Hantavirus Linked to Cruise Ship Leaves Two Tourists Dead, One Critical

The South African Department of Health has confirmed the deaths of two international tourists and the critical illness of a third following a severe acute respiratory infection linked to a cruise ship that recently passed South African waters.

Health authorities said the cases were reported from passengers aboard the MV Hondius, which was travelling from Ushuaia in southern Argentina to the Canary Islands. The vessel, carrying approximately 150 tourists from various countries, had been at sea for about three weeks,READ MORE

The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK Party) has tabled a controversial Private Member’s Bill seeking to reserve ownership of spaza shops exclusively for South African citizens, intensifying a heated national debate over township economies, immigration and safety.

The proposal comes in the wake of the high-profile kidnapping of Vosloorus businessman Mazwi Kubheka, 27, whose month-long disappearance and dramatic recovery have reignited tensions around alleged turf wars in the informal retail sector.

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South Africa’s health authorities are on alert after a British tourist tested positive for what has been referred to as “Hunter virus”, with officials clarifying that the infection is linked to Hantavirus — a rare but potentially fatal disease transmitted through contact with infected rodent waste.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday confirmed that the patient has been admitted to a local hospital and that further details will be released once a comprehensive briefing is received from the National InstituteREAD MORE

Kruger United has sealed an automated promotion to South Africa’s top league following a dominant season in the second tier.

Over the weekend, the Bushbuckridge-based side secured promotion with two matches to spare, and should struggling TS Galaxy avoid relegation, the province will have two clubs in SA’s top flight.

Kruger United has garnered 58 points from 28 matches, with their last two matches essentially dead rubbers for them.

They have won 17 matches – more than any other sideREAD MORE

A Determination That Redefines the 2030 Capacity Cliff from Planning Risk to
Legal Certainty

On 31 March 2025, the then Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr D.T. George, issued his determination on the exemption applications submitted by Eskom SOC (Pty) Ltd in terms of Section 59 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004[1]. The decision received measured coverage in the energy press. It deserved considerably more.

The determination did not merely resolve a regulatory dispute aboutREAD MORE

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the kick-off and Final dates for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

The opening match will be played on Saturday, 19 June 2027, and the Final on Saturday, 17 July 2027.

The dates were approved by the FIFA Council recently held in Vancouver, Canada.

“CAF will announce the Country that will host the Opening Match and the Final in due course,” statedREAD MORE

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — China will celebrate its 11th Space Day on Friday, while its Chang’e-7 spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province before its planned launch in the second half of 2026. It will head to the moon to conduct environmental and resource surveys of the lunar south pole.

Over the past decade, China’s Chang’e lunar exploration program has secured many achievements. Chang’e-4 realised the world’s first soft landingREAD MORE

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has conferred an honorary doctorate on one of the best footballers in the history of South African football, Theophilus Doctor Khumalo.

Khumalo, who starred for Kaizer Chiefs from the late 80s into the 2000s, has been honoured “for his exceptional talent and profound contribution to South African and international football,” said TUT.

Khumalo was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in Science: Kinesiology and Coaching Science (Honoris Causa).

The Doctor of Philosophy in Science: KinesiologyREAD MORE

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — Mounting risks around the Strait of Hormuz, disruptions to shipping lanes of vital materials and volatile energy prices have rendered global trade and industrial ecosystems unprecedentedly vulnerable.

Some powers tend to weaponise trade, sever industrial and logistic links, and exploit regional chaos, severely undermining the stability of the world economic order.

While supporting all efforts of regional de-escalation through political and diplomatic means, China is a steadfast guardian of open and resilient global supply chains,READ MORE

BEIJING, May 01 (Xinhua) — A 26-year-old graduate from a non-elite university founded what is now one of China’s most valuable robotics firms. His story is the stuff of legend, but he is not alone. In China’s new wave of innovation, this narrative is playing out at breakneck speed.

Ten years ago, Wang Xingxing made a decision that seemed, to many of his peers, baffling. Having just landed a coveted position at DJI, a leader at the global forefront ofREAD MORE