https://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/06/breaking-news-three-atm-bombing-shot-dead-in-mahikeng/The Guardianen2026-05-06T07:46:08+00:00Breaking News: Three ATM Bombing shot dead in Mahikengbombing suspects shot dead in a confrontation with the police at Magogoe villagehttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/06/nwu-to-honour-sa-cultural-icon-kgotlaetsile-pule/The Guardianen2026-05-06T07:36:31+00:00NWU to honour SA cultural icon, Kgotlaetsile PuleKgotlaetsile Henderson Pule, The North West University (NWU) said it will proudly confer an honorary doctorate on the esteemed South African cultural iconhttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/stepfather-in-court-for-rape/The Guardianen2026-05-05T19:12:17+00:00Stepfather in court for rapeand the victim was left in his care. Mahanjana said after the second incident, on 31 January 2026 and 18 April 2026, Lumka Mahanjana said on two separate occasions, the victim reported the matter to the aunt, the stepfather raped his stepdaughter at their place of residence in Olievenhoutbosch when the mother was not aroundhttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/former-general-manager-appears-in-court-for-fraud/The Guardianen2026-05-05T18:34:09+00:00Former General Manager appears in court for frauda former General Manager at Royal Funerals, The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirms that Ponatsego Anna Ngwenya (45), from Soshanguve, Lumka Mahanjana said it is alleged that during her employment at Royal Funerals, Ngwenya defrauded the company by instructing clients to make funeral policy payments directly into her personal bank account. Mahanjana said in some instanceshttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/committee-to-receive-responses-on-investigations-into-social-development-ministerial-appointments/The Guardianen2026-05-05T17:47:25+00:00Committee to receive responses on investigations into social development ministerial appointmentshttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/committee-concerned-by-high-number-of-disciplinary-matters-at-drakenstein/The Guardianen2026-05-05T17:37:43+00:00Committee concerned by high number of disciplinary matters at DrakensteinMaximum B Section, Maximum A Section, expressing concern over the high number of suspensions of officials linked to disciplinary cases in the management area. The committee said the Drakenstein Management Area includes the Maximum Section, 65 disciplinary cases were registered. Ramolobeng noted that nationally the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) recorded 130 such cases, Kgomotso Anthea Ramolobeng said during the 2025/26 financial yearhttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/a-call-to-strengthen-sas-health-security-systems-amid-hantavirus-outbreak/The Guardianen2026-05-05T17:16:49+00:00A call to strengthen SA’s health security systems amid hantavirus outbreakbe briefed by the Minister of Health, the measures that have been implemented to contain the spread of the virus, Faith Muthambi said the briefing follows a media statement issued yesterday by the committee, The Portfolio Committee on Health will on 6 May 2026, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on the implications of the hantavirus outbreak. The committee said the briefing will focus on the findings of the department’s investigation into the outbreakhttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/tourism-monitors-are-not-deployed-to-villages-townships-and-small-dorpies/The Guardianen2026-05-05T17:04:22+00:00Tourism monitors are not deployed to villages, townships and small dorpies  The Portfolio Committee on Tourism today considered Budget Vote 38: Tourism and the 2026/27 annual performance plans (APPs) of the Department of Tourism and South African Tourism (SA Tourism), Ronalda Nalumango said the committee noted that the recovery is led by regional African travel, up 17.7% from 2024 and 2.6% above 2019 pre-Covid levels, which account for 75.2% of arrivals, which were tabled on 31 March 2027. The committee noted South Africa’s strong tourism recovery in 2025 with 10.5 million international arrivals, supported by improved air accesshttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/monna-o-tshwaretswe-maiteko-a-kgothoso-e-tseneletseng/The Guardianen2026-05-05T16:26:48+00:00Monna o tshwaretswe maiteko a kgothoso e tseneletsenggaufi le Taung. Go begwa fa banna ba le bararo ba ba neng ba tlhometse go utlwala, ba ile ba itatlhela ka lebenkele lengwe teng kwa motseng ohttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/05/monna-o-bolailwe-ka-go-tlhabiwa-kwa-renkeng-ya-ditekesi/The Guardianen2026-05-05T15:44:21+00:00Monna o bolailwe ka go tlhabiwa kwa renkeng ya ditekesiSepodisi sa Taung se batlisisa kgetsi ya polao. Se, se tla morago ga gore monna wa dingwaga di le 33 a tlhabiwe le go bolawa maabane bosigo kwa renkeng ya ditekesi ya Taung. Go begwa fa moswi yo a itsegeng jaaka Jahman Malepe, a ne a tsena mo nganyisanong ga mmogo le monna mongwehttps://taungdailynews.com/2026/05/04/kolong-bridge-will-be-temporarily-closed-overnight/The Guardianen2026-05-04T18:01:10+00:00Kolong bridge will be temporarily closed overnight