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As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, astrophysicists and other delegates gathered at the SAAO’s site in Observatory on Tuesday. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: @HigherEduGovZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) has been unveiled as a National Heritage Site. As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, […]

Treasury said, “it’s the prerogative of the ministry who he appoints to his team as per the prescripts of the Ministerial Handbook”. Ranjeni Munusamy. Picture: @RanjeniM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Ranjeni Munusamy, former senior journalist from the Tiso Blackstar Group, was appointed in the Ministry of Finance as a community outreach officer. Treasury responded to public criticism […]

On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects blew open the back of one of the vehicles. CAPE TOWN – A police officer in the Eastern Cape has killed following a high-speed chase with robbers in the Port St Johns area. On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects […]

MMC Moerane sends condolences to family of child (9) electrocuted in Rabie Ridge The child was electrocuted last week after coming into contact with an illegal power connection running alongside the family’s shack in the Kinana informal settlement. FILE: City Power officials on 3 June 2020 disconnected illegal electricity connections at Phumula Mqashi informal settlement […]

13 people killed in KZN accident Details were still unclear around the accident, but it was the latest deadly crash in KZN. 13 people were killed on 21 October 2020 in a major crash on the R66 between Ulundi and Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: @_ArriveAlive/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – Thirteen people were killed on Wednesday morning in […]

Parts of the country were gripped by a heatwave this week with extreme temperatures rising up to 40 degrees in some places. JOHANNESBURG – The weather service on Wednesday said while temperatures in parts of Gauteng had dropped a few degrees, residents could still expect warm temperatures. Parts of the country were this week gripped […]

The stolen property was discovered in storage facilities in Stikland and Bellville this week. CAPE TOWN – A tip-off led police to a haul of stolen goods including jewellery worth more than R5 million. The stolen property was discovered in storage facilities in Stikland and Bellville this week. #sapsWC The diligence of the detectives attached […]

Known as the country’s murder capital, yet another woman was found dead in a bush on Saturday. FILE: A police van seen in Delft following a shooting. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The Delft Community Policing Forum (CPF) on Tuesday said its residents had become desensitised to the ongoing murders. Known as the country’s murder […]

City of Cape Town said it would be opposing the application to review a decision to move the primate – known as Kataza – from the Slangkop Troop to Tokai. Kataza the baboon sits on the wall of a Tokai home. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN CAPE TOWN – The matter around a Kommetjie baboon’s future will […]

Maluleke will be the country’s first woman to be appointed as the head of the Chapter 9 institution. Tsakani Maluleke. Picture: @tsakanimspice/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Members of Parliament on Tuesday heaped praise on Tsakani Maluleke, who is set to be the next Auditor-General. Maluleke will be the country’s first woman to be appointed as the […]