Grant recipients being helped by SASSA officials 1 minute Pay the Grants, a campaign advocating for economic justice, is calling for an extension of the SASSA gold card replacement period. Last week, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the Postbank urged recipients to exchange their gold cards for the new Postbank black cards…
2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence says South Africa’s deployment of its soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aligns with the country’s foreign policy. Parliament on Monday held a special sitting during which the deaths of 14 South African soldiers in the DRC were debated. Their bodies are expected to be repatriated from the Uganda capital…
Rodrygo Silva (X picture) 2 minutes Real Madrid forward Rodrygo Silva said he is grateful for the interest from other clubs but wants to stay with the LaLiga side for many years to come. Rodrygo has scored 12 goals and provided eight assists in 31 games for Real across all competitions this season and the…
Centre for the AIDS Programme Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) 2 minutes Professor Salim Abdool-Karim, Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) says critical HIV/AIDS research programmes relying on donor funds from USAID have already been affected in the country. Abdool-Karim says two vital research programmes aimed at HIV…
A mini-bus and bakkie on fire after a collision on the R40 in Hoedspruit, Limpopo. 2 minutes The number of people killed in a minibus and bakkie collision on the R40 in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, has now risen to 14. The two vehicles collided head-on, burst into flames, killing 13 people on the spot. The victims…
Eastern Cape Primary school in Gqberha 2 minutes Safety at schools is a concern for parents in some townships around Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape. Disgruntled parents from Mzomtsha Primary School at KwaZakhele in Gqeberha, marched to the Department of Education’s regional offices complaining about the shortage of teachers and the state of…
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga. 3 minutes Action SA has joined calls for Defence Minister Angie Motshekga to resign. ActionSA MP Athol Trollip supports the calls for her to step down. “As confirmed by Minister Motshekga in her reply to my parliamentary question, she said the deployment is devoid of strategy and a lack of national interest…Frankly, there is no defensible reason to continue….
Taylor Kavanagh with a group of runners 1 minute South African road runner, Taylor Kavanagh is approaching 2025 with a positive mindset and new goals. The national five-kilometre champion recovered from an injury that sidelined her for most of last season. Kavanagh suffered a knee injury at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia,…
A worker cleans gold bars at South Africa’s Gold Fields South Deep mine in Westonaria, 45 kilometres south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 9, 2017. 1 minute Gold prices have surged due to increased demand for safe haven assets, amid growing trade tensions and economic uncertainty. President Donald Trump recently imposed sweeping tariffs on all…
A sewage spillage 1 minute Some residents from different parts of Mabopane north of Pretoria have called on the Tshwane Municipality to urgently intervene and address sewage spillages. The municipality has been blamed for rarely attending to these problems, with residents saying solutions are always temporary. These residents say this issue has affected their health,…
