# The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the South African Medical Research Council have taken another major step in advancing genomic and precision medicine research. Deputy director-general, Kenny Tenza, says since 2016, they have collaborated on developing a national precision medicine research and innovation programme through the Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships. He says […]
# Cricket: India’s visit for a series of five Tests didn’t lessen Cricket Australia’s financial woes, with the governing body announcing a net loss of over 124-million-rand for the previous financial year. This is still much less than the previous year. The chairperson of Cricket Victoria, Ross Hepburn, criticised the national body during today’s annual […]
# South Africa’s public and private sectors are collaborating to create an Energy Attribute Certificate system to verify, track, and trade emissions-reduction efforts. The initiative, led by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and informed by a Meridian Economics study, aims to improve transparency in electricity emissions reporting. Experts warn that inaccurate tracking […]
# Al Jama-ah in Johannesburg is diep bekommerd en verbaas ná die vergadering van die koalisieregeringsvennote Maandag. Al Jama-ah se woordvoerder, Thapelo Amad, sê tydens die vergadering het een koalisievennoot op rekord onthul dat hulle ‘n probleem gehad met die burgemeester, Dada Morero. Hy sê dit is as gevolg van sy beweerde betrokkenheid by die […]
# The EFF has joined the African continent today in commemorating Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day. The party says this day is a solemn reminder that Africa, a continent rich in land, water, and people, continues to face hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity not because of scarcity, but because of dispossession, inequality, and underdevelopment sustained by neocolonial economics. […]
# French police have arrested five more people, including a prime suspect whose DNA was found at the scene of this month’s daring Louvre museum robbery. Four thieves used a truck with a moving lift and cutting gear to break into a first-floor gallery at the museum on October 19, fleeing with jewellery worth an […]
# Witness C has told the Madlanga commission of inquiry that tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala claimed to have paid about 500-thousand-rand toward Police minister Senzo Mchunu’s ANC presidential campaign. He said Matlala allegedly made the payments through businessman Brown Mogotsi to cover flights and accommodation for the ANC’s January 8 celebrations. Witness C says Matlala […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens gaan voort met die werwing van vyf-duisend-500 rekrute en nooi duisende aansoekers van al nege provinsies uit om psigometriese en integriteits-assesserings te ondergaan. Die woordvoerder van die Polisie, Amanda van Wyk sê die veelfaseproses sluit liggaamlike fiksheid, keuring en mediese ondersoeke in. Sy sê voorkeur word gegee aan gegradueerdes met NQF6 […]
# Die Stad Ekurhuleni se raad sal na verwagting vandag besluit of die waarnemende hoof van die Ekurhuleni-metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, as ‘n voorsorgmaatreël geskors moet word. Dit is in verband met sy bande met die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. ‘n Interne forensiese verslag oor bewerings dat Mkhwanazi die onwettige oordrag van blouligvoertuie in stadsbesit na […]
