SAPS members at Stilfontein illegal mining operation site. 1 minute Police in Stilfontein in the North West continue to monitor the operation of retrieving illegal miners from shaft 11. North West Police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, says more than 80 undocumented illegal miners have been deported to their home countries, which include Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe…
Suspended Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Deputy Mayor Gary Van Niekerk. 2 minutes Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Deputy Mayor, Gary van Niekerk, has been suspended from the position. His suspension was put to the vote in council and 56 of the 120 in the council voted in favour, with 46 against. Van Niekerk was in court…
Samwu members protest in the Johannesburg CBD on December 12, 2024. 1 minute Several City of Johannesburg employees affiliated to the South African Municipal Worker’s Union (Samwu) have been injured after the police fired rubber bullets at protesting workers. Samwu members had barricaded several roads in the Braamfontein area yesterday afternoon, causing traffic disruptions that…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 3 minutes The South African Communist Party (SACP) says its decision to go it alone in the 2026 local government elections is a foregone conclusion, despite the party holding another bilateral meeting with the African National Congress (ANC) in January to discuss the decision. This is…
Inside a court 1 minute The bail application of two men accused of gunning down alleged Cape Town underworld kingpin, Mark Lifman, has been postponed until next month in the George Magistrates Court in the Western Cape. The suspects, aged 37 and 53, were arrested hours after Lifman was gunned down in the parking lot…
EFF Delegates to the 3rd NPA are currently registering at UJ, Soweto Campus. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Secretary-General Marshall Dlamini says it’s all systems go for the party’s third elective conference, formally termed the National People’s Assembly. The Assembly comes at a critical juncture for the EFF, as the party has experienced…
Build One SA press briefing 1 minute Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane says the party will continue to fight against the bloated government cabinet. Maimane briefed the media in Johannesburg on Thursday on the party’s work in Parliament and the Gauteng legislature this year. There are currently 32 Ministers and 43 deputy…
Water Tap 2 minutes Rand Water’s maintenance work which could last up to 86 hours is expected to worsen the supply situation in the City of Johannesburg. The work will start at 07:00 tomorrow morning on the Zwartkopjes and Eikenhof water systems. They both supply Johannesburg with water. Areas that are expected to be affected…
Delegates at the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting. 3 minutes The G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting has wrapped up in Johannesburg. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says amongst issues that South Africa will be pushing for during its presidency are high public debt and the cost of capital hindering development in many…
uMkhonto weSizwe Party members during a rally. 1 minute Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Secretary-General Marshall Dlamini says that the party will not attend the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s first anniversary rally celebration. Dlamini’s comments come as the uMkhonto weSizwe Party says it has extended an invitation to the red berets ahead of its birthday celebration at…
