Former Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. 1 minute Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda’s party Al Jama-ah says that it knew that the charges against him were frivolous. Party leader Ganief Hendricks says he is pleased that the matter has been put to rest. This is after fraud charges were provisionally withdrawn against Gwamanda earlier on Tuesday at…
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa speaking at a meeting. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa is continuing to engage with the United States (US) in efforts to work towards a common purpose on energy security. He was hosting a session on the country’s G20 Energy Transition Work…
Former Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes The state has dropped all charges against former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. The charges relate to the defrauding of several Soweto residents in 2011 in an alleged funeral policy scam. The former Mayor was arrested in October last year. Gwamanda, who is also a former Community Development MMC,…
[File photo] Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago 2 minutes South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says increases or decreases in VAT will be treated as an economic shock. This follows the postponement of this year’s budget after Cabinet disagreed on the proposed 2% VAT increase. Kganyago was speaking to SABC on the sidelines of…
SANDF Aeroplane 1 minute A second plane has landed in the country with more injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers evacuated from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Three of the critically injured ones arrived in the country last night. Last month, 14 South African soldiers were killed in fighting between…
[File image] 1 minute The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) says it will immediately mobilise its members across the country to find the 1.1 million people living with HIV who are currently not on treatment. This follows the launch of the new HIV treatment campaign, which aims to get the missing patients on treatment…
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni participates in a roundtable discussion on SA economy, October 8, 2019. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has reiterated its call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove Khumbudzo Ntshavheni from her position as Minister in the Presidency amid fraud and corruption allegations. This follows a 2021 investigation by the Hawks into the…
1 minute Eskom has downgraded rolling blackouts from stage four to stage two. The power utility says this follows the successful recovery of all five units at Majuba, two units at Camden, and one unit at Medupi. Over the weekend, eight out of ten generation units tripped, leading Eskom to implement stage three load shedding…
SABC building in AucklandPark. 3 minutes Member of Parliament Colleen Makhubele says there have been no clear indications from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) leadership about how to fix the challenges facing the public broadcaster. She says the SABC continues to struggle to find creative ways of raising revenue. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications…
[File photo] Brimin Kipkorir 1 minute Kenyan marathon runner Brimin Kipkorir has been provisionally suspended after he tested positive for prohibited substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday. Kipkorir won the Sydney Marathon in 2024 in a course record time of 2:06:18 and the Frankfurt Marathon in 2022 and 2023. “The AIU has…
