Infrastructure damaged caused by floods. Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams says the disaster relief funding by the national government is not enough to cater for all the damages and losses caused by last month’s floods. The province will receive R504 million from national government’s R1,2 billion disaster recovery grant…
File Image: A man walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. The International Monetary Fund says debt vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa is mounting due to high global uncertainty, tighter global financial conditions and rising borrowing costs. However, it says the region is tackling this issue head-on and public debt ratios have stabilized on average….
Vehicles with containers at Durban port President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged President Donald Trump’s letter imposing a 30% tariff on South African exports to the US, citing trade imbalances and market restrictions. U.S. President Trump has posted this letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa in which he explains that South Africa will be charged a tariff…
SA drivers’ licence The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has urged the Department of Transport to extend the validity period of driving licences to 10 years instead of the proposed eight years. This comes after the department confirmed plans to extend the validity period from five years to eight years, to address the administrative backlogs…
FILE | Initiates from Ga-Mothapo in Limpopo line up for their ceremony after completing their time at an initiation school on 14 July 2024. A 19-year-old initiate has died in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo. According to the Limpopo Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department, the epileptic initiate was taken to Philadelphia Hospital…
Prison cell. Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Kgomotso Ramolobeng says the committee has decided to review the medical parole system. Briefing the media on the committee’s oversight duties at Parliament, Ramolobeng says there are ongoing discussions with the minister in charge to consider the review of the medical parole system following repeated…
Inside a court room The South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has called for transparency in the out-of-court settlement process for criminal cases. This as they express concern about the alleged corruption within the criminal justice system, citing a lack of trust in prosecutors. The settlement aims to alleviate the backlog of court…
Former ANC Youth Leage secretary general Sindiso Magaqa. The family of the late former African National Congress Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa, has welcomed the sentencing of Sbusiso Ncengwa who pleaded guilty to his murder. Ncengwa has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for Magaqa’s murder by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court. Ncengwa faced 11 charges…
The start of many municipalities’ financial year has seen an escalation in tariffs for services including electricity as well as water and sanitation. The financial year started last week. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) approved a 12.7% electricity tariff hike in 2025, along with changes to how Eskom structures its pricing. The…
FILE | The remains of a burnt car and a sign block the road after stick-wielding protesters marched through the streets, as violence following the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread to the country’s main economic hub in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. The trial of the alleged July 2021 unrest instigator, Bonginkosi…
