Setumo Stone

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North West prepares FMD booster vaccination campaign after recording 481 cases

25th August 2026

The North West government is preparing another intervention against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), with a booster vaccination campaign planned for September after the...

Politics

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s new political experiment wants to shift power from parties to communities

25th August 2026

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is calling for a new form of grassroots politics that moves citizens away from waiting for government solutions and towards...

Big Reads

Murder on the Tracks: The drama behind PRASA’s Central Line recovery

24th August 2026

The 2023 murder of community leader Loyiso Nkohla and attacks on contractors working on the Central Line pushed Passenger Rail Agency of...

Politics

Mothibi can no longer defend Batohi’s decision to drop Cato Manor charges

20th August 2026

Former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Advocate Shamila Batohi dropped the criminal charges against KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police boss Major General Johan Booysen...

News

Government’s Macufe model is missing the point, Free State events industry warns

19th August 2026

The Free State events industry has warned that the Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) risks losing its economic value unless government changes...

Politics

Velenkosini Hlabisa distances CoGTA from alleged Griqua king coronation

19th August 2026

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has distanced his department from the planned coronation of Maurice Vivian Kok as...

Big Reads

Setumo Stone | Why Matlala can refuse to answer questions at Madlanga Commission

19th August 2026

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s refusal to answer questions at the Madlanga Commission raised a basic legal question. When a commission demands answers, does...

News

Funeral travel flagged in health department’s ‘ghost trip’ probe

18th August 2026

A funeral linked to a senior National Department of Health official became another area examined in a forensic investigation into disputed travel...

Big Reads

Staff tried to stonewall R6.2m health department travel probe

18th August 2026

A forensic investigation into R6.28-million in disputed travel-related expenditure at the National Department of Health was complicated by a missing laptop, unanswered...

News

Health’s R6.2m ‘ghost trip’ probe

16th August 2026

By Setumo Stone A confidential forensic investigation into irregular travel claims at the National Department of Health has found that government money...