After pleading responsible to prices of fraud, corruption and cash laundering, organised crime accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has been handed 15-years’ imprisonment, with seven years suspended, within the R228-million SAPS tender rigging case. If authorized by the courtroom, Matlala will change into a State witness and testify towards law enforcement officials and different accused implicated…
On Friday 5 June 2026, South Africa did one thing uncommon at an African inter-parliamentary gathering: it abstained from adopting a constitution that defines marriage as solely between a person and a lady. Not as a result of we had been not sure however as a result of our Structure, Chapter 2, doesn’t permit us…
Johannesburg – The South African medical research “BEAT Tuberculosis”, which started in a analysis unit in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) within the Jap Cape, has remodeled the worldwide remedy of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The medical research has additionally achieved one other landmark: its findings have been revealed as we speak, Thursday, 25 June 2026, within the…
Visa’s Lineshree Moodley South Africa’s shoppers have spent the previous few years ditching money for faucets, digital playing cards and even fee rings. The nation’s companies, by and enormous, haven’t. That’s the hole Visa is now focusing on, asserting the native launch of Visa Industrial Pay in partnership with First Nationwide Financial institution and Rand…
The Metropolis of Johannesburg has cracked down on unlawful billboards, hilariously focusing on one selling the hit Netflix present The Polygamist. The sequence – centred on serial cheater Jonasi Gomora – has taken the world by storm, touchdown on the High 10 lists in over 75 international locations. The 22-episode sequence is predicated on the…
‘We nonetheless imagine that we will discover options for our issues and that if the federal government takes time to pay attention, we’ll discover one another.’ Six days earlier than the introduced date of 30 June for the nationwide marches towards unlawful immigration, the March and March Motion and 26 different civil teams are mobilising…
Keep in mind the identify and picture of 8-year-old Milako Kulinji. These photos by photojournalist Tommy Trenchard inform the story of Milako and 1000’s of different Malawians who’ve been pushed from their houses in Durban by the specter of xenophobic violence in current weeks. The photographs had been shot within the Sherwood neighbourhood of the…
Human actions pushed international warming to 1.37°C above pre-industrial ranges in 2025. Scientists have warned that the world will in all probability exceed the crucial 1.5°C threshold inside 4 years if emissions proceed at present ranges. The findings come from the newest Indicators of World Local weather Change (IGCC) report, launched through the Bonn local…
Johannesburg – Air Europa’s inaugural flight connecting Madrid, Spain, and Johannesburg, South Africa, will launch tomorrow, Wednesday, 24 June 2026. The inaugural flight will depart from Spain’s Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport at 23:45 and arrive at O.R. Tambo Worldwide Airport, Johannesburg, at 09:50 on Thursday, 25 June 2026. Air Europa’s new service represents the airline’s…
Namibia’s communications regulator mentioned on Monday it dismissed an attraction by Starlink in opposition to the rejection of its licence purposes, reaffirming that Elon Musk’s satellite tv for pc web supplier failed to fulfill native possession necessities. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) rejected Starlink’s purposes for a telecommunications service licence and radio spectrum…