Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe 2 minutes The Department of Higher Education and Training says it is in talks with the South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Student Association to meet some of their demands. The association represents the interests of TVET students nationwide. It cites the withholding…
[File Image] An armyworm, which usually comes out at night, is seen on sugar cane crop around dusk at a village of Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. 3 minutes An outbreak of the African armyworm has ravaged crops in some parts of the Limpopo province. Farmers in the Capricorn, Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts…
Former Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. 1 minute Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda’s party Al Jama-ah says that it knew that the charges against him were frivolous. Party leader Ganief Hendricks says he is pleased that the matter has been put to rest. This is after fraud charges were provisionally withdrawn against Gwamanda earlier on Tuesday at…
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa speaking at a meeting. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa is continuing to engage with the United States (US) in efforts to work towards a common purpose on energy security. He was hosting a session on the country’s G20 Energy Transition Work…
Former Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes The state has dropped all charges against former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. The charges relate to the defrauding of several Soweto residents in 2011 in an alleged funeral policy scam. The former Mayor was arrested in October last year. Gwamanda, who is also a former Community Development MMC,…
[File photo] Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago 2 minutes South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says increases or decreases in VAT will be treated as an economic shock. This follows the postponement of this year’s budget after Cabinet disagreed on the proposed 2% VAT increase. Kganyago was speaking to SABC on the sidelines of…
SANDF Aeroplane 1 minute A second plane has landed in the country with more injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers evacuated from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Three of the critically injured ones arrived in the country last night. Last month, 14 South African soldiers were killed in fighting between…
[File image] 1 minute The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) says it will immediately mobilise its members across the country to find the 1.1 million people living with HIV who are currently not on treatment. This follows the launch of the new HIV treatment campaign, which aims to get the missing patients on treatment…
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni participates in a roundtable discussion on SA economy, October 8, 2019. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has reiterated its call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove Khumbudzo Ntshavheni from her position as Minister in the Presidency amid fraud and corruption allegations. This follows a 2021 investigation by the Hawks into the…
1 minute Eskom has downgraded rolling blackouts from stage four to stage two. The power utility says this follows the successful recovery of all five units at Majuba, two units at Camden, and one unit at Medupi. Over the weekend, eight out of ten generation units tripped, leading Eskom to implement stage three load shedding…
