# Africa’s fastest and most feared snakes can be a key player in tracking pollution, while at the same time keeping ecosystems healthy. This is according to new research from the University of the Witwatersrand. The study, conducted on snakes captured in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxi-raad sê hy sal die liggaam van die vermoorde e-taxibestuurder, Siyanda Mthokozisi, na KwaZulu-Natal vervoer om begrawe te word. Mthokozisi is verlede week buite die Maponya Winkelsentrum in Soweto, in Gauteng, geskiet in ‘n voorval wat vermoedelik verband hou met die spanning tussen e-taxibestuurders en taxi-operateurs. Die president van Santaco, Abnar […]
# The South African National Taxi Council says it will transport the body of e-hailing driver Siyanda Mthokozisi to KwaZulu-Natal for burial. Mthokozisi was shot outside Maponya Mall in Soweto, in Gauteng, last week, in what is suspected to be linked to tensions between e-hailing drivers and taxi operators. Santaco president Abnar Tsebe extended condolences […]
# Die Nasionale Gesondheidslaboratoriumdiens het ‘n reuse plan van stapel gestuur om teen die 2025/2026-boekjaar sy toksikologie-agterstand met die helfte te verminder. Die plan sluit nuwe laboratoriumtoerusting, bykomende tegniese personeel en toegewyde verwerkingseenhede in beide Johannesburg en Pretoria in Gauteng in om die ou sake afsonderlik van nuwes te verwerk. Die woordvoerder, Mzi Gcukumana, sê […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has appointed Michael Sutcliffe as a governance expert to support the uMsunduzi Municipality. Sutcliffe, a former eThekwini municipal manager, will lead a turnaround plan aimed at enhancing service delivery, governance, investor confidence, and financial management. Buthelezi called on councillors to fully support Sutcliffe […]
# The National Health Laboratory Service has launched a major plan to cut its toxicology backlog by half by the 2025/2026 financial year. The initiative includes new high-output laboratory equipment, additional technical staff, and dedicated processing units in Johannesburg and Pretoria, in Gauteng, to process old cases separately from new ones. The service’s Mzi Gcukumana […]
# Die EFF het pogings verwerp om die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee se getuielys te beperk tot die getuienis van KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Die komitee ondersoek beweerde korrupsie en inmenging by polisie-ondersoeke, insluitend deur minister Senzo Mchunu, en het ‘n duidelike, regverdige proses beloof. Die EFF se leier, Julius Malema, waarsku so ‘n benadering sal […]
# The EFF has rejected attempts to limit Parliament’s ad hoc committee witness list to the testimony of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The committee, which is investigating alleged corruption and interference in policing, including Police minister Senzo Mchunu, has promised a clear and fair process. Party leader Julius Malema warned that such an approach […]
# Floyd Shivambu van Mayibuye iAfrika het swart Suid-Afrikaners aangespoor om welvaart binne hul gemeenskappe te versprei ten einde lewenstandaarde te verbeter. Shivambu het vrywilligers in eThekwini toegespreek tydens die laaste deel van die Mayibuye-raadplegingsproses voor die 2026-plaaslike regeringsverkiesing en beklemtoon swart burgers spandeer jaarliks meer as 1,5-duisend-miljard-rand, maar baie hiervaan gaan na ondernemings in […]
