Free State Human Settlements HOD Mosa Masimene during a briefing. 2 minutes Free State Head of Department (HOD) for Public Works and Infrastructure, Mosa Masimene, has responded to allegations that she protected Khaya Radebe, the Director of Supply Chain Management, who is accused of misconduct involving R17 million. The allegations arose after the Premier’s office…
2 minutes Members of Parliament’s Land Reform Committee have expressed disappointment over the postponement of their planned meeting with King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. The meeting was set to address the fallout between the king and the Ingonyama Trust board. The situation between the Zulu monarch and the Ingonyama Trust Board is said to have reached a…
SANDF soldiers patrolling 2 minutes EFF MP Carl Niehaus has criticised Defence Minister Angie Motshekga for cancelling a scheduled meeting with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. The postponement was announced by the committee’s chairperson, Dakota Legoete. Niehaus, a member of the committee, accused Motshekga of neglecting the SANDF’s operational readiness, particularly for…
Cabinet Lekgotla 2024. 1 minute Job creation, sustainable energy, reviving the economy, and the recent killing of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to top the agenda at the first Cabinet Lekgotla of the year, starting in Pretoria this afternoon. The two-day meeting comes amid…
IOC President, Thomas Bach. 4 minutes Only a few people around the world know the name Thomas Bach and even fewer can rattle off those of the seven candidates out to replace him in March after 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee. Yet despite that low profile, there is no bigger or…
2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says the process to repatriate the remains of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently is underway. 13 SANDF soldiers have been killed in clashes against M23 rebels. Ramaphosa says all necessary support is being provided to the families of…
Police during a drug bust. 2 minutes Police in North West have made a multi-million-rand drug bust. The arrest was made at the port of entry between South Africa and Botswana. According to the provincial Department of Community Safety, a minibus taxi carrying the drugs was on its way to Johannesburg. It was allegedly from…
Pretoria High Court. 2 minutes A Soshanguve woman convicted of murder to claim insurance, Lerato Mahlangu, claims her husband, Sbusiso Mahlangu, was abusive and had threatened to kill her if she refused to become his accomplice. The couple was found guilty of orchestrating the murder of Sbusiso Sithebe, her ex-lover and the father of her…
1 minute The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says the suspension of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding for the treatment of HIV/AIDS will have a catastrophic impact on patients. This is because the Trump Administration has now put funding for NGOs in South Africa on hold. The immediate cessation of PEPFAR funding has…
The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula briefs the media in Johannesburg on January 28, 2025 on the outcomes of the party’s National Lekgotla. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party has resolved to prioritise educational campaigns that promote safe sexual practices and health literacy. This is in…
