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THE car industry is bursting with joy following the increase in the number of new cars sold in April compared to the same month last year.According to figures released by naamsa, 47,979 new cars were purchased. This is the largest number for April since 2013.We have increased by 5,512 compared to 42,467 sold in April last year.While the number of cars sold in the country increased, those sold abroad decreased by 4.0% to 30,939 from 32,229 in April last year.Naamsa said the figures for April show the momentum that started in the previous months and the improvement in purchasing conditions,…

Foot and mouth vaccine. (Photo: Department of Agriculture) The government’s latest plan to tackle foot-and-mouth disease creates a monopoly on the procurement and distribution of vaccines. AfriForum believes that although overhead monitoring by the government is necessary, it cannot force farmers to participate in a scheme whose costs and compliance regulations are still unknown. “In the meantime, due to the government’s centralist approach, many cattle now have to be vaccinated in advance after they have been re-infected due to a delay in the second round of vaccinations,” said Lambert de Klerk, manager of environmental affairs at AfriForum. AfriForum believes that…

WHILE many eyes are looking to see who will win the Comrades Marathon that will be run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg next month, others will be delighted to see familiar faces.This year’s Comrades, which will be the 99th, will be held on June 14.In the last race which was going up in 2024, Gerda Steyn won for the women who is undoubtedly the favorite this time too.For men, the rope was won by Piet Wiersma after Tete Dijana, who was being watched, had cramps.There are many runners looking to challenge Gerda and Piet this time. For men, Tete will definitely…

11 Mei 2026 Maroela editorial How would you like to share the article?Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: GCIS).Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa will address the country tonight at 20:00 after the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the art. 89 process against him.The presidency said in a media release that Ramaphosa will speak from the Union Building in Pretoria.Maroela Media reported earlier that the Constitutional Court declared invalid the National Assembly’s decision not to refer the independent panel report on the Phala Phala scandal to an impeachment committee.The case was brought by the EFF after the National Assembly had earlier decided not to proceed with…

US officials say 18 Americans are being quarantined and monitored for symptoms, as WHO insists risk to public remains low.The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have landed in the Netherlands, as a repatriated US passenger tested positive for the respiratory infection.The two planes carried 28 evacuees from the MV Hondius, which had been docked in the Canary Islands, including six passengers and 19 crew members, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe passengers – four from Australia, one…

The forests of KwaMthethwa under the Mfolozi Municipality will end, as the construction of a police station in this area has been completed.This was revealed by the mayor of this municipality, Mr. Xolani Bhengu, at a press conference in Durban, on Friday.He said the most common crime in this area is car theft and hijacking.Bhengu said they currently have one station in KwaMbonambi.”That station was able to help in KwaMthethwa, KwaSokhulu and Kwabuyazi. That meant that if something bad happened in KwaMthethwa, you would find that they are slow to respond because the Mfolozi area is very open. When we…

Thoko Didiza (Photo: GCIS/X) The speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, outlined the process that parliament will now follow after the Constitutional Court found that the previous handling of the Phala Phala report was invalid. The judgment is related to the independent panel report on pres. Cyril Ramaphosa and the Phala Phala scandal. The court ruled that the National Assembly’s decision not to refer the report to an impeachment committee was invalid. Moloto Mothapo, spokesperson for the parliament, says Didiza has determined what steps the National Assembly must follow to comply with the court’s ruling. The Constitutional Court declared…

IFP LEADERS who are said to be at loggerheads, namely the President of the party, Mr. Velenkosini Hlabisa and the Chairman of the KwaZulu-Natal party, Mr. Thami Ntuli, spoke with one voice, condemning the division as the party launched a campaign to register for local government elections.Hlabisa and Ntuli warned that those who create division will disrupt the local government election campaign.They said this when they shared the stage at an event in Mpangeni.Hlabisa criticized those who said they would not wear t-shirts with his face and those who said they would no longer wear t-shirts with the face of…

Argieffoto (Foto: South African Tourism / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)Hackers are believed to have looted around R2 billion from the Ekurhuleni metro’s invoicing system by manipulating this system over a period of time and illegally changing debt records.The DA says the directorate for priority crime investigations (the Falcons) is investigating several municipal officials about their alleged role in the theft. According to the FF Plus, the scale of the alleged cybercrime indicates a “total management collapse” in the metro.Khathutshelo Rasilingwane, the DA’s mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, says the party will pres. Cyril Ramaphosa requested in writing to announce an investigation…

The new leader of DA KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Sithembiso Ngema, addressed it to the former president, Mr. Jacob Zuma, and his MKP party.Ngema said he wants them to intensify their campaign for the local government elections in Zuma’s hometown, Nkandla.He said this while delivering a speech at the DA KwaZulu-Natal leadership selection conference, which was held at the weekend.Ngema, who is a councilor in Thekwini Municipality, defeated the Member of Parliament, Mr. Mzamo Billy, in the race to lead the DA in KwaZulu-Natal.Ngema said that water has already entered Zuma’s house as they have a leader representing him at the higher…