# Kay Mason Foundation has raised 12.5-million-rand at its recent inaugural Hummingbird Ball hosted in London. The funds will help young underprivileged South African children gain life-changing access to education, mentorship, and leadership development. The foundation’s CEO, Noëline de Goede, says they work to bridge the quality education opportunity gap by empowering young scholars from underserved […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is optimistic that his US counterpart, Donald Trump, will attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this November. The summit is where the US is due to take over the group’s presidency in 2026. South Africa’s G20 presidency has committed to championing solidarity, equality and sustainability. Briefing the media on […]
# Limpopo police recovered 12 stolen vehicles in a week-long anti-smuggling operation targeting cross-border syndicates. Two key recoveries included one in Musina and another in Polokwane, with one suspect arrested. Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba confirmed that the vehicles, stolen in Gauteng, were intercepted in areas including Beitbridge, Mokopane, and Witbank:
# The DA in the Western Cape says it is pleased that the provincial Department of Social Development is supporting the formation of a task team on older persons’ care, focused on five key priorities. These are advancing affordable care models, engaging stakeholders, raising public awareness, strengthening workforce development, and enhancing partnerships. The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says […]
# Die DA in Tshwane eis dat die aansoekstelsel vir ongestruktureerde aanvullende diensdata vir aansoekers van die Uitgebreide Openbare Werke-program heringestel moet word. Die stelsel moes oplossings bied vir ernstige probleme met die insameling van data met die hand. Thabisile Vilakazi van die DA sê dit sluit in vertragings in data-insameling as gevolg van beperkte […]
# The DA in Johannesburg has rejected mayor Dada Morero’s call to expropriate inner-city buildings without compensation. The party says the real solution lies in enforcing existing bylaws and addressing the metro’s failure to maintain over 28-thousand properties, many now hijacked and unsafe. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku urges the metro to allow the private sector […]
# The City of Johannesburg has expressed alarm at the recent surge in fire-related incidents across the metro. On Monday, a house fire in Mayfair killed four young children. Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi, says residents must be careful when using heating devices, including cooking devices and heaters, as colder winter weather approaches:
# US president Donald Trump says the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg in November will be meaningless without the participation of America. In April, he said could not be expected to attend the summit while the South African government, he claims, was expropriating white-owned land and persecuting the descendants of white settlers. Speaking during the […]
# Students from Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University in Prayagraj, India, will participate in a 3–to 4-week academic exchange with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. The programme will offer seminars, workshops, moot courts, and human rights law clinics in efforts to foster academic and cultural immersion. Vice-Chancellor professor Usha Tandon highlighted the […]
