economic growth, job creation, […]
