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Rassie Erasmus (Photo: Michael Bradley/AFP) Rassie Erasmus, Wouter Kellerman and Dalene Matthee are just some of the prominent South Africans who will be honored with national orders in the coming week. Phindile Baleni, director-general in the presidency and chancellor of the national orders, announced this week the names of the “outstanding South Africans and distinguished friends of South Africa” ​​who will receive national orders next Tuesday. Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa will honor them during an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. Other names include the late jazz pianist, composer and journalist Todd Matshikiza, Prof. Tulio de Oliveira, professor of bioinformatics and prof. Salim…

Lt. genl. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (Photo: Phill Magakoe / AFP) The investigative directorate against corruption (Idac) denies the allegations that there is a J50 warrant for Lt. Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, has been issued with an arrest warrant. “This information is false and is dismissed with the contempt it deserves,” says Henry Mamothame, spokesperson for Idac. The directorate received several inquiries after allegations of a J50 warrant for Mkhwanazi’s arrest became known. “These rumors are clearly beginning to disrupt and distract from the work of Idac, as well as the responsibilities that Gen. Mkhwanazi fulfills in the fight…

Little Omphile Sethole has been missing since the beginning of the month. (Photo: X) The grandmother and grandfather of a missing two-year-old toddler from Limpopo have been arrested for alleged child neglect. Little Omphile Sethole’s grandparents were arrested on Friday by the police unit against domestic violence, child abuse and sexual offenses (FCS) in Mokopane. The couple, aged 52 and 55 respectively, are now expected to appear in the Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The search for Omphile has been going on for about two weeks. Omphile disappeared from her home in Ga-Mabuela during the early hours of Saturday 2…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a new Ebola outbreak just five months after declaring its previous epidemic over.The Bundibugyo strain, a type of Ebola virus first identified in neighbouring Uganda, is highly lethal and is spreading rapidly across the northeastern province of Ituri, including the health zones of Rwampara, Mongwalu and Bunia. Two cases have also been confirmed in Uganda.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listWith no specific treatment available, prevention, early detection and isolation of cases are critical.The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”…

17 Mei 2026 Maroela editorial/AFP How would you like to share the article? United Kingdom: King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the British House of Lords during this year’s official opening of Parliament in London. (Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AFP) South Africa: A crocodile lies basking in the winter sun next to a pond in the Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. (Photo: Mizanne van Wyk/Maroela Media) Ukraine: Rescue workers are at work at a residential building that was partially destroyed after Russian drone and missile attacks in Kiev, amid the Russian invasion of…

The PAIN and wound left for mothers who support their children alone because of fathers who do not support them is what will be highlighted in a short drama that will be shown on Mzansi Magic Yellowi, which will be shown on Monday at 7 pm.In this show that will be shown in three episodes, Mbali, played by Samkelo Ndlovu, will stand out, who is a mother who raises a boy alone. Mbali has a business planning weddings, which over time she meets the father of her child who is not the breadwinner. When he is in the middle of…

17 Mei 2026 Tania Haynes How would you like to share the article? Archive photo. Three men were shot dead by armed men in Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands on Sunday morning. Two others, a woman and another man, were wounded. Forensic investigators are combing the scene. Brig. Novela Potelwa, Western Cape police spokesperson, says reports from the scene indicate that two armed men entered a house in Jakaranda Street in Groendal at around 09:55 on Sunday morning and fired several shots. Three men died at the scene. A woman and another man were wounded. The victims are all between…

FROM the time she was a little girl answering the calls of drivers at the hotel, to the stage where she rose to the management positions at Sibaya Lodge – Ms. Zandile Myeni’s journey has been self-organized in the field due to her hard work.Ms Myeni, who was recently promoted to the position of Assistant Front Office Manager of Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom, hails from Port Shepstone, on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal.He revealed that his arrival at this stage of life is because he was raised by strong and law-abiding women, including his mother and grandmother, who helped…

Logan de Bruyn (five years old from Stephanus Roos Primary School) was one of the 4,572 stars on Midstream Ridge Primary Primary School’s rugby field. (Photo: Charmaine Visser) Rugby is going very well in Bloubulland; let’s give just a few examples: Affies beat Gray College, Tukkies is the Varsity Cup champion, Naka Bulle is an unstoppable club rugby force and the senior team will enjoy home field advantage in the quarter-finals of the United Rugby Championship. But the foundation for sustained success was laid on the grounds of Midstream Ridge Primary on Saturday when thousands of Bullets players (4,572 to…

THE way music is listened to and bought every day indicates that Gqom music will be the most listened to and bought in South Africa.That’s what Spotify’s Head of Arts and Collaboration, Mr. Henco Harmse – said when he spoke at one of the art workshops held by the company in Johannesburg this week.Harmse said that this is due to the increase in the number of people interested in this music every year, which is proven by the increase in the number of listeners by 92% from five years ago until now.”One more thing we noticed about the number of…