# South African geologist Tebogo Makhubela has been named a National Geographic Explorer and recipient of the 2025 Wayfinder Award. Celebrated for his research at the Cradle of Humankind, Makhubela’s work helps unlock ancient secrets of human origins. Makhubela is part of National Geographic’s Rising Star team, studying Homo naledi and early burial practices. He […]
# The DA has welcomed the Public Protector’s decision to investigate serious allegations of financial mismanagement against the National Housing Finance Corporation CEO, Azola Meyekiso. This follows a complaint the party lodged last year with the Public Service Commission. The DA’s, Luyolo Mphithi, says allowing the CEO to remain in office while these serious allegations […]
# As Child Protection Week draws to a close, government is calling on South Africans to continue prioritising the protection and well-being of children throughout the year. According to the South African Police Service crime statistics, about one-thousand-100 children were murdered in the country in the past financial year. Government spokesperson, Mfundo Nkosi, says the […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor die Polisie dring aan op antwoorde oor oortredings wat nie gestraf word nie en ‘n gebrek aan verantwoordelikheid in die polisiediens. ‘n Konstabel van Kuilsrivier is op borgtog uit vir verkragting maar is steeds in diens en ‘n adjudant-offisier in Lentegeur wat vroeër geskors is en later van dronkbestuur aangekla […]
# ActionSA is calling for the removal of National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, and a full parliamentary inquiry into the National Prosecuting Authority’s ongoing prosecutorial failures. The party says the NPA has once again exposed its deep dysfunction, with the unlawful and irregular handling of the extradition of Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant, Moroadi […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police is demanding answers on what it says seems to be impunity and a lack of accountability within the police service. A police constable currently stationed in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, is out on bail for rape but remains in service, while a warrant officer in Lentegeur, previously suspended and at a later stage charged with drunk driving, has returned […]
# Die sonkragmaatskappy GoSolr sê waar ander lande hul oorgang na sonkrag versnel, word Suid-Afrika teruggehou met ‘n warboel regulasies wat aanvaarding van sonkrag verhinder eerder as aanmoedig. Die hoeveelheid energie van sonkrag maak nou 11,5-persent van die land se energiemengsel uit en steek die 6,6-persent wat kernkrag bydra, verby. In sy jongste Light Paper […]
# Padwedlope: Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het sy volle ondersteuning beloof aan die 437 polisiebeamptes wat Sondag aan die Comrades-marathon deelneem. Die groep sluit in 66 vroue en 371 mans. Meer as 80 nasies gaan verteenwoordig word in die afdraande-wedloop van sowat 89 kilometer van Pietermaritzburg na Durban. ʼn Polisiewoordvoerder, Nonkululeko Phokane, sê die […]
# Solar energy company GoSolr says while other countries are accelerating their solar transitions, South Africa is being held back by a tangle of regulations that penalise, rather than encourage, solar adoption. The amount of energy coming from solar now accounts for 11.5-percent of the country’s energy mix, outpacing the 6.6-percent nuclear energy contributes to […]
