TikTok icon on a cellphone 2 minutes TikTok plans to shut its app for US users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, sources familiar with the matter said. The outcome of the shutdown would be different from that…
A classroom 2 minutes Solidarity, AfriForum and the Solidarity Support Centre for Schools have initiated legal action against the promulgation of the BELA Act. The organisations say President Cyril Ramaphosa acted irrationally and was in breach of various agreements as well as a recommendation by the Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube by promulgating the…
University of Venda campus 2 minutes The registration of first time students has started at the University of Venda in Limpopo. The institution says the online registration process is running smoothly. The university has received more than 100 000 applications but can only admit just over 3 500. University Spokesperson Takalani Dzaga says they are…
Matric class of 2024 top achievers take a picture with Minister Siviwe Gwarube and Department of Basic Education officials. 1 minute The HAWKS have confirmed the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect in the online leakage of the 2024 matric results. The Basic Education Department lodged a complaint that matric results were being sold for about…
A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa office. 1 minute Labour and Employment Minister Nomakhosazana Meth will on Friday meet with the management of AcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark. This after the steel producer announced that it will shutdown its operations in Newcastle and Vanderbijlpark. The move is expected to result in 3 500 direct job losses…
1 minute AfriForum has voiced its support for Norton Rose Fulbright SA’s legal challenge against the government’s new legal sector code. The law firm has approached the courts to block the implementation of the code, which seeks to increase black participation in South Africa’s legal industry. The firm argues that the code places unreasonable and…
Rescue operations at Stilfontein. 2 minutes The Consul General of Zimbabwe in South Africa, Arial Phiri says they will work hand in hand with the South African Police Service to identify their citizens from the 78 bodies, retrieved in Stilfontein. Phiri said this during a media briefing at shaft 11. Phiri was accompanied by acting…
Iga Swiatek in action during her first round match against Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia on January 13, 2025. 1 minute Two of the favourites for the women’s singles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne have continued their good form and advanced to the third round…
Chairs seen submerged in water at Grobler’s Bridge Border Post in Limpopo. 3 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is not yet clear when operations will resume at the flooded Grobler’s Bridge Border Post outside Lephalale in Limpopo. The BMA temporarily suspended operations three days ago, due to high water levels. Trucks are…
Complainant Andiswa Mengo (L) and her interpreter. 2 minutes Warning: This report contains details of a graphic nature and may be upsetting to viewers. The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge saw the complainant, Andiswa Mengo, reduced to tears during her testimony that the top judge allegedly…
