Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko addressed the post-budget briefing at the Provincial Legislature on July 16, 2025. The Gauteng Health Department says its R67 billion budget allocation for the 2025/26 financial year will be used to strengthen services, improve infrastructure, and address priority health needs across the province. This was announced this morning during a…
Limpopo Transport authorities say the R71 at Magoebaskloof, outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, has been closed to traffic following a gas truck explosion earlier this morning. The explosion has caused veld fires in the Magoebaskloof area. The truck was travelling from Polokwane to Tzaneen. A truck driver has been hospitalised with minor injuries. Department spokesperson Matome…
FILE | Contralesa President Kgoshi Mathupa. The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has urged the public to refrain from forcibly taking people to initiation schools. This plea comes in response to a recent incident involving a 72-year-old man who was abducted from his home in Ga-Mamatsha village in Limpopo and taken to…
[File photo] Mcebisi Jonas The Presidency says it is concerned about the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) persistent campaign against South Africa’s national interest and its posture of trying to embarrass the country since the appointment of Mcebisi Jonas as the Presidential special envoy in the United States (US). They have cautioned the DA after it claimed…
[File photo] The National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya and Free State Commissioner Baile Motsweenyane address the media on Apr 27, 2025. The Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, says he was surprised to receive a letter stating that he has been placed on…
Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni The Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, states that one of the country’s risks identified in the National Security Strategy for 2024-2028 is a possible coup d’état. She was briefing the media at Parliament after the debate of her department’s budget…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Walter and Albertina Sisulu Foundation has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign, citing his failure to effectively address the country’s corruption crisis. The Foundation was reacting to the President’s decision to place the Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave and creating a judicial commission of inquiry. This follows allegations…
Firoz Cachalia. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says it will directly approach the Constitutional Court to challenge the appointment of Firoz Cachalia as the acting Minister of Police. The party says President Cyril Ramaphosa violated the Constitution by appointing Cachalia as the acting Police Minister. It says the Constitution does not allow for two ministers…
Police top bras including Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya and National Commissioner, Fannie Masemola. Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, has questioned the decision to place Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya on leave. He says such action is not in line with South African…
Slain cop Francis Rasuge The family of slain cop Francis Rasuge says her killer does not deserve their forgiveness because he has shown no remorse. Rasuge was murdered in 2004 by her then partner William Nkuna. Her remains were found buried at Nkuna’s home in Tshwane eight years after her death. Nkuna is being considered…
