Author: staff
Patriotic Alliance president Gayton McKenzie has ordered an investigation to establish why Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene was at the house of alleged DJ Sumbody murder mastermind Katiso “KT” Molefe at the time of Molefe’s arrest.
Weather conditions on Monday are expected to start fine in parts of the country where temperatures will later cool, bringing cloudy and cold conditions. Rain is also expected in parts of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.
An 11-year-old boy kidnapped at gunpoint in 2022 finally testified against four accused, including his neighbour, in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court. He was held captive for hours while kidnappers demanded a R1-million ransom from his mother.
Disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding, is forecast for the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, while showers are also expected in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State and the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.
Former session musician Thabo Mngomezulu has earned Young Mandela 2025 recognition for converting organic waste into affordable biogas and fertiliser through his company, Kasi Gas, transforming energy access in his rural community.
Born and raised in Gqberha, Eastern Cape, Yolisa Singaphi, 28, a finance graduate turned social entrepreneur, is batting for young people in Johannesburg through her education foundation Empowered Futures, and hosts a flagship cricket festival with the Temba Bavuma Foundation.
Ryan Young and Yeshav Sewlal revolutionised youth political engagement by creating ‘Yoh, Vote’, a Tinder-style app matching South Africans with political parties, reaching 87 000 users and earning recognition as News24 Young Mandelas for 2025.
Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane snubbed Parliament by failing to attend a meeting in which she was supposed to account for the administrative mess relating to her controversial appointment of Sector Education and Training Authority chairpersons.
A Stellenbosch University researcher has designed a prototype blockchain-based voucher system that would allow donors to transparently provide essential goods through digital tokens that preserve community-level giving in an increasingly cashless society.
South Africa has accepted an offer of just over $29 million (about R520 million) from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, that research shows could help to end Aids in the country, says health department spokesperson Foster Mohale.