Dr Praveena Sukhraj-Ely has become a powerful symbol of possibility for persons with disabilities in South Africa, as the first person who is totally blind to lead a national government department.
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has urged communities to register as organ and tissue donors to give potentially life-saving hope to patients on transplant waiting lists.
Today, the South African Police Service (SAPS) introduces 46-year-old Warrant Officer Gloria Vatiswa Nontshokweni, the acting unit commander of Makhanda Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit in the Eastern Cape as a dedicated police officer.
Residents across Mpumalanga are being urged to use water sparingly as provincial dam levels continue to show marginal declines.
Cabinet has welcomed the successful hosting of the 46th SADC Summit in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, which marked the beginning of South Africa’s Chairship of the regional bloc.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday met with the United States Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency Leo Brent Bozell III.
South Africa is preparing for the possible registration and introduction of a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine currently undergoing Phase 3 trials, Cabinet announced on Friday.
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Kenny Morolong has praised UCR FM for its three decades of service to communities in the Eastern Cape, describing the community broadcaster as an important platform for information, dialogue and local development.
Cabinet says preparations for the 2026 Local Government Elections are progressing, with coordination mechanisms across all three spheres of government in place ahead of the polls scheduled for 4 November 2026.
Acting National Police Commissioner Leuitenant General Puleng Dimpane says while crime statistics show areas of progress, they also expose areas where criminal threat remains stubborn and unacceptable.
Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia says police have recorded notable decreases in several of the country's most serious contact crimes.
Earlier in the year, the African Union declared 2026 the Year of “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063.” In doing so, the continent elevated water and sanitation from basic service-delivery concerns to matters of strategic political priority.
More than 1.8 million social grant beneficiaries have migrated from SASSA gold cards to Postbank’s new black cards, with the bank reporting that more than 80% of its targeted migrations have been completed ahead of the 31 August deadline.
One of the greatest challenges in scientific capacity development is not delivering programmes but measuring their long-term impact. Annual reports rightly celebrate the number of workshops delivered, early-career researchers trained, countries represented and certificates awarded. These metrics demonstrate that programmes reached their intended audiences and achieved their planned activities. However, they reveal little about whether those investments ultimately produce sustained scientific leadership.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the public release of the report of the Nkabinde Panel of Enquiry, which investigated the fitness of Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Andrew Chauke to hold office.
