South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada celebrates the wicket of India’s Shreyas Iyer with teammates during the First Test against India at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, Pretoria on December 26, 2023 South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was ruled out of the one-day international series against Australia with an ankle injury barely an hour before…
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Haneda International Airport in Japan President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate in a number of plenary sessions at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. The Summit takes place at a time of unprecedented threats to global peace and security, ongoing conflicts in some regions of the world,…
SANTACO’s Public Relations Officer, Mandla Hermanus Taxi association, South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) says they’ve learnt that there are divisions between e-hailing and meter taxi drivers. SANTACO has been criticised across the country following the brutal murder of e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Mvelase at Maponya Mall in Soweto last week. Police have not arrested anyone in…
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa signing a document President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law regulations doubling the upper limit of donations to political parties from R15 million to R30 million and the threshold for disclosure from R100 000 to R200 000. The move to amend the Political Funding Act of 2021 follows the adoption…
Minister John Steenhuisen visits Dr Böhmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein Some learners at Dr Bohmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein have expressed their excitement over the visit by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen visited the school, which offers an agricultural programme for children with special educational needs. The pupils say they have…
File image by Omar Badsha, powerfully illustrates community resistance during the 1985 Inanda riots via SAHO Civil society groups in Phoenix, north of Durban, are calling for the institution of the commission of enquiry into the 1985 Inanda unrest that claimed three lives and displaced over 1 500 Indian families. The month of August marks…
South African bank notes. South African banks accused of rand manipulation are set to present their case to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. They plan to outline the financial and reputational damage caused by the Competition Commission’s allegations of being part of a “banking cartel”. In January last year, the Competition Appeal Court reviewed the…
Flag of the African National Congress. The African National Congress (ANC) says two of its National Executive Committee members, Malusi Gigaba and Senzo Mchunu, will face the party’s disciplinary committee following their public statements. This follows Gigaba’s claims that the ANC has “lost its way” and failed to achieve its goals. Mchunu warned that the…
Infrastructure damage caused by migrating elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana. Farmers and residents at Niani, outside Musina, in Limpopo, are concerned that elephants migrating from Zimbabwe and Botswana are causing damage in the area. The elephants have been ravaging farms, ruining crops and infrastructure at farms along the Limpopo River over the past weeks. A…
An empty court room. The trial of six men accused of killing 18 people in Ngobozana village has been postponed by the Mthatha High Court, sitting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. This is due to the absence of the lawyer for accused number three. The accused face a total of 29 charges, including 19…
