WSU employee accused of student’s shooting granted R10 000 bail
WSU students held a protest over poor living conditions at the residences in April.
South Africa
Chweneyagae’s death is a great loss to the industry: Colleagues
Presley Chweneyagae‘s memorial service is being held in Mahikeng today.
LIVE: Presley Chweneyagae Memorial Service in Mmabatho
Renowned actor Presley Chweneyagae’s memorial service is underway.
LIVE: Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial | 03 June 2025
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria.
Court rules Cholota’s extradition was unlawful
The court has just delivered judgment in the trial-within-a-trial.
Police expect to make arrest in Sithole murder
Police expect to make an arrest in the murder of IFP Deputy Chief Whip Khethamabala Sithole.
Foreign truck drivers stopped, robbed on the N3 near Villiers
Two suspects aged 52 and 68 were arrested on the scene for common robbery.
Cradock Four inquest to inspect Goniwe’s home
The security police abducted and killed the Cradock Four were in 1985.
News24 | Blame game erupts over three violent juvenile offenders who vanished from system
Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald and the Western Cape government are at loggerheads after three juvenile offenders vanished from the prison system.
News24 | Suspected South African ISIS leader faces bail hearing delay
A man allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will have to wait another week before his bail application can be heard.
News24 | MK Party pauses third election rigging case to fight for access to alleged ‘evidence’
The MK Party has stalled its third legal challenge to the legitimacy of the 2024 general elections so it can fight for access to the alleged “evidence” of vote manipulation it needs to show that it actually has a case.
News24 | Magistrate stops sangoma from confessing to killing toddler during dramatic court appearance
A sangoma who was arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of a toddler told a packed Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on Monday that he wanted to plead guilty.
News24 | 200 000 young people go ‘back to school’ for Presidential Employment Stimulus
After a year’s hiatus, the Basic Education Employment Initiative programme will see 200 000 young people going to 20 000 schools across the country on Monday, to take the first step on the employment rung.
News24 | ‘Am I guilty of anything?’ asks man accused of threatening to kill Ramaphosa, Hill-Lewis
Phillip Sebole Masango, a 28-year-old Cape Town man, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court, charged with threatening President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis in a voice note.
News24 | Starlink is not the only option for SA, says portfolio committee chair Mzwandile Masina
The chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry, and Competition, Mzwandile Masina has rejected what he has described as an unfounded argument that Starlink is the only option for South Africa.
News24 | SEE | The collapsed oak tree that killed a runner during Cape Town race
School groups and tourists strolled through the Company’s Garden in Cape Town on Monday, only metres away from the spot where a woman died the day before.
Daleela: Egypt’s AI Health Assistant Is Transforming Women’s Reproductive Care
In Egypt, the phrase “mabrouk, kibirti” – “congratulations, you are a woman” – often marks a girl’s first period. Yet, behind this cultural rite lies a deep gap in reproductive knowledge, with many women lacking accurate information about their own bodies. Addressing this need, Cairo-based health startup Motherbeing has launched Daleela, an AI-powered reproductive health […]
WHO Launches AI-Powered Toolkit to Accelerate Emergency Health Response
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has launched a new AI-powered tool to help countries respond faster and more effectively to health emergencies. The All-Hazard Information Management (AIM) Toolkit uses generative artificial intelligence to cut the time it takes to produce critical emergency response documents—from weeks to minutes—while...
News24 | It’s shoal time! Annual KZN sardine run begins with some big catches, a bunch of sharks
The much-anticipated sardine run has begun with a bang, with netting activities already reported on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
BEEI participants head to work at schools around the country
BEEI participants head to work at schools around the country
Today marks the “first day at school” for around 200 000 young South Africans – not as learners but as working adults – with the launch of the fifth phase of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI).
In his weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrated the return of the initiative after a one-year...
Killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution site in Gaza condemned
Killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution site in Gaza condemned
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has expressed concern over the deaths of 31 Palestinians and the injuries of more than 200 individuals on Sunday, 1 June 2025, near an aid distribution point in Rafah, southern Gaza.
“Eyewitnesses and medical personnel attest that Israeli forces...