3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (273+ words) Updated Sept. 10, 2026, 8:38 a.m. | By Mmangaliso Khumalo Two foreign nationals were arrested after police uncovered a clandestine Mandrax drug laboratory in Erasmia in the west of Tshwane during an operation on Wednesday night. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said the multimillion-rand…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (447+ words) Updated Sept. 10, 2026, 1:34 p.m. | By Mmangaliso Khumalo South Africa’s mining production fell 7.5% year-on-year in July 2026, with platinum group metals, coal and iron ore making the largest negative contributions. According to Statistics South Africa’s latest Mining: Production and Sales figures, platinum group metals…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (334+ words) Updated Sept. 10, 2026, 9:56 a.m. | By AFP Girls are at greater risk of dropping out of education when their schools are hit by heatwaves, storms or wildfires linked to climate change, the UN children's agency said on Thursday. Unicef analysis suggested that one…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (554+ words) Updated Sept. 10, 2026, 7:32 a.m. | By Thabiso Machaka Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant General Jan Scheepers has announced a new top management structure within the South African Police Service in the province. He has described the appointments as a decisive step towards strengthening policing…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (212+ words) Updated Sept. 10, 2026, 7:04 a.m. | By Jacaranda FM "Should I beatbox in Afrikaans or English?" A Limpopo boy has gone viral after his grandmother posted a video of him beatboxing on Facebook. According to YOU, the video is already about a year old....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (418+ words) Updated Sept. 9, 2026, 11:39 a.m. | By AFP In a school for the deaf in Kenya, children signed their excitement as a team demonstrated how a robotic arm could revolutionise their studies. Roughly 300 000 children in the east African nation have a hearing impairment, according…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (389+ words) Updated Sept. 9, 2026, 8:20 a.m. | By AFP Gambian President Adama Barrow on Tuesday pledged to boost power supplies by next month after violent protests over blackouts that have dogged the west African country since June. The rolling power outages, which are occurring during…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (373+ words) Updated Sept. 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m. | By AFP Kenya warned foreign workers they had 90 days to regularise their status as it sought to backtrack from a panic triggered by President William Ruto's order to close immigrant-owned small businesses. As the regional powerhouse, Kenya attracts…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (679+ words) Updated Sept. 8, 2026, 5:09 p.m. | By Anastasi Mokgobu The government has identified about 2400 hijacked and non-compliant buildings across South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities as it steps up efforts to reclaim properties being used for criminal activity. Kubayi said municipalities needed to identify and act…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) Updated Sept. 8, 2026, 12:41 p.m. | By Poelano Malema Some of South Africa’s biggest fashion names are among the nominees for this year’s South Africa Fashion Awards, with the public invited to vote for their favourites. The South Africa Fashion Awards (SAFA) is back…...