# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health says it is troubling that the National Health Laboratory Services does not adhere to the World Health Organisation laboratory framework. It says this raises serious questions about the quality, reliability, and governance of diagnostic services in the public health system. The committee has expressed grave concern about the prolonged […]
# Prominent figures within the MK Party are reportedly backing former DA mayor of Midvaal, Bongani Baloyi, to be the party’s mayoral candidate in Johannesburg. He was elected to the Midvaal mayoral seat in 2013. According to the Sunday Times, sources within the MK Party believe Baloyi’s experience and success as mayor make him the […]
# National Coloured Congress leader, Fadiel Adams, says he believes he is being targeted for speaking out against KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and members of the Political Killings Task Team. This follows Saturday’s raid at his former residence in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Mkhwanazi testified before the Madlanga Commission, where he accused Adams of improperly […]
# Three people, including a couple from the Netherlands, have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was travelling between Argentina and Cape Verde. A British man, who became ill on the ship, was taken to a private health facility in Johannesburg. The World Health Organisation says one hantavirus […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner won the Madrid Open title, becoming the first man to win five consecutive Masters 1000 titles. The Italian defeated Germany’s Alexander Zverev, 6-1, 6-2. He has now won 28 consecutive matches at this level, a streak that includes titles in Paris last year and Indian Wells, Miami and […]
# Posbank het sy 142 jaar lange vennootskap met die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoor amptelik beëindig, wat toegang tot bankdienste by poskantoortakke landwyd verwyder. Hierdie verandering volg na die verstryking van die Diensvlakooreenkoms tussen die Poskantoor en Posbank op 31 Maart 2026, waarna Posbank geweier het om ‘n nuwe ooreenkoms met die Poskantoor aan te gaan. Die […]
# Die Activists and Citizens Forum waarsku dat spanning oor ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers breekpunt bereik het. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê onlangse optogte regoor die land toon groeiende openbare frustrasie, met oproepe vir strenger grensbeheer en deportasies. Bloem het die regering versoek om dringend op te tree en waarsku dat versuim om swak-beheerde grense aan te […]
# Atletiek: Suid-Afrika se verdedigende kampioene in die 4×100 meter, Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana en Akani Simbine het gister die derde uitdun van die Wêreldatletiek-aflosse in Gaborone met ‘n tyd van 37,68 sekondes afgelê. Die 4×400 meter-span, bestaande uit Gardeo Isaacs, Zakithi Nene, Lythe Pillay en Antonie Nortje, het die tweede uitdun in […]
# Vier mense is dood in ‘n skietery tussen gemeenskapspatrolleerders en vermeende rowers in Durban. Die voorval het laat Vrydagaand plaasgevind, met die polisie wat laat gister die dodelike voorval bevestig het. Owerhede sê die konfrontasie het net voor middernag plaasgevind, en ondersoeke is aan die gang om die omstandighede te bepaal wat tot die […]
