IDC Urged to Come Clean on Tongaat Hullets Rescue Funding

The Black Business Federation (BBF), the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA), and the newly formed South African Traditional Leaders Organisation (SATLO) have turned up the heat on the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to disclose full details of the funding provided to the Vision Group for the rescue of struggling sugar giant Tongaat Hulett.

On Thursday, the three organisations staged a picket in Durban and marched to the IDC’s provincial offices to hand over a memorandum outliningREAD MORE

Zimbabwean national Shumba Munetsi is expected to appear in the Phalala Magistrate’s Court in Lephalale on Monday for a formal bail application after being arrested in connection with the alleged smuggling of tobacco worth R3.8 million.

Munetsi, 45, was arrested by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Border Policing team at the Groblersbrug Port of Entry on 24 August after police allegedly found more than seven tonnes of suspected manufactured tobacco concealed insideREAD MORE

The intensive manhunt for 41-year-old James Mohajane has ended after members of the Moeka Vuma community handed the suspected triple murderer over to police less than 12 hours after his photograph was circulated publicly.

Mohajane was wanted in connection with the brutal deaths of his girlfriend, Moipone Lefoka, her sister, Esther Lefoka, and Esther’s boyfriend, Tshepo Molekwa, in Moeka Vuma near Makapanstad in the North West.

The threeREAD MORE

Participants from 10 countries will study the Stanislavsky method and Meyerhold’s biomechanics⁠

The InteRussia international fellowship programme, “Professional Training for Drama and Film Actors”, has begun in Moscow. The programme involves 14 young actors from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, India, Egypt, Türkiye, South Africa, Malaysia, China, and Ethiopia. The training will run until 3 October 2026.

The programme includes practical classes in acting, stage speech and movement; the study of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s system and Vsevolod Meyerhold’s biomechanics; meetings with Russian actorsREAD MORE

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — “Wherever I go on my overseas visits, what fascinates me the most are the civilisations created by people of different countries and ethnic groups,” Chinese President Xi Jinping once said.

Egypt, cradle of one of the world’s most ancient civilisations, has held a special appeal for Xi. “I marvelled at the Nile, mother of the Egyptian civilisation, and was amazed by the wisdom and strength of the Egyptian people,” Xi wrote in aREAD MORE

The country plans to develop specialist medical care, medical tourism and local production of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment

Ethiopia intends to position Addis Ababa as a leading African healthcare hub, including for specialised medical care and medical tourism. This was stated by the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh, according to Fana Media Corporation, a partner of TV BRICS.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, Ethiopia also intends to expand local production of pharmaceuticals, medical equipmentREAD MORE

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — Picked fresh in Kyrgyz villages in the morning, cherries and melons can now travel hundreds of kilometres and reach markets in Kashgar, an oasis city in the southwestern corner of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, by evening.

The journey is made possible by the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway, which winds through the rugged mountains of Central Asia, a project under the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Shipment will be expeditedREAD MORE

Police have launched a manhunt for 41-year-old James Mohajane, who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of three people, including his girlfriend, in Moeka Vuma near Makapanstad in the North West.

Mohajane is wanted for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Moipone Lefoka, her sister, Esther Lefoka, and Esther’s boyfriend, Tshepo Molekwa.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) said the three victims were allegedly last seen together at Molekwa’s house before theirREAD MORE

What does BRICS gain from having space powers and major agricultural producers among its members? Why do the group’s countries need a unified agricultural land monitoring platform? And why could satellite data prove useless without the help of artificial intelligence? Read more in the TV BRICS article

Precision agriculture

Satellites, drones and artificial intelligence – cutting-edge technologies are increasingly being introduced into agriculture. For example, satellite systems have long transformed combine harvesters into highly precise smart machines.READ MORE

The Department of Health has called for an urgent national response to a sharp decline in childhood immunisation coverage, warning that South Africa risks outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases that could reverse decades of public health gains.

Department spokesperson Foster Mohale said the decline in vaccination rates was placing hundreds of thousands of infants at risk of serious illness and death.

“The proportion of unvaccinated infants, children under one year receiving no vaccinations, has increased from 12.1% inREAD MORE