Former President Nelson Mandela giving a speech after his release Today marks 75 years since the founding of the SABC News Service. It was on July 17, 1950, that the SABC News aired its first news bulletin from the Broadcast House on Commissioner Street, Johannesburg. This interactive infographic documents the many history-making stories that SABC…
[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders at the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa says government generated about R400 billion in infrastructure investment last year. He says the private sector played an important role in what he describes as…
FILE | uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) members march in Gauteng. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has warned that if President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t resign by the end of today, it will approach the Constitutional Court. The party’s spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says that Ramaphosa violated a section of the constitution when he appointed Professor Firoz Cachalia…
Proteas vs New Zealand South Africa lost the second match of the T20 Triangular series at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Wednesday. New Zealand, with former Proteas coach Rob Walter in their dressing room, beat the South Africans by 21 runs. The Proteas won the toss, but New Zealand managed to record 173…
Woman appears in Belville Magistrate’s Court. Counsel for the woman accused of snatching a nine-day-old baby from the Middestad Mall in Bellville, Cape Town has submitted that her children’s rights will be infringed upon if she’s denied bail. Cape Town police, however, insist that it won’t be in the interest of justice for her to…
EFF members Some residents at Ward 13 in Seshego in Polokwane, Limpopo, have expressed excitement over the victory of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the by-election held on Wednesday. Over 9 000 eligible voters registered to vote in the ward. The EFF retained the ward with just over 57% of the votes. Political parties including…
FILE | Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane addresses a press briefing. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has rejected the apology that Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane has submitted. She has requested the committee to excuse her after it asked her to appear before it to account for the debacle surrounding…
[File photo] Police Minister Senzo Mchunu addresses the National Policing Summit on at Emperors Palace Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has responded to allegations by KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, linking him to corruption. Mchunu says he will await the judicial commission of inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to give his side. Mchunu…
Empty bed inside of a healthcare facility. The Department of Health says although it understands the burden that undocumented migrants have placed on the country’s healthcare services, it cannot deny them access to them. Yesterday, members of the civil movement Operation Dudula marched to the offices of the South African Human Rights Commission in Johannesburg…
FILE | Free State Premier MaQueen Letshoha-Mathae. The co-owner of the Mamohau Day-care centre in Dewetsdorp in the Free State has expressed excitement after Premier MaQueen Letshoha-Mathae handed over items, including blankets. MECs are accompanying the Premier. The centre’s owner Matseko Lekeno says the Nelson Mandela International Day has brought her and her team such…
