SIU conducts search and seizure operation on December 11 as part of its investigation into a syndicate that allegedly siphoned approximately R161 million from the UIF TERS. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) says an uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) councillor from Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal is among those accused of fraud. This relates to fraudulent claims…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema responding to inputs from members of the Central Command Team on the political overview on December 6, 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has called for the complete boycott of the G20 in the United States (US) next year, if South Africa is not…
An Eskom logo is seen at the entrance of their head offices in Sunninghill, Sandton. Eskom and Merafong City Local Municipality in Carletonville on Gauteng’s West Rand have signed a Distribution Agency Agreement. It’s aimed at stabilising electricity distribution and improve service delivery. Under the agreement, Eskom and the municipality will jointly manage the distribution…
Special Investigating Unit officials are seen during a raid related to a UIF fraud scheme in KwaZulu-Natal on 12 December 2025. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is conducting simultaneous raids at properties of individuals and businesses in KwaZulu-Natal. SIU Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says they’ve discovered that the money has been distributed amongst 16 companies and 35 individuals…
PAC delegates The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) is holding its Elective Conference in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The conference, which started on Thursday, will end on Sunday. Delegates will elect new leadership and review the party’s policies. The PAC, which is part of the Government of National Unity, is also…
DA supporters calling for Health MEC’s dismissal The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has accused Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko of exploiting nurses at the Dr Fabian and Florence Ribeiro Treatment Centre in Cullinan, Pretoria. The party’s Bronwynn Englebrecht says 11 nurses have not been paid their salaries for two months despite the MEC’s repeated…
Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in action World number one Aryna Sabalenka weighed into the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sport, saying it would be unfair for women to face “biological men” in professional tennis. The WTA Tour Gender Participation Policy currently permits transgender women to participate if they have declared their gender as female for…
Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has warned that he will not allow the recent exposure of fraudulent qualifications to compromise the 2026 academic year at the Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng. The higher learning institution is currently at the centre of a major scandal. It involves a syndicate selling fraudulent…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile chaired the first cabinet meeting under the Government of National Unity (GNU) on July 9, 2024. Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosi Hlabisa says political parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) that also govern in local government have agreed to do away with cadre…
Gun and bullets. An eleven-year-old boy has been shot dead, allegedly by a 14-year-old, in Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape. The gun is believed to belong to the older boy’s father. Police spokesperson Welile Matyolo says officers found the younger boy already dead when they arrived at the scene of the shooting. Matyolo says the father of…
