Mabuza addresses National Assembly Former Deputy President and South African politician David Mabuza has died at the age of 64. As a former Deputy President, Mabuza will receive a Category 2 State Funeral with prescribed military ceremonial honours which will be held in his hometown in Mpumalanga. Below is a timeline highlighting some of the…
Post office The South African Post Office has received a R1.8 billion service allocation to stabilise operations. This was revealed by Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi when he was presenting his department’s budget vote in Parliament. Malatsi says universal access to Post Office services as well as digital connectivity remains a priority, “The…
[File photo:] An open shaft left by illegal miners. The Rustenburg Magistrate Court in the North West postponed to July 24 the case of three illegal miners Danny Mashaba, Samson Machingera and Raphael Movela who were arrested for trespassing at the Sibanye Stilwater’s Operation Belt 4 in Marikana. Provincial spokesperson Colonel Adele Myburgh explains that…
RDP houses The Public Protector has welcomed the implementation of its remedial action by the Free State Department of Human Settlements after the department wrongfully handed over a new house at Hillside View, in Bloemfontein in April 2022. The Public Protector’s investigation found that the house that was allocated to Lucia Ntsaku actually should have…
Honouring the late former Deputy President, David Mabuza. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party will hand over an ANC flag to the family of late Deputy President David Mabuza ahead of his remains being transported to Mbombela for the state funeral service on Saturday. Mabuza will then be laid to rest…
Springboks training on the field, 9 July 2025. Springbok wing Edwill van der Merwe says the presence of veteran fullback Willie le Roux will provide him with the assurance to play his natural game tomorrow afternoon. Van der Merwe will make his second appearance against Italy. He made his first appearance more than a year…
A hospital ward with empty beds. The Limpopo’s Traditional Affairs department says the 21 initiates who had been admitted at George Masebe Hospital following alleged botched circumcisions have been discharged due to capacity challenges at the facility. The initiates were from Lesodi and Rantlakana initiation schools. Department spokesperson Amos Phago however says that five were…
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services says the Department should start a process of consultations with other countries for inmate exchange programmes so that foreign inmates can serve sentences in their countries of origin. This is to reduce the burden on the state. Correctional Services Chair Committee, Kgomotso Ramolobeng, says this is concerning. “The committee…
Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addresses the media in Midrand on June 19, 2025. Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President and former uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Secretary General, now Mayibuye national convener, Floyd Shivambu, believes that millions of South Africans have lost faith in existing political parties and the country’s…
[File image]: Tshediso Matona is Head of the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Commission The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commissioner has raised concerns on the adequate implementation and the future of Black Economic Empowerment in the country. The B-BBEE legislation was adopted through Section 9(2) of the Constitution to redress the socio-economic imbalances that were created…
