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Nelson Mandela Bay surpasses housing targets

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has demonstrated its readiness for expanded housing allocations by exceeding its annual delivery target for the 2024/25 financial year, well ahead of schedule.

Two more suspects arrested for passport fraud, corruption

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Serious Corruption Investigation component of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, based in Pretoria, has arrested an additional two suspects in the ongoing operation that began on 14 June 2025, in KwaZulu-Natal, bringing the number of those arrested to seven.

Foot-and-mouth disease detected in the North West

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, specifically within the JB Marks Local Municipality.

In the first case, the department was alerted by a private veterinarian, who visited a farm and noted suspicious signs. 

A State veterinarian then collected samples, which were sent to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) for testing.

Another incident of FMD was detected at an abattoir in Madibeng.

12 die in KZN accident

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Twelve people have died, with 38 others sustaining injuries in a head-on collision between a bus and truck on the R34 Matatani road between Vryheid and Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal at around midnight.