President announces 4th November as date for LGE

Sign displaying the direction in which the voting station is located The seventh democratic Local Government Elections (LGE) will be held on the 4th of November. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the date at the extended President’s Coordinating Council Meeting, in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. JUST IN | President Cyril Ramaphosa says 4 November has been…

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Madlanga Commission rejects Malatji’s application for a postponement

Suspended Director for Asset Protection Services at the Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has rejected suspended Tshwane Director for Asset Protection Services in the City of Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji’s, application for a postponement. Malatji’s legal representative, Sibusiso Nkosi, told the commission in Pretoria that his client…

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Tshukudu Malatji returns to the stand at Madlanga Commission

FILE: Suspended Director for Asset Protection Services at the Tshwane Metro Police Department, Tshukudu Malatji. Suspended Director for Asset Protection at the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD), Tshukudu Malatji, returns to the stand at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Thursday morning. The commission continues with evidence from the City of Tshwane, where various top…

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New Zealand’s Patel, Sharp named in T20 World Cup squad

FILE | Cricket stumps on the field. Off-spinning all-rounder Nensi Patel and batter Izzy Sharp are set to make their Women’s Twenty20 World Cup debuts after being named in the New Zealand squad for the tournament in England in June, the country’s cricket board announced on Wednesday. Sophie Devine, Lea Tahuhu and  Suzie Bates were…

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Maluleke denies political interference in his resignation from NSFAS

Former NSFAS interim chairperson, Dr Mugwena Maluleke Former National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) interim chairperson Dr Mugwena Maluleke says his resignation has nothing to do with political interference or pressure from the executive. Maluleke has cited personal reasons for his resignation. His departure comes in the midst of high-level board resignations from the scheme,…

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Fuel levy relief extension is deceptive: FOSA

A petrol station attendant fills up a car ahead of a petrol price increase effective from midnight, at a filling station in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 31, 2022. The Forum for South Africa (FOSA) has criticised the government’s extension of the fuel levy relief, calling it deceptive. On Tuesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced…

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