Former Ivory Coast President Gbagbo. Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo rallied supporters in Abidjan on Saturday criticizing incumbent President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term ahead of October’s presidential election. Gbagbo, leader of the African People’s Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), addressed a large crowd of chanting supporters, many holding posters with his image….
Aerial view of a rescue boat The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says crews continue search for the missing pilot. Sixty-one-year-old Andrew Blackwood-Murray went missing on Thursday after his light aircraft plunged into the sea at Suncoast Beach in Durban during an airshow. He had performed his final display when he appeared to have lost…
National Convention delegates at UNISA’s main campus Delegates at the National Convention at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria are hard at work streamlining themes for discussion as well as a roadmap for the National Dialogue. One of the key citizen-led conversations at the first National Convention of the National Dialogue, hosted by…
AMCU’s Joseph Mathunjwa President of trade union, AMCU, Joseph Mathunjwa says South Africa needs a political reset. He was speaking at a gathering to mark the 13th anniversary of the massacre in Marikana near Rustenburg, in the North West. Mathunjwa says the country only needs two political parties instead of the more than 600 registered…
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has confirmed that a detailed response has been submitted to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana regarding his concerns about the city’s finances. This follows the Treasury flagging of R23.6 billion in unauthorised, irregular, and wasteful expenditure in the city’s latest financial report. #JoburgUpdates The City of Johannesburg is tackling a cumulative R23.6…
Four-time World Cup champions and defending champions, South Africa, were brought down to earth in their opening 2025 Rugby Championship test match. Australia recorded their first win over the Springboks in South Africa in 14 years, beating the home side 38-22 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The Springboks started like a house on fire and…
NSRI boat during a rescue mission Authorities in the Western Cape are investigating an incident in which three fishermen died after their boat capsized off Shelly Point near St Helena Bay. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon says various emergency services were activated when eyewitnesses reported seeing at least one man clinging to the…
Children walking to school. The voices of South Africa’s children must be amplified in the community dialogues that will take place in the country over the next year. This is a proposal by a number of delegates attending the National Convention Dialogue that will outline the principles and modalities of the National Dialogue. Over 1…
NWHC CEO Sello Mogodiri (R) engaging with workers at a project The North West Legislature Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Human Settlements has questioned the 2-year contract extension of the North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) CEO, Sello Mogodiri. The provincial Department of Human Settlements informed the committee during an oversight meeting that Mogodiri’s contract,…
Graphic representing an arrest A Limpopo police officer and his two accomplices have been arrested for alleged armed robbery at a spaza shop in Giyani. Giyani police say two of the three suspects, an off-duty police officer and member of the public, were arrested at the crime scene. The third suspect was arrested and then…
