Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen is set to lead a foot and mouth vaccination drive in Polokwane, Limpopo.  The vaccination of cattle will be conducted at the ZZ2 Kareebosch farm outside Polokwane.  The department says the campaign is part of the government’s efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.   [Media Advisory]Minister John Steenhuisen, and the Limpopo MEC for Agriculture & Rural Development, Ms Nakedi Kekana, will …

The National Language Summit is expected to commence on Monday at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.   The two-day summit will bring together government representatives, language experts, academics, civil society, business leaders, and other stakeholders.   This is an effort to address persistent challenges in multilingualism and advance the equal use and development of South Africa’s 12 official languages.   The summit forms part of the country’s …

The fifth annual Southern Africa Oil and Gas (SAOGA) Conference is set to kick off on Monday at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town.   The event will focus on developments in the upstream petroleum industry across the Southern Africa region.   The conference will give investors and industry operators a clear understanding of regional policies that encourage investment, …

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS Two minor children have been burnt beyond recognition inside a backroom house at Tjatjaneng village, east of Polokwane, in Limpopo. Police say the children aged three and five were left inside the room while their grandmother went to a tuckshop. The grandmother was alerted by community members who tried to extinguish the fire. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba …

The eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is still rationing water in large parts of its area. It says the aim is to allow water levels to stabilise in reservoirs. Water shortages have hit the city after a valve was damaged at Nagle Dam, restricting the flow of raw water to the Durban Heights Water Works for treatment. ETHEKWINI NEWSFLASHFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE13 …

A taxi driver has been killed and two other people seriously injured in a crash on the N3 near Cato Ridge in KwaZulu-Natal. The crash happened after the taxi driver moved to the wrong side resulting in a head on collision with another vehicle on Saturday night. Paramedics say the taxi was travelling on the Pietermaritzburg bound lane towards Durban …

The KwaMaphumulo and the KwaDukuza taxi associations say the KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department must shoulder some of the blame for the ongoing conflict between the two groups. This follows a meeting that provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi convened with the aim of finding a solution to the conflict over routes. #sapsKZN The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the …

Experts say air pollution is a growing environmental challenge in South Africa. They say although focus is on large industries that burn fossil fuels, releasing air pollutants they are not the biggest contributors to poor air quality. The North West University’s professor Roelof Burger says, “Unfortunately, many times the things that you see might be, for example, steam rising out …

Police say the suspect arrested in connection with the killing of former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officer Marius van der Merwe will appear in the Brakpan Magistrates’ Court, east of Johannesburg on Monday. The deceased was referred to as Witness D when he testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. He was shot dead in the presence …

A breakthrough has been made in the murder of Marius Van Der Merwe, also known as Witness D in the Madlanga Commission. Police have confirmed that the suspect believed to be the shooter of  Van der Merwe has been arrested in Johannesburg. Police say the vehicle believed to have been used on the day that Witness D was murdered has …