July 6, 2025, began like any other winter’s Sunday in South Africa — a quiet end to a cold weekend, with no indication that the day would soon become a defining moment in the country’s political and criminal justice landscape. By the end of that Sunday, the national conversation had…
South Africa is once again in the midst of a heated national debate on immigration. Over recent weeks, anti-immigration protests have intensified across the country, with some groups calling for undocumented foreign nationals to leave. By: Anastasi Mokgobu Produced by: Emile Pienaar
It’s been three years of untold violence in Sudan, as the civil war between the army and the paramilitary group RSF rages on. Emile Pienaar takes you to the heart of a battle – of which the world knows very little. Doctors Without Borders, one of the few humanitarian organisations…
Chief Scientific Advisor at MARTI TB Diagnostics and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria, Jan Verschoor, said quick early diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) is recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a priority. On Tuesday the United Nations commemorated…
The Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, says South Africans don't have to wait in long lines at Home Affairs Offices to get their smart ID Cards anymore. In an interview with Jacaranda FM Newswatch, Schreiber outlined how the department partnered with the country's big banks, to implement one of…
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