[FILE] The Budget Justice Coalition says the 2021 national Budget will deepen inequality. 1 minute DebtBusters’ latest debt index for the first quarter of 2025 shows a growing number of South Africans are relying on personal loans to manage their expenses as the cost of living continues to rise. The index reveals that one in…
A trial within a trial at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 5, 202 to test the court’s jurisdiction of former Premier, Ace Magashule’s PA, Moroadi Cholota’s extradition claims. 1 minute The Free State government’s termination of former premier Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota’s bursary is at the centre of…
Tourism experts during one of the sessions at the Africa Tourism Leadership Forum in Gaborone, Botswana. 2 minutes South Africa is set to take centre stage in continental tourism dialogue as Johannesburg prepares to host the 7th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge during the country’s annual Youth Month celebrations. In a statement,…
Hawks vehicle. 1 minute The High Court in the Northern Cape has granted the Hawks’ Assets Forfeiture Unit a R1.6 million forfeiture order against businessman Mahdi Aki. In January last year, police had conducted a search at Aki’s residence. They found two bags full of money that he could not account for. Hawks provincial spokesperson,…
[File Image] Police confiscated drugs. 1 minute The Hawks have discovered an underground laboratory believed to be manufacturing illicit drugs on Rooikopan farm in Standerton, Mpumalanga. Hawks provincial spokesperson Mangonseni Nkosi says the recovery follows a massive burst last month at the same farm. Police had found two places at which drugs were suspected to…
The team that represented SA 1 minute Team SA’s medal-winning relay athletes have touched down at the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday. The team topped the medals table at the World Athletics Relay Championships in Guangzhou, China last weekend. They won two golds and a bronze medal across four events. Team SA relay athletes…
Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner meets Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican, May 14, 2025. 1 minute Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player, the Vatican said. Sinner was invited to the Vatican along with his parents…
Lottery draw 1 minute The EFF has called on the Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau to appear before the Portfolio Committee regarding reports about the planned awarding of the National Lottery operating licence to the Gold Rush Consortium. This follows allegations that the department is in negotiations with the company for this licence. The…
A file with loan applications 1 minute DebtBusters’ Q1 2025 debt index says more and more South Africans are relying on personal and payday loans to survive the rising cost of living. And that a third of South Africans with credit are struggling to repay their debts. This includes individuals who are three months or…
SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 5 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it needs about R7.5 billion to fund costs related to its unfunded public mandate. The organisation was updating Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on its audit outcomes and financial performance. The management of the SABC and the…
