In a powerful display of pan-African solidarity focused on the continent’s youngest citizens, South Africa’s First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, and Kenya’s First Lady, Mrs Rachel Ruto, paid a joint visit to the Funda Montessori Early Childhood Development (ECD) Academy in the heart of Mamelodi township, east of Pretoria. The visit, which took place under…
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has continued its Child Protection Week 2026 activities by raising awareness about children’s rights and providing support to young people at the Soshanguve Secure Care Centre, known as the Father Smangaliso Mkhatswa Secure Care Centre. During the outreach programme, Ms Tshidi Tabane-Shai explained the importance of the…
Western Cape police have dismissed claims that 19-year-old Nhlamulo Sambo was killed during anti-immigration protests in Mossel Bay, saying preliminary investigations point to a different motive. Sambo, who was originally from Giyani in Limpopo, was stabbed to death in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay, on 31 May. Initial reports and statements from family members suggested that he…
South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently isolating at home, his department announced late on June 3, 2026. The positive diagnosis comes at an inopportune time for the minister, who was scheduled to co-chair a high-level bilateral business forum with Kenyan trade officials on…
The Free State government is set to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising with a provincial launch on 6 June 2026 that places job creation and skills development firmly at the heart of its Youth Month agenda. Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, alongside her executive council, unveiled the commemorative program during a media briefing…
Suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi suffered a significant legal setback on Wednesday morning when the Pretoria High Court dismissed his bail appeal, upholding an earlier magistrates’ court ruling that he must remain behind bars while awaiting trial on serious criminal charges. Nkosi, a former officer stationed in Gauteng, had approached the high court in a…
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State has broken its silence on the long-awaited Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report into the province’s government bursary scheme, officially welcoming the findings while issuing a stern call for accountability. The report, which follows months of forensic probing into the disbursement of funds intended for higher education,…
Top Democratic Alliance leaders descended in Winterveldt today to show support for an elderly rape victim. Elizabeth 80 was raped and assaulted in 2023 in Mpho Area in Winterveldt, and three years later, the matter is still ongoing. An 80-year-old victim, Elizabeth, could not control her emotions throughout the speeches, as she fought back tears,…
The morning sky over Gqeberha remained a bruised, weeping grey as the first band of heavy rain swept in from the Indian Ocean. By 6 a.m., gutters were already overflowing, and puddles had become small ponds in low-lying neighborhoods like Motherwell and Bethelsdorp. It was then that the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality, in close…
The fluorescent lights of the Labour Ministry’s boardroom in Pretoria buzzed with tension as Minister Nomakhosazana Meth faced a wall of microphones and flashing cameras. At the center of the storm was a sharply worded allegation—one that had circulated through opposition party statements and anonymous “whistleblower” leaks over the past 48 hours: that her recent…
