The Standing Committee on Appropriations Chairperson and BOSA leader, Mmusi Maimane delivers pre-budget remarks at Parliament in Cape Town on March 10, 2025. 2 minutes Build One South Africa (BOSA) has confirmed that the African National Congress (ANC) has approached the party to request a meeting on the national budget, which Parliament is set to…
[File photo] ANC veteran Joel Netshitenzhe 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) veteran Joel Netshitenzhe says the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) need to negotiate to stop the SACP from contesting elections alone. Netshitenzhe, who was the keynote speaker at the ZF Matthews Memorial Lecture in Kimberley, Northern Cape, says the SACP is…
2 minutes The Water and Sanitation Department’s deputy minister, David Mahlobo, says there are ongoing engagements with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to establish an anti-corruption forum. This is viewed as a major step in addressing widespread corruption in the sector. Stakeholders are meeting to discuss critical water issues at the Water and Sanitation Indaba…
Police in uniform at a crime scene. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal violence monitor, Mary de Haas, has attributed ongoing criminal impersonations of police officers to poor management in the South African Police Services. Authorities in the province have raised serious concerns over the issue. This also follows an increase in illegal activities, including robberies at homes, particularly…
File image: Farmer holds an armyworm. 1 minute The Free State Department of Agriculture says 70 known cases of armyworms have been reported in the Xhariep district in towns including Petrusburg, Jacobsdal and Koffifontein. Thirteen more cases were also reported in the Lejweleputswe District – 11 in Boshoff, one in Deasville and one in Hertzogville…
File Image: Ahmed Kathrada. 2 minutes To commemorate the life of Ahmed Kathrada, ideals and values, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is hosting a public event today under the theme, “Achieving non-racialism, what must be done?”. Today marks the eighth anniversary of the renowned anti-apartheid activist who passed away at the age of 87. Kathrada was…
Workers on site on a dilapidated waterway. 2 minutes Government says it’s introducing a new licence that will allow water entities to outsource the bolstering of water and sanitation services to private contractors. It made the announcement at the National Water and Sanitation Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand Johannesburg. The aim of the Indaba…
Deputy Minister Paul Mashatile 3 minutes Government is to spend more than R9 billion over the next three years on infrastructure as part of fast-tracking service delivery to communities. Deputy President Paul Mashatile revealed this in Parliament when he answered questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). He was grilled on various issues of…
1 minute The corruption case against former Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula continues in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
A nurse prepares a vaccine dosage. 2 minutes The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has expressed concern about the increasing number of respiratory diphtheria cases in the country. 40 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed including nine fatalities. This contagious and serious illness can be prevented through vaccination. Symptoms typically include a sore throat,…
