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Former Deputy State President David Mabuza who served under President Cyril Ramaphosa in his first term of office has died on Thursday last week at Sandton Hospital. He was sixty-four. Mabuza’s death was announced by the state-owned News media South African Broadcasting Corp (SABC). Mabuza rose to the Deputy Presidency after overcoming a succession of […]

An Australian man has tragically died after contracting a rare and deadly rabies-like virus transmitted through a bat bite, health authorities confirmed on Thursday. The man, who was based in Queensland, reportedly came into contact with a bat and sustained a bite. He later developed symptoms linked to the Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV), a viral

A diplomatic storm is gathering strength over the Mediterranean. Greece is facing a sharp increase in migrant arrivals from Libya, when the North African nation consented with Türkiye to accelerate energy exploration near Crete. The island of Crete is Greek territory. This extraction of resources has fuelled Athens’ fears of geopolitical coercion and escalating tensions

On the evening of 1 July 2025, a significant blaze broke out in Pietermaritzburg’s Central Business District, close to the Professor Nyembezi building, igniting two adjacent retail units: a clothing shop and a cellphone outlet The fire unfolded around early evening, with flames swiftly consuming both stores. Emergency services—firefighters, police, and paramedics—rushed to the scene

Uncertainty clouds Government of National Unity (GNU)’s future as it passes its first anniversary. Government business has possibly not appeared more cloaks and daggers until now. President Cyril Ramaphosa took his cabinet and the country’s political landscape by surprise when he unexpectedly dismissed Andrew Whitfield, a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) from being a

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) recently held a Durban & Coast SPCA Kennels Sleepover at the charity’s Spring Park premises in Durban. This sleepover saw residents brave the kennels overnight and then ‘bailed’ out to give back to animals in need. The association, an NGO was able to raise R

United States President Donald J. Trump insisted that Iran’s nuclear program had been obliterated despite having acknowledged the early intelligence report was ‘very inconclusive’. The president lashed out at the leaked intelligence report that suggested the US airstrikes did not destroy the nuclear program in Iran. This preliminary intelligence assessment has stated to have found

LOCAL NEWS 1. One Dead, Four Injured in Springfield Park Building CollapseA tragic construction accident at Springfield Park Shopping Centre in Durban has left one person dead and four others seriously injured. The incident took place late Tuesday morning when scaffolding collapsed during routine building operations, causing five construction workers to fall nearly six metres.ALS paramedics

World markets including South Africa face instability and insecurity as a result of the Iran-Israel conflict tip the scales for global oil and petrol prices if the conflict does not end with a ceasefire. The domino effect has been felt across the globalized world, what happens in one geographic part of the planet, invariably effects