File image: Post Office worker assists customer. 1 minute Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies has called for the dismissal of the business rescue practitioners overseeing the South African Post Office (SAPO) business rescue. The committee is frustrated that the practitioner has not developed a viable plan to restore the struggling entity’s financial…
Late first democratic President Nelson Mandela and the National Party’s FW de Klerk. 1 minute Exactly 35 years ago today, late-former president FW de Klerk announced sweeping changes at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town. His speech in 1990 marked the beginning of the negotiated transition from apartheid to constitutional democracy. It included the…
File image: US flag with the Statue of Liberty in the background. 1 minute The South Africa Chamber of Commerce in the United States (SACCUSA) has expressed deep concern over the possible impact on SA businesses after United States President Donald Trump threatened to cut America’s funding to the country. Trump posted to his Truth…
1 minute The High Court in Pretoria sits for the murder trial of football star Senzo Meyiwa. Live stream below:
Anti-child pornography awareness. 1 minute The case against a couple accused of manufacturing and distributing child pornography is expected to resume in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court, north of Johannesburg today. Darren Wilken and his girlfriend face multiple charges including 24 counts of money laundering, possession and distribution of child pornography, and contravention of the Drug…
People gathered at FNB Stadium watch football. 1 minute The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has warned motorists about road closures around the FNB Stadium in Soweto due to the match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The JMPD says a traffic system will be implemented on Nasrec Road, with additional lanes created to facilitate…
Canola plants blossom in a field beneath electricity pylons 1 minute Power utility Eskom has suspended loadshedding as of 6am Sunday morning. #PowerUpdate Sunday, 02 February 2025: Due to the sufficient replenishment of emergency reserves, loadshedding was suspended today at 6:00 in the morning. Eskom will provide updates if any significant changes occur. — Eskom…
ANC members at the Jan 8 Statement celebrations in Gauteng 2 minutes Thousands of African National Congress (ANC) members and supporters have gathered at the Alexandra Stadium in Gauteng for the provincial leg of the party’s January 8 Statement celebrations. The celebration follows a decision by the ANC to reconfigure leadership in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal…
3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says South Africa does not have enough capacity to engage in warfare at the moment. Malema has criticised the government for keeping soldiers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the deaths of 13 SANDF soldiers. Addressing EFF party structures in Bela Bela…
Newly appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa Phathiswa Magopeni is pictured speaking during a Public Protector conference on 19 November 2024. 1 minute Prominent journalist and media freedom advocate, Phathiswa Magopeni, has been appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa. Magopeni takes over from Latiefa Mobara who resigned…
