# The fiancé of pregnant South African woman Nqobile Malangeni is pleading for her release after she was detained by US immigration authorities in Las Vegas. She remains in custody after being detained on 30 July while preparing to fly to Connecticut. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Malangeni overstayed her stay and is subject […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia, has expressed concern at the escalation of violent crime in South Africa. The country recorded 24-thousand-692 murders, more than 40-thousand rape cases and 190-thousand common assaults during the 2024/2025 financial year. In a parliamentary reply, Cachalia revealed that of the murders, ten-thousand-129 were referred for prosecution, with three-thousand-628 resulting […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on government and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture to erect a statue of Winnie Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says the country must never forget her contribution and sacrifices. He says when leaders’ voices were silenced either by imprisonment, banishment or […]
# Die regering waarsku die publiek om waaksaam te bly en uiters versigtig te wees terwyl gure winterweer wydverspreid voorkom, insluitend swaar sneeu-neerslae, ysige toestande, reën en sterk wind. Talle paaie is reeds gesluit en ontwrigting weens sneeu en reën is in die Oos-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal aangemeld. Die regering se woordvoerder, William Baloyi, sê die […]
# The South African Reserve Bank is calling on aspirant economists, who will be entering their first year of undergraduate studies in the 2027 academic year, to apply for its external bursaries programme. Several external scholarships and bursaries are made available annually to qualifying prospective undergraduates as part of the central bank’s efforts to address […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid beskuldig die organisasie, Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa, dat hy die Parlement mislei het oor onlangse redes vir werksverliese in die sektor. Pharmisa het verlede week aan die Parlement gesê die departement se fokus op prys maak dit vir plaaslike medisyne-vervaardigers moeilik om tenders te kry, wat die afgelope 18 […]
# Government has urged the public to remain vigilant and exercise extreme caution as severe winter weather affects parts of the country, including heavy snowfall, freezing conditions, rain and strong winds. Several roads were closed and disruptions due to snow and heavy rain are experienced in several provinces. Government deputy spokesperson, William Baloyi, says the […]
# The Department of Health has accused the organisation Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa of misleading Parliament about the reasons behind the recent job losses in the sector. Last week, Pharmisa told Parliament that the department’s focus on price was squeezing local drug manufacturers out of crucial medicine tenders, trigging the loss of two-thousand-500 jobs in […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA eis die onmiddellike nasionalisering van die farmaseutiese bedryf. Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa het verlede week beweer plaaslike medisynevervaardigers verloor belangrike tenders weens die Gesondheidsdepartement se fokus op prys, wat die afgelope 18-maande twee-duisend-500 werksgeleenthede gekos het. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die regering moet regstreekse eienaarskap en beheer van […]
