The Proteas during a match. The South African cricket team has wrapped up the second test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo inside three days for a 2-0 series clean sweep. The Proteas have recorded a victory by an innings and 236 runs in the second Test match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club. The Zimbabweans…
[File Image] Former President Jacob Zuma looks on during a press conference where he speaks about his political future in Orlando East, Soweto. The uMkhonto Wesizwe Party is accused of violating its own constitution by not following internal procedures when the leader of the party in Mpumalanga Mary Phadi was expelled. Advocate Zandile Mshololo, who…
Police find crystal meth during a crime raid. Authorities say they have recovered drugs including dagga and crystal meth during a crime prevention operation in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. Illicit cigarettes and alcohol were also confiscated during the raid at the Midrand shopping centre. Johannesburg’s Public Safety MMC, Mgcini Tshwaku, led the joint operation that…
Attendees seen at an initiation school. The Tsomo Magistrates’ Court in the Eastern Cape has sentenced a 30-year-old traditional nurse to a two-year jail term for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on an initiate. Siyasanga Sifumba was arrested in December 2024 for assaulting an 18-year-old initiate with a wooden stick and also…
File image of crime Scene tape. An unknown partially decomposed body of a man has been retrieved from a river in Palm Ridge on Gauteng’s East Rand. City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services(DEMS) says they received a call about the sighting of a body and went out to investigate. Spokesperson William Ntladi says…
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen. Agriculture Minister, John Steenhuisen, says the looming export tariff hike by the United States on South Africa shows the country needs urgent reforms. US President, Donald Trump, announced a 30% tariff on South African exports to the US effective from August 1. Economic experts react to the 30% tariff imposed by…
[FILE IMAGE] Kgoshikgolo Thulare Victor Thulare III passed away from a COVID-19 related illness at the age of 40. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein in the Free State has referred back to the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, the battle for the Bapedi kingship. The late king Victor Thulare the third’s mother, queen…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge appears at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has denied the allegation that he sent a picture of his private parts to complainant, Andiswa Mengo. The tribunal previously heard from Mengo that she received an image of private parts allegedly from the…
Infrastructure damaged caused by floods. Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams says the disaster relief funding by the national government is not enough to cater for all the damages and losses caused by last month’s floods. The province will receive R504 million from national government’s R1,2 billion disaster recovery grant…
File Image: A man walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. The International Monetary Fund says debt vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa is mounting due to high global uncertainty, tighter global financial conditions and rising borrowing costs. However, it says the region is tackling this issue head-on and public debt ratios have stabilized on average….
