Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaks at the 1998 White Paper on Local Government high-level dialogue in Midrand on 23 June 2025. The public has until tomorrow to submit comments on the review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review is aimed at modernising the 1998 White Paper, to address current challenges…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton during qualifying Lewis Hamilton hailed a ‘world class’ performance by Ferrari in Austrian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday after Charles Leclerc took second place on the starting grid and he followed up in fourth. The session equalled Ferrari’s best of the season in Monaco, even if Leclerc was still more than half a second…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. The Mashilo Tribal Authority says it has completed the almost three-month initiation period without any fatalities, having more than 400 initiates graduate from an initiation school in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga. The provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Kgoshi Mashilo, commends the initiation schools and says…
Two have died in a mass shooting in Cape Town Police say two people, aged 23 and 25, were shot and killed early Sunday morning inside a dwelling in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. In the past week, 13 other people have been killed in mass shootings in Cape Town, seven of them in Gugulethu….
EFF leader Julius Malema. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the Democratic Alliance (DA) must respect the president and government protocol. He was reacting to the recent ultimatum by the DA to the president regarding the dismissal of Andrew Whitfield as deputy minister of Trade and Industry. The DA said Ramaphosa had failed…
Ithala Bank’s branch on Anton Lembede Street in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Task Team in KwaZulu-Natal says saving Ithala Bank was a top priority following their appointment in February this year. ANC Coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu says the bank has for decades played a vital role in supporting the livelihoods of the…
JMPD officers arrest driver for traffic violation on August 19, 2024. Gauteng police have arrested hundreds of suspects for various crimes and shut down several unlicensed liquor outlets in Honeydew and Cosmo City in northern Johannesburg. This follows a weekend Operation Shanela aimed at assisting local police stations to reduce crime. Gauteng Acting Provincial Commissioner,…
Chelsea’s stadium Chelsea scored three times in the second period of extra-time to hand 10-man Benfica a 4-1 defeat in Charlotte in their weather-affected last 16 Club World Cup clash on Saturday as the English side set up a quarter-final meeting with Brazil’s Palmeiras. Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored in a nine-minute…
[File photo] A 22-year-old and a 2-year-old child have died following the fire at Nigel in Ekurhuleni in Gauteng. At the same time, an 8-year-old child managed to escape with minor burns and was taken for medical treatment. A total of eight people have died in fire-related incidents over the weekend in Ekurhuleni. City of Ekurhuleni…
E-toll gantry Gauteng MEC of Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile says the provincial government will tomorrow make another payment towards servicing the e-toll historical debt. Maile addressed the media in Johannesburg earlier today, to give an update on the province’s progress in repaying the debt. This follows the decision made by government to scrap…
