Calm has returned to the Maponya Mall in Soweto following Thursday’s protest. Mini-bus taxis have started to pick up and drop off passengers at the mall’s main entrance again. The gates leading to Maponya Mall have been reopened and people are freely walking in and out of the mall. Both e-hailing cars and minibuses are…
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina The inaugural three-day water investment summit in Cape Town has managed to get annual investments of betwt een $10b and $12b. The African Union AIP (Continental Africa Water Investment Programme) Water Investment Summit is aimed at attracting investment to address water scarcity on the continent as well…
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu. Opposition parties in the Mpumalanga government are demanding that Premier Mandla Ndlovu release the progress report of investigations into the laptop scandal in the education department. Premier Ndlovu missed the deadline he had set himself to release the progress report on the suspension of the HOD, Lucy Moyane. Moyane was suspended…
SAPS adds 1,900 new cops to the to tackle crime hotspots
The Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has called on residents of Soweto to allow the Maponya Mall to open for business on Friday. This comes after the mall was closed on Thursday following the gunning down of an e-hailing service driver and the torching of two vehicles on Wednesday night. Last night, residents held a…
[File image]: City Power technician repairs electricity lines in Johannesburg. City Power says they will be halting the restoration of power supply in certain areas of Johannesburg until it verifies that at least 80% of customers in that area are purchasing electricity legitimately. According to the power utility, this decision follows a notable increase of…
National Dialogue 2025. ActionSA is one of the political parties keeping a close eye on South Africa’s first National Convention, held at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria. The party’s National Spokesperson, Lerato Ngobeni, says the party is attending in an observatory role, as leaders and citizens gather to confront the country’s most…
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 15, 2025. US President Donald Trump has departed Washington to Anchorage, Alaska ahead of his highly anticipated peace summit…
Standard Bank’s offices Standard Bank has delivered a strong set of results for the first half of 2025, reporting a 10% increase in headline earnings per share. The Standard Bank Group has released half-year financial results. For the six months ended June 2025, the bank reported headline earnings of R23.8 billion, up 8% from the…
[FILE IMAGE]: University student activists express their views in a public Fees Must Fall dialogue. Students at UCT have welcomed the idea of the National Dialogue to help solve service delivery challenges. The first sitting of the National Dialogue Convention took place earlier today in Pretoria. The Presidency described the Convention as a call to…
