England look to get Bazball back on track

File Image: England head coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes during practice Cricket at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India on February 14, 2024. 4 minutes England head to New Zealand for the second time under locally-born captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum looking to revive the momentum of Bazball against a Blacks Caps…

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AG reports improvement in government audit outcomes

AG Tsakani Maluleke 2 minutes Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke says there has been an improvement in the audit outcomes of national and provincial departments for the 2023/24 financial year. Maluleke was briefing a joint meeting of parliament’s finance chairpersons on Tuesday. While there has been a general improvement in audit and accounting processes, she has…

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E-tolls debt severely affected Gauteng’s budget: Maile

File image: An e-tolls gantry on a Johannesburg road in the evening. 1 minute Gauteng Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says the cost of servicing the e-tolls debt has severely affected the province’s budget. He says despite this the budget is fairly healthy. Maile delivered Gauteng’s medium-term budget in the provincial legislature yesterday. He says,…

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SANDF cancels Cuban Medical Training Programme

1 minute The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has decided to cancel the Cuban Medical Training Programme, describing it as wasteful expenditure. The South African Military Health Service says it will not send additional medical students to Cuba. But it says students that are already there will be allowed to complete their medical courses….

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Spaza shop owners join Mangaung Metro registration drive

1 minute Spaza shop owners have come out in their numbers at Paradise Hall for the registration drive launched by Mangaung Metro in Bloemfontein, Free State. Spaza shop owners were given 21 days by President Cyril Ramaphosa to register their businesses, two weeks ago. Some of the owners are calling for an extension of the…

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Reports of Ndlozi being barred from conference is divisive: Malema

EFF’s Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi speaks during a media briefing. 1 minute Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has described reports that former party spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has been barred from attending the party’s elective conference as a desperate attempt to divide the EFF. The National People’s Assembly will take place from the 12th…

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Four arrested after Saulsville spaza shop shooting

Arrest banner 1 minute Four foreign nationals have been arrested following a shooting incident that left a man wounded in Saulsville, Pretoria. Eyewitnesses say the shooting occurred inside a local spaza shop owned by Somali nationals. Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says the wounded person is receiving medical attention at a nearby hospital. “The victim…

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