Expelled SA Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool. 3 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is expecting a full report from expelled South African ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool. Rasool was expelled from the US on Saturday following remarks he made about the Trump administration during a webinar last week. He has been…
State witness in Joshlin Smith’s case, Lorentia Lombaard, seen testifying at the case. 2 minutes Kelly Smith’s sister, Mickeyla Daniels, a police officer based in Upington in the Northern Cape, has taken to the witness stand in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay. During her testimony Daniels says a week after Joshlin’s…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. 1 minute Orlando Pirates have revived their ambition to challenge for league honours this season. Pirates beat Sundowns 2-1 in the Betway Premiership fixture played at the FNB Stadium earlier this afternoon. Bucs, who are still four games behind Sundowns, have now reduced the gap at the top…
1 minute The ANC says it will hold its much anticipated bilateral meeting with the SACP at Luthuli House in Johannesburg later this morning. The two alliance partners are seeking to find each other, following the SACP’s conference resolution to go it alone in future elections. The communist party said its decision was necessitated by…
The invasive alien plant, believed to be from South America, was first recorded at Hartbeespoort Dam in 2011. 2 minutes The Water and Sanitation Department has released Weevil insects to help eradicate the invasive alien water plant in the Hartebeespoort dam water system. The insects were brought in from America as part of a collaboration…
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. 2 minutes The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed its investigation into allegations surrounding KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Ipid says the probe is in connection with Mkhwanazi’s alleged interference with the arrest of a senior Correctional Services official in Richards Bay in 2023. The Independent Police…
Joshlin Smith’s mother Kelly appearing in court last year. 1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial is expected to resume in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. Shocking testimony emerged last week, including that the child’s mother allegedly sold her for R20 000. Kelly…
Chickens are seen at a poultry farm. 2 minutes Residents of Ga-Mashashane, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, have welcomed the provincial government’s efforts to revive their local community chicken hatchery project. The Mashashane Hatchery, which was once the largest producer of fresh eggs in the region, is now dormant, with part of its infrastructure vandalised. During…
Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. 1 minute COSATU in the Western Cape says one of the resolutions taken at its 6-th congress held at the weekend is to welcome Ebrahim Rasool back into the province. This follows the expulsion of Rasool as South Africa’s ambassador to the US. Provincial Secretary Malvern De…
VBS Mutual Bank. 2 minutes Some minority shareholders of the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank have expressed disappointment over the criteria used by the liquidator to pay back the money to verified creditors and retail depositors. The liquidator has recouped more than R600 million so far, with some of the funds being paid back to…
