International medical education providers say training South African students abroad could help expand the country’s pool of doctors, rather than worsen the shortage, by creating additional pathways for students unable to secure limited places at local medical schools.

Kenyan President William Ruto has paid tribute to Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who died alongside his wife, Lucy Muteke, and four others in a helicopter crash in Marondera, east of Harare.

Social Development Minister Dina Pule has announced a leadership transition and key appointments at the department, including the appointment of Raphaahle Ramokgopa as Acting Director-General.

North West Provincial Legislature Speaker Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi says stronger ties between South Africa and China could create opportunities for investment, trade, skills development, technology and infrastructure in the province.

Former Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been acquitted in the criminal case arising from her controversial investigation into the Absa/Bankorp matter, bringing a lengthy legal chapter to an end.

The case against UK fugitive and triple murder accused Ndodana Tshuma has been postponed to 21 October, while proceedings continue in South Africa over his alleged role in the deaths of his wife and two daughters.

The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested a 50-year-old former Deputy Director of Finance at the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in connection with an alleged R1.35 million fraud involving funds intended to support a community land restitution project.

Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane will lead a National Prayer Day at St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria on Wednesday, bringing together police officials to pray for courage, resilience, the well-being of officers and safer communities.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced four immediate measures to strengthen South Africa’s response to gender-based violence and femicide following the discovery of 11 women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni since July.

The body of an 11-year-old boy who allegedly drowned in the Kgotptjane River in Phuthaditjhaba on 19 September has been recovered after community members spotted it trapped around a tree.

The Pretoria Regional Court has postponed the corruption case against Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and 15 others to 17 November 2026, pending the completion of a review into the validity of the charges.

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has told the Randburg Magistrates’ Court that he had consensual sexual intercourse with an 18-year-old woman and denies raping her. His bail application has been postponed to 1 October, and he will remain in custody.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has sent condolences to the families of 11 people killed when a minibus taxi and truck collided head-on near Mtubatuba. Nine of the victims were burnt beyond recognition, while nine others were seriously injured.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya is expected back in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for a formal bail application after being arrested last week on five charges, including rape, human trafficking and sexual grooming of a child.

A man identified as a person of interest in the murder of 23-year-old Boitumelo Gift Mashita has been found dead inside his vehicle in Midrand hours after she was shot and killed in Thembisa.