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Bennie Fourie and Mila Guy with their boy, Karoo. (Photo: Mizanne van Wyk/Maroela Media) For almost a decade, the actors Mila Guy and Bennie Fourie were bosom friends. Yes, they admit, there have been times when the butterflies have started making bulbous makeups when they saw each other, but patience was ultimately the watchword. Today, this chosen couple has not only been married for a few years, but also the parents of an adorable one-year-old boy, Karoo. Mila comes to say hello in the street just outside their house in Bellville in the Western Cape. The family dog, Huxley, eagerly…
Photo of a vet for illustration purposes only. (Photo: Jeff Pachoud / AFP). John Steenhuisen, the minister of agriculture, announced an important new chapter in the fight against foot-and-mouth disease with the official intention to publish the routine vaccination scheme for foot-and-mouth disease (RVS-FMD) in the Government Gazette. This draft scheme, drawn up under section 10 of the Animal Diseases Act (no. 35 of 1984), represents a far-reaching shift towards a voluntary, nationwide framework to tackle one of the most economically damaging viral diseases in the livestock industry. According to Steenhuisen, the concept RVS-FMD was specifically designed to facilitate coordinated…
Israel’s far-right national security minister storms the mosque compound under the protection of settlers, drawing condemnation from Palestinians.Published On 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2026Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City – his third incursion into Islam’s third holiest site this year – as Israel arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.Accompanied by Israeli settlers under heavy protection from Israeli forces, Ben-Gvir offered Jewish prayers at the site, which is not allowed for non-Muslims as part of the status quo arrangement in place since…
Geordin Hill-Lewis, newly elected federal leader of the DA. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media)”Now we have to build the biggest party in South Africa – a party that is strong enough to win. This is the mandate you have given me today.”This is what the newly elected Geordin Hill-Lewis said in his first speech as federal leader of the Democratic Alliance on Sunday afternoon.”I don’t know about you, but I am not satisfied with being a junior partner in a government of national unity,” Hill-Lewis told the delegates who elected him.”The question before me – before us – is about the…
The suspects tried to evade arrest by deliberately crashing their vessel into a departmental boat. (Photo: SAgovnews/X)Willie Aucamp, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, welcomed the arrest of nine suspects, after they allegedly attempted to illegally harvest marine resources in the Robben Island Marine Protected Area.According to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the arrests stem from two separate incidents that took place within a few days.The first incident was on April 7 when two rubber boats approached the protected area. Officers responded immediately to stop the suspects.”When our officers intervened, the suspects tried to…
Here is a selection of Maroela Media’s reports that you may have missed in the past week. No government money for ‘super fences’: (Photo: Maroela Media) Joyce “Mama Joy” Chauke, South Africa’s most famous “super-fên”, travels at the taxpayer’s expense are a thing of the past – despite her huge online protest about it. Gayton McKenzie, minister of sport, art and culture, confirmed this week that his department will no longer pay for these jolly trips. Also read ‘Superaanhangers of superopportuniste?’ Because in South Africa there is certainly no lack of great sports enthusiasts, but not everyone is privileged enough…
APPRECIATION of the way she helped her family to reduce the burden and help them by finding good and inexpensive tourist places, encouraged Ms. Neliswa Nxumalo, to improve herself with the knowledge of doing business.It is now history that Ms. Nxumalo (27) is the owner of Neliswa’s Tour Planner, her business based near her home in Ezinyoke, Jozini, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, which helps people who love to travel plan their trips.Narrating it, he said that he used to help his people since around 2019, when they were planning to visit or have fun in a certain place, they…
Rosie Schoeman, founding member and former board member of the KKNK. (Photo: Jhua-Nine Wyrley-Birch/Maroela Media) The festival dust on Oudtshoorn has settled down, but for aunt Rosie Schoeman, founding member and former board member of the KKNK, this festival has always been more than just a celebration of the arts. Rather, she describes it as a kind of “window” to a different, inclusive South Africa, one that profoundly changed her own perspective on the world, and especially her community. “The festival gave me, who was only a conservative peasant auntie, an understanding and feeling for a wider South Africa and…
Sunday’s Betway Premiership match against TS Galaxy will give Kaizer Chiefs player, Lebohang Maboe, the opportunity to continue making things happen for this Soweto team.Maboe (31) played a major role in the last three matches of the Betway Premiership, and was even named as the best player on the field.In those games, Amakhosi collected total points by defeating Durban City 1-0, Magesi 2-0 and Orbit College 3-1.In total, Maboe has been named the best player in four league games this season.The player who has done this more than him is Orlando Pirates winger, Relebohile Mofokeng, who was named as the…
THE GAME between Mamelodi Sundowns and Esperance de Tunis is important in different ways for both teams, their encounter is eagerly awaited by African football fans this weekend.Sundowns will face Esperance in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Caf Champions League tomorrow at 9 pm, at Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Rades, Tunisia. The second leg will be played at Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria, next Saturday.The match between these teams is similar to that of a grudge since last season they played each other in this round of the competition, Sundowns won and they were the ones who ended up…