A Facebook Marketplace deal for a generator turned into a shootout between police and suspected armed robbers in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, on Monday, 11 August 2026. According to police, members of the Rietgat and Loate police station Task Teams were conducting patrols in identified crime hotspots in Extension 3, Mhlaumbe, Winterveldt, when they spotted…
In a landmark ruling that reverberated across the Middle East and beyond, a Syrian criminal court has sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after convicting him of a litany of atrocities committed during the country’s devastating 14-year civil war. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday, 11 August 2026, marks the first time a…
In a significant boost to the province’s efforts to bridge the healthcare access gap, Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Faith Mazibuko has unveiled seven state-of-the-art, fully equipped mobile clinics at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. The deployment, which expands the provincial mobile clinic fleet from 46 to 53 units, represents a tangible commitment to taking…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a harrowing new threshold in its ongoing public health emergency, with the Ministry of Health confirming that the Ebola virus has now claimed 2,011 lives since the outbreak was declared just three months ago. The figure, released by the country’s National Institute of Biomedical Research, underscores the unprecedented…
