[File photo] An e-tolls gantry on the highway in Gauteng. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Gauteng government will absorb the e-toll debt and they will continue to service it. Reacting to the Gauteng budget delivered by the Province’s MEC for Economic Development, Panyaza has assured Gauteng residents that e-tolling is a thing…
NSFAS Logo. 3 minutes The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has provisionally funded more than 600,000 eligible students at various universities for the 2025 academic year. More than 200,000 students have been fully funded. The scheme was giving an update on the status of NSFAS applications for this year before the Select…
1 minute Kenny Fihla has been appointed as the new Absa CEO. Fihla, who serves as Standard Bank Group Deputy Chief Executive and CEO of Standard Bank South Africa, resigned from all his executive positions with effect from June 13. Absa says Fihla’s appointment is effective from July 17, subject to regulatory approval. Charles Russon has…
Workers are seen building housing units at a construction site as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations ease in Fleurhof, near Johannesburg, South Africa, October 6, 2020. 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says they are working to ensure that Expanded Public Works Programme becomes a vehicle for skills transfer and offering recipients…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. 3 minutes There have been plenty of activities in various towns in Limpopo to mobilise soccer fans to attend the Bafana Bafana FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho on Friday. The two Southern African nations will go head-to-head at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Limpopo. The local…
Executive Mayor Dada Morero 2 minutes The City of Johannesburg says it has already taken steps towards establishing a comprehensive Climate Action Plan by planting trees around the City. Speaking at a four-day summit on Urban Forestry in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg, Executive Mayor Dada Morero says these initiatives focus on restoring vital ecosystems, removing…
Wooden dices showing drop in percentage 1 minute A survey conducted by the Bureau for Economic Research among analysts, trade unions and businesses indicates that they expect consumer inflation to average 4.3% this year. This means that consumer inflation is expected to remain contained at the midpoint of the Reserve Bank’s target range over the…
[File photo] 1 minute The battle for the heart and soul of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) – the now disbanded former military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) continues. This comes as the ANC has filed papers in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban ruled in favour…
Alexandra Magistrates Court 1 minute Five suspects arrested for the killing of a Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer in Riverside two weeks ago are expected to appear in the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Wednesday. The officer was fatally shot multiple times outside her house by unknown gunmen. Her son also sustained injuries during the shooting…
The accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case seen during their appearance. 1 minute A Middlepos resident has testified that she saw Kelly Smith pulling her daughter, Joshlin, into her shack on the Sunday evening before she went missing. Paulina Tshosa is facing cross-examination by the defence for Steveno van Rhyn at the Western Cape…
