THURSDAY, 04 JUNE 2026, 11:15
Two Mozambican nationals and SA teenager killed in Mossel Bay
Police in the Western Cape are investigating the murders of two Mozambican nationals and an 18-year-old South African following violent unrest in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay, over the weekend.
According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), officers from the George Public Order Police unit, supported by local police,...
Minister Meth defends push to prioritise South Africans for jobs
Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth says government is strengthening labour market enforcement and labour migration reforms to ensure South Africans are prioritised for employment opportunities, while maintaining a lawful and fair migration system.
Speaking during a Government Communication and...
Employment and Labour Department targets Youth Unemployment with LAP
Government has declared 2026 the “Year of Putting Young South Africans to Work” and is rolling out a range of interventions aimed at tackling unemployment, particularly among young people, through a revamped Labour Activation Programme (LAP).
Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth outlined the plans...
South Africa to host inaugural Eswatini, Mozambique water meeting
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina will host and officially welcome her counterparts from Eswatini and Mozambique at the inaugural Council of Ministers Meeting of the Incomati and Maputo Watercourse Commission (INMACOM) on Friday, 5 June, in Boksburg, Johannesburg.
The meeting will bring together...
Captain Laurance Makgotloe made a brief appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.
Four men were killed and two others critically injured in a taxi-related shooting in Nyanga.
Minister publishes National Elephant Heritage Strategy
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp has announced the publication of South Africa’s National Elephant Heritage Strategy in the Government Gazette, paving the way for its implementation as a national framework for elephant conservation and management.
The strategy provides a coherent, evidence-based...
Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering at a valuation approaching $1 trillion, the company said in a blog post Monday. The company has submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has yet to disclose the […]
NVIDIA opened Taipei’s Computex trade show on Sunday with the unveiling of a new PC CPU it has dubbed the RTX Spark — a “superchip” the company says will power AI PCs from a who’s who list of consumer hardware makers this autumn. The 1-petaflop chip is designed to run AI agents such as OpenClaw […]
Google parent company Alphabet has announced plans to raise $80 billion to help pay for the massive AI infrastructure buildout it has planned, in a move that highlights how rapidly the cost of competing at the AI frontier is climbing. Alphabet said Monday that it would sell that amount in stock and use the proceeds […]
SA remains on track to meet fiscal targets, says Treasury DG
South Africa remains on course to meet its fiscal targets despite the economic uncertainty created by the recent conflict in the Middle East, National Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse said on Monday.
Speaking at the Citi Emerging Markets Macro and Credit Conference, Pieterse said the country’s public finances...
Nelson Mandela Bay on high alert as severe rainfall warning issued
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has urged residents, businesses, motorists and other stakeholders to exercise extreme caution after the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a Level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall expected on Wednesday and Thursday.
The warning indicated a high likelihood of heavy rainfall...
The Sudan war has become a live laboratory for autonomous drone warfare, AI-assisted surveillance and open-source intelligence — exposing what analysts describe as one of the most consequential governance failures of the era, with no continental framework in place to regulate AI-powered surveillance or autonomous weapons in African conflict zones. The conflict, which erupted on […]
Standard Bank Group has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and the second most AI-mature bank overall in the Middle East and Africa in the inaugural Evident AI Index for Banks, published by Evident Insights. The group was also named the most innovative bank in AI across the region. The index is […]
Kasi Cloud Datacenters has held the flag-off ceremony for its Lekki campus in Lagos, marking the commissioning of what the company describes as West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable, carrier-neutral data centre platform. The event signals the transition of Kasi LOS1 from construction into operational readiness, opening for the first time a world-class sovereign cloud and […]
Contralesa alleges that some of young boys are ill-treated at illegal initiation schools.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.
Operation Shanela nets over 500 suspects for various offences
Police in the North West have arrested 586 suspects for various offences as part of Operation Shanela.
The arrests were made between 25 and 31 May 2026.
“The multi-disciplinary operations focused on stop-and-search actions, roadblocks, vehicle checkpoints (VCPs), high visibility patrols, including foot patrols, tracing...
Deputy President to engage business leaders on HIV and TB funding
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will meet private sector leaders in Johannesburg on Thursday as government seeks to strengthen partnerships aimed at addressing funding challenges in South Africa’s response to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
The Deputy President, who chairs the South...
Government calls for economic opportunities for today’s youth
As South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Youth Uprising, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has called on all sectors of society to intensify efforts to place young people at the centre of enterprise development, economic transformation and job creation.
The commemoration of...
Counterfeit goods and illicit products seized in the North West
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the North West, Major General Ryno Naidoo, has commended law enforcement agencies and regulatory partners for the successful execution of coordinated illicit goods operations in Rustenburg, Brits, Marikana and Hartbeespoort Dam.
The operations were conducted between Monday and...