FIFA docks Bafana three points amid Mokoena saga

[FILE IMAGE]: Teboho Mokoena when he helped David Notoane’s side qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association for having fielded an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in Bafana Bafana’s World Cup qualifier against Lesotho played on 21 March. It’s a ruling that has dire consequences…

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FS launches upliftment communities drive through ‘Hello Neighbour’

The DSDs launch of ‘Hello Neighbour’ to foster cohesion among FS communities. Building local economies, skills development and creating opportunities for communities to thrive is taking centre stage at Phahamisang Primary School in Bloemfontein. The Free State Department of Social Development is rolling out a programme aimed at curbing social ills affecting communities through its…

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Health authorities roll out new plan to tackle falsified medicines

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Department of Health and the World Health Organization are piloting a national action plan to combat substandard and falsified medical products. In collaboration with the National Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is piloting a national…

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Malema firearm case nears conclusion, judgment imminent

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape on September 20, 2025. The presiding magistrate in the case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman is continuing to review witness statements in…

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LIVE: Judgment in Malema firearm discharge case

The East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape delivers judgment in the case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman. Malema is facing charges of discharging a firearm in public during the EFF’s 5th anniversary celebrations at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018. On the other…

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Second GNU Cabinet Lekgotla set to begin in Pretoria on Tuesday

File image| Cabinet Lekgotla 2024. The second Cabinet Lekgotla of the Government of National Unity (GNU) for the year will kick off at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria later on Tuesday. The two-day meeting brings together ministers and their deputies from the ten GNU parties, premiers, directors-general and leadership of the South African…

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