[File Image]: Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings downgraded South Africa’s currency to junk status on Friday. Chief Economist at Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, says more work still needs to be done to improve South Africa’s economic conditions. This comes after the global rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P), raised South Africa’s credit…
Crash on the N8 between Botshabelo and Bloemfontein when a bus and a truck collided Ten people have died and seven are in a critical condition following a crash involving an Interstate bus and a truck between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo in the Free State. Provincial Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Sipho Towa says the road remains…
Former President Thabo Mbeki at UNISA in Pretoria. South African artist, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been honoured with the Outstanding Alumna Award at the University of South Africa (Unisa) Chancellor’s Calabash Awards in Pretoria. Several other outstanding South Africans were honoured by Unisa Chancellor, former President Thabo Mbeki, for doing good in their communities. Chaka…
File | The late Ikwekwezi FM news anchor and bulletin writer Mr Themba Sindane. Tributes continue to pour in for Ikwekwezi FM news anchor Themba Sindane, as funeral proceedings take place today. The seasoned broadcaster passed away a week ago at the age of 46, after a short illness. He passed away at the Netcare…
NEC member Mmamoloko Kubayi African National Congress NEC member Mmamoloko Kubayi has warned against leaders who are detached from reality but only want to contest power. Kubayi was delivering a keynote address on the first day of the 7th ANC Nelson Mandela Regional Conference at the Nelson Mandela University. The conference has been postponed many…
[File image] Five people, believed to be members of the same family, have died in a head-on collision at Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. Authorities say the crash involving a light motor vehicle and a seven-seater minibus happened on the N2 before the Umzumbe River bridge on Friday night. The Road Traffic Inspectorate says…
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau speaking during an event. Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has received the Competition Commission’s Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report for tabling in Parliament. Speaking at the release of the report in Sandton, Johannesburg, the minister notes that the shift to online news consumption facilitated…
Stop rape sign The Western Cape Education Department says support is being given to a seven-year-old learner who was allegedly raped at a primary school in Atlantis on the West Coast. Protests have taken place at the school with people demanding video footage that can identify the rapist. Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says, “The allegations…
UJ students protest outside the SABC. University of Johannesburg (UJ) students were protesting outside the SABC on Friday, seeking media coverage for their concerns about the recent surge in rape cases on campuses and the lack of effective response or support. On Thursday, a student was allegedly at Kingsway Place residence. One of the protestors…
Palestinian travellers who arrived at OR Tambo International Airport. The South African Zionist Federation has categorically rejected as torrent and baseless accusations surrounding the group of Palestinians initially denied entry at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday. The Federation says politicians and the media repeated the inflammatory claim that Israel “deliberately” withheld passport stamps…
