# The ANC says fixing local government will be its main focus ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The party’s national executive committee has identified eight underperforming municipalities for urgent turnaround plans, while also directing its deployees to prioritise the delivery of roads, water, and electricity. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told the media […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Afrika kan nie voortgaan om dodelike epidemies in die gesig te staar sonder billike toegang tot diagnose, entstof en behandeling nie. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê dit kan tot nege maande duur voordat ‘n entstof gereed is vir die Bundibugyo-stam van Ebola, wat ‘n uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika sal ‘n aanvanklike 81,5-miljoen-rand bydra tot die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en -voorkoming om die vasteland se reaksie op die Ebola-uitbreking te versterk. Die uitbreking, wat hoofsaaklik die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda raak, het die lewens van 220 mense geëis, en daar is meer as 900 moontlike gevalle. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Africa cannot continue to face deadly epidemics without equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments. The World Health Organisation has stated that it could take up to nine months for a vaccine to be ready for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak in the Democratic Republic […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will contribute an initial 81.5-million-rand to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, to bolster a continental response to the Ebola outbreak. The outbreak, which is primarily affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, has claimed the lives of 220 people, and there are over 900 […]
# Rugby: Versatile Springbok Cheslin Kolbe says he always believed he would return to Cape Town eventually. His departure from his Japanese club was confirmed yesterday, and he will play for the Stormers again from July. The 32-year-old double World Cup winner made his debut for South Africa in 2018 and played 49 Tests since, […]
# Corruption Watch has urged government to urgently strengthen accountability and public participation in the fight against corruption. In its 2025 annual report, the organisation received more than two-thousand-200 complaints last year, with fraud, bribery and maladministration among the top cases reported. Policing remained the most complained-about sector, while Gauteng recorded the highest number of […]
# University of Cape Town’s professor Liesl Zühlke has won the 2026 L’Oréal- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for Women in Science International Award for Africa and the Arab States. The award recognises Zühlke’s work in cardiac and cardiovascular science, especially improving treatment for children and women in low- and middle-income countries. Zühlke […]
# The Southern Africa Agri Initiative, Saai, says a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on foot-and-mouth disease is a major victory for livestock and game farmers. The court found that Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen and senior officials failed to properly respond to the outbreak, leading to delays in vaccination efforts and significant losses […]
