Chikunga praises McKenzie for improving sports access at special needs schools
Sports, Arts and Culture minister, Gayton Mckenzie speaking in Bloemfontein. Minister in the Presidency for…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described South Africa’s first democratic election as the “birth of a new nation”, marking a historic moment when over 20 million people voted in 1994 for the first time. Speaking during national Freedom Day commemorations in Bloemfontein, he reflected on long…
[File Image]: IFP supporters at an event. Inkatha Freedom Party IFP Gauteng Chairperson Bonginkosi Dhlamini has urged South Africans not to sit at home but exercise their right to vote in the upcoming local government elections. Dhlamini spoke to SABC News in Westonaria, West of Johannesburg, where the party is commemorating Freedom Day. FREEDOM DAY…
Sports, Arts and Culture minister, Gayton Mckenzie speaking in Bloemfontein. Minister in the Presidency for Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has expressed her gratitude to Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie for his attempts at making special needs schools accessible for young people to participate in sports. This comes after McKenzie handed over a multipurpose sport…
File: Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Solly Malatsi. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says there will be consequences for officials who drafted the National Artificial Intelligence Policy, which was found to have contained fictitious academic references. In a statement released on Sunday, Malatsi announced the withdrawal of the policy after internal investigations confirmed…
African People’s Convention (APC) party leader, Themba Godi. The African People’s Convention (APC) says coalition governments will be a key feature of the upcoming local government elections. The party is discussing coalition frameworks and candidate deployment at its Election Summit taking place in Johannesburg, this weekend. It says it is ready to enter coalitions in…
Person with a knife. A 17-year-old male has died after he was stabbed outside the University of Fort Hare Alice Campus in the Eastern Cape. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana says the incident happened on Saturday evening, and that the stabbing followed a fight. The victim succumbed to his injuries at the Victoria Hospital…
President Cyril Ramaphosa It’s all systems go for Monday’s national Freedom Day commemorations at the Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein where President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address. The theme is “Freedom and the Rule of Law: Thirty Years of Democratic Citizenship.” Government Deputy Spokesperson William Baloyi says the day will be marked…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday, 27 April 2026, lead the national Freedom Day Commemoration to be held in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in Bloemfontein, Free State Province. Freedom Day 2026 marks the 32nd anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections held on 27 April 1994 and stands as a testament to the country’s journey…
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe celebrates with a shoe after winning the men’s elite race and setting a new world record with a time of 01:59:30 Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe shattered one of athletics’ most elusive barriers on Sunday, becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours as he stormed to victory at the…
The late Xitsonga musician, Kenny Bevhula The late Xitsonga musician, Kenny Bevhula, has been laid to rest at Bevhula village, outside Malamulele in Limpopo. Bevhula died last week at the age of 53 after losing his battle with cancer. Hundreds of mourners, including artists, his followers and the community members, gave Bevhula a befitting send-off….