The ANC has welcomed Sol Plaatje executive mayor Martha Bartlett’s decision to reshuffle the mayoral committee, which now includes two EFF councillors and one GOOD Party councillor. Read more: Sol Plaatje MMC reshuffle brings EFF and GOOD into mayoral committee
… KwaZulu-Natal. Around the time he started lecturing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, he was elected as an Obama Foundation Leader. He was one … Read more: South African who grew up in a mud-brick shack walking 1600km to fund a housing AI system
… with intent to do grievous bodily harm (assault GBH). The offence was committed in December 2024 in the Nkanini Reserve, northern KwaZulu-Natal. Read more: 12 YEARS’ DIRECT IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULT GBH – NPA
Basotho who have been barred from South Africa for overstaying will be granted amnesty. They need to register with Lesotho’s immigration authorities. Read more: South Africa and Lesotho agree that IDs are enough to cross the border | GroundUp
U.S. funding cuts to South Africa have dismantled HIV prevention programmes just as they are needed to support the roll-out of the new prevention … Read more: US aid cuts undermine HIV prevention in South Africa, report finds – Reuters
A fatal road rage incident in Emmarentia over the weekend, which left one man dead and two others injured, has once again raised alarm over … Read more: Fatal Johannesburg Road Rage Shooting Sparks Fresh Safety Concerns – Voice of the Cape
A University of Johannesburg study finds attitudes and trust outweigh technology in shaping willingness to adopt 3D-printed food. Read more: South Africans curious but cautious about 3D-printed food – ITWeb
In another separate matter, a 45-year-old woman in Hartswater in the Northern Cape died after consuming a plate of warm chips offered by an unknown … Read more: Limpopo food poisoning: Six dead, over 70 hospitalised after eating at a funeral – IOL
The Northern Cape recorded one new outbreak, bringing its total to four, while the Western Cape remained at 13. In fact, the Western Cape has not … Read more: Free State continues to record more FMD outbreaks; no new ones in Western Cape for a month