Entomologist Letodi Luki Mathulwe reports the first South African isolation of Metarhizium rileyi infecting and killing armyworm larvae in kikuyu pastures, larvae that pyrethroids control only at 1-5 mm and whose feeding makes kikuyu release cyanide compounds that poison cattle; mass production and
A protocol signed in Beijing on 8 September by agriculture minister Willie Aucamp and GACC's Sun Meijun opens the world's largest cherry import market, 586,900 tonnes worth US$3.3 billion in 2025, to South African growers for the first time; the department expects about 600 new jobs, and exporter
After minister Willie Aucamp put allegations of serious misconduct to the board of Onderstepoort Biological Products, acting chief executive Dr Jacob Modumo was given notice of precautionary suspension pending an independent investigation; the state vaccine agency is alleged to have bought FMD doses
WorldSouth African police said in early May 2026 that human remains were found inside a large crocodile taken from the flooded Komati River near Komatipoort during the search for a missing 59-year-old businessman; DNA tests were still pending.
EnvironmentStaff at SANCCOB, South Africa's seabird rescue centre, told CNN in February 2026 that they have found stones in the stomachs of starving cormorant and penguin chicks, as a study links the collapse of sardine stocks to the deaths of about 62,000 breeding African penguins.
EnvironmentAmerican streamer Darren Watkins Jr., known as 'Speed', shared a video on 3 January 2026 of a sprint against a cheetah in South Africa; he kept level at first, but the cheetah pulled away and finished first after scratching his leg before the start.
A round-up of key world news from 31 August 2023, from India's rice export exemption for Singapore to Hurricane Idalia in Florida.
Sixty-three endangered penguins have died after being attacked by bees in South Africa, the BBC reported.
