Author: staff
Wintry conditions will sweep across South Africa, bringing disruptive rain, snow, and severe thunderstorms to parts of the country, according to the South African Weather Service. Localised flooding, road closures, and icy conditions are expected in some areas.
YouTube channels and fake news websites are pumping out dozens of false stories about Sassa grants and jobs every month. These hoaxes prey on vulnerable recipients, spreading confusion, false hope or panic. Many are clearly fake, Andrew Thompson writes, but they have still managed to infiltrate public discourse and be widely shared.
“We are broken,” said the parents of little Valentino Grootetjie, as they leaned into each other outside the Western Cape High Court on Thursday after two Fast Guns gang members, who killed their five-year-old son, were convicted of his murder.
A viral article and subsequent post claiming that South Africa’s Department of Basic Education has “revamped” the 2025 school calendar is false. The department has confirmed the post is fake and urged the public to verify information through official government channels.
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection known for its ability to mutate to evade the antibiotics used to treat it quickly. Its symptoms include pain when urinating and genital discharge, but many people don’t notice any symptoms at all.
Former public works minister Sihle Zikalala downplayed the findings of an investigation he had commissioned, paving the way for Tebogo Malaka’s appointment as chief executive of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) despite her involvement in a R45-million lease scandal.
Documents obtained by amaBhungane suggest that former public works and infrastructure minister Sihle Zikalala and his close comrade, then-Independent Development Trust (IDT) chair advocate Kwazi Mshengu, mounted parallel efforts to shield the parastatal’s chief executive from investigations into a R45-million lease scandal.
How does ADHD medicine work and what can — and can’t — it do? The medication is often abused by university students wanting to cram during exams. But, as psychiatrist Renata Schoeman tells Mia Malan, ADHD meds don’t work for people without the condition.
A KwaZulu-Natal traditional leader has survived an attempt on his life following a shooting in eZinqoleni in the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.This is the second such attack in two months, with a traditional leader killed at his Durban home last month.
Former Stellenbosch University student Theuns du Toit, who caused uproar three years ago when he urinated on the belongings of another student, was found not guilty of two criminal charges in the Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.