One of Ithala Bank branches. The catastrophic consequences of the freezing of KwaZulu-Natal development finance company, Ithala, is of its own making. That’s been the argument of the Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority, and the repayment administrator for Ithala, before a full bench in the Durban High Court. They are applying for leave to appeal a…
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke briefed the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Portfolio Committee at Parliament in Cape Town on May 29, 2025. Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke has asked KwaZulu-Natal’s Cooperative Governance Department to intervene after the ANC-led Umkhanyakude District Municipality consistently failed to address material findings made by the AG. The municipality is said to have…
A home where four members from one family were killed during the mass murder in Lusikisiki. The trial of six men charged with the mass murder of 18 people at Ngobozana in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape is expected to start today. The suspects are facing 19 murder charges, including a Kwa Bhaca murder, as…
Deputy Minister Bantu Holomisa During his 70th birthday celebration in Johannesburg, Deputy Defense Minister Bantu Holomisa called on the current generation of young leaders in the country to come together irrespective of their political background to discuss how they can take the country forward. “We need to understand, unpack and upgrade some of the policies…
MMC Nomadlozi Nkosi addresses Vosloorus business owners at the Spaza Shop Support Roadshow. City of Ekurhuleni MMC for Developmental Planning and Real Estate, Nomadlozi Nkosi, has urged all spaza shop owners in the metro to reach out for assistance in becoming compliant. Nkosi hosted a roadshow in Vosloorus, on Gauteng’s East Rand, to promote the…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the Liberation Movements Summit African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the liberation is incomplete without economic emancipation. Ramaphosa has addressed Liberation Movements in Johannesburg. It has brought together the ANC from South Africa, Zanu-PF from Zimbabwe, CCM from Tanzania, FRELIMO from Mozambique, the MPLA from Angola and other…
President Cyril Ramaphosa call for Africa to export finished goods over raw materials. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the threat of US tariffs on South African goods highlights the need for exporters to diversify their destination markets. He was speaking at a BMW celebration of its five-decade investment in the country at its Rosslyn car manufacturing…
FlySafair plane seen at an airport FlySafair says it continues to operate a stable but reduced flight schedule with more pilots returning to work amid the ongoing strike. The company says seat availability remains limited under scaled back operations. FlySafair acknowledges in a statement that members of the Solidarity trade union have voted to reject…
Police vans at the scene of an arrest. Protea Glen ward 135 councillor in Soweto Phelelani Sindani has urged the police to provide its officers with counselling after a female officer was shot and killed by her police captain ex-boyfriend in the early hours of Sunday morning. Sindani says the incidents of police brutally killing…
The National Treasury has confirmed that it swiftly neutralised a malware attack targeting its Infrastructure Reporting Model (IRM) website on Tuesday afternoon. The attempted breach triggered an immediate response, with compromised servers isolated to assess the damage and protect critical data. This incident follows recent global cybersecurity concerns, including attacks on Microsoft platforms in the…
