# Parliament has announced the names of the 31 members who will serve on the impeachment committee to determine president Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate. Political parties submitted their representatives ahead of last Friday’s deadline, while the ANC finalised its list over the weekend. The ANC has nine members in the multi-party committee, including Doris Mpapane, Cameron […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Africa cannot continue to face deadly epidemics without equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments. The World Health Organisation has stated that it could take up to nine months for a vaccine to be ready for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak in the Democratic Republic […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will contribute an initial 81.5-million-rand to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, to bolster a continental response to the Ebola outbreak. The outbreak, which is primarily affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, has claimed the lives of 220 people, and there are over 900 […]
# Corruption Watch has urged government to urgently strengthen accountability and public participation in the fight against corruption. In its 2025 annual report, the organisation received more than two-thousand-200 complaints last year, with fraud, bribery and maladministration among the top cases reported. Policing remained the most complained-about sector, while Gauteng recorded the highest number of […]
# University of Cape Town’s professor Liesl Zühlke has won the 2026 L’Oréal- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for Women in Science International Award for Africa and the Arab States. The award recognises Zühlke’s work in cardiac and cardiovascular science, especially improving treatment for children and women in low- and middle-income countries. Zühlke […]
# The Southern Africa Agri Initiative, Saai, says a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on foot-and-mouth disease is a major victory for livestock and game farmers. The court found that Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen and senior officials failed to properly respond to the outbreak, leading to delays in vaccination efforts and significant losses […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall of 920 Jeep Grand Cherokee WL vehicles sold between 2021 and 2023 over a possible safety defect. The issue involves a faulty upper control arm pinch bolt that may break, leading to a loss of control and increasing the risk of a crash. The commission’s […]
# ActionSA says communities in the Eastern Cape need working taps and reliable water infrastructure, not more empty promises from the government. The party welcomes a court ruling ordering urgent intervention in the water crisis affecting Nombanjana and Nxaxo villages in Centane, where residents have spent years collecting water from rivers shared with livestock. ActionSA’s […]
# Union federation Cosatu has urged the South African Reserve Bank not to increase the repo rate at its upcoming meeting. The federation argues workers are already under pressure from high living costs, mainly due to rising fuel prices. It warns higher interest rates would increase debt, slow the economy and worsen unemployment, which is […]
