Honouring the late former Deputy President, David Mabuza. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party will hand over an ANC flag to the family of late Deputy President David Mabuza ahead of his remains being transported to Mbombela for the state funeral service on Saturday. Mabuza will then be laid to rest…
Springboks training on the field, 9 July 2025. Springbok wing Edwill van der Merwe says the presence of veteran fullback Willie le Roux will provide him with the assurance to play his natural game tomorrow afternoon. Van der Merwe will make his second appearance against Italy. He made his first appearance more than a year…
A hospital ward with empty beds. The Limpopo’s Traditional Affairs department says the 21 initiates who had been admitted at George Masebe Hospital following alleged botched circumcisions have been discharged due to capacity challenges at the facility. The initiates were from Lesodi and Rantlakana initiation schools. Department spokesperson Amos Phago however says that five were…
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services says the Department should start a process of consultations with other countries for inmate exchange programmes so that foreign inmates can serve sentences in their countries of origin. This is to reduce the burden on the state. Correctional Services Chair Committee, Kgomotso Ramolobeng, says this is concerning. “The committee…
Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addresses the media in Midrand on June 19, 2025. Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President and former uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Secretary General, now Mayibuye national convener, Floyd Shivambu, believes that millions of South Africans have lost faith in existing political parties and the country’s…
[File image]: Tshediso Matona is Head of the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Commission The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commissioner has raised concerns on the adequate implementation and the future of Black Economic Empowerment in the country. The B-BBEE legislation was adopted through Section 9(2) of the Constitution to redress the socio-economic imbalances that were created…
A sign cautioning of an accident. Two separate vehicle crashes in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday morning have claimed the life of a pedestrian and left 19 people injured. Advanced Life support paramedics say in the first incident, a taxi and a bakkie collided on the intersection of Umlaas road and the R56. Eighteen passengers in…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at National Excellence Awards Durban ICC, 26 January 2025. Opposition political parties are calling for Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to be fired ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation tonight. It’s been exactly a week since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made explosive allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu….
[File Image]: Residents walk across a flooded road following severe weather. The KwaZulu-Natal department of Human Settlements says it has concluded the purchase of Montclair Lodge to accommodate flood victims. The lodge that previously belonged to Transnet is in the south of Durban, has more than 260 rooms and can accommodate up to 600 people….
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The presidency says President Cyril Ramaphosa will tonight take the nation into his confidence following allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi against politicians and senior police officers. It’s been a week since Mkhwanazi made explosive allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu accusing him of corrupt activities with notorious…
