University of Fort Hare’s main campus in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane has urged the University of Fort Hare to devise strategies to accommodate the unfunded students. The minister visited the Eastern Cape University, which has many unregistered students due to outstanding debts. Dr Nkabane also received…
COSATU General Secretary Solly Phetoe is leading a picket in support of Department of Health in NHI at the North Gauteng High court case 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and other organisations have gathered outside the High Court in Pretoria in support of the Health Department on day two of…
File image: Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, Johannesburg 2 minutes Stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) opened in the red following a weaker session in Asia, with investors taking cover as new United States (US) tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China took effect, threatening to escalate global trade tensions. The All Share index…
1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal government has requested a R2.4 billion loan from national treasury as a security guarantee to secure Ithala SOC Limited’s deposit book until the entity acquires a banking license. In a statement the KZN Treasury says Ithala’s 257 000 depositors haven’t been able to withdraw or deposit funds after an instruction by…
President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Cape Town on March 5, 2025. 2 minutes The Gauteng Government says it hopes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the province will help it highlight the importance of its 13 key priorities, which include fighting crime, creating jobs and fixing roads. Ramaphosa will visit the province this morning. He will meet…
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul. 4 minutes The Northern Cape provincial legislature will spend R2,5 million on this year’s State of the Province Address (SOPA). This is a slight decrease from last year’s expenditure of R3 million. Political parties in Northern Cape want Premier Zamani Saul to deliver on his previous promises. Premier Saul will…
The accused in the Joslin Smith case, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn seen in the dock during an appearance. 2 minutes The legal representative for Kelly Smith, who is appearing in the Saldanha Bay Circuit High Court in the Western Cape over the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin, says his client will…
A petrol station attendant fills up a car. 1 minute The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has confirmed a slight reduction in fuel prices for March. Both grades of petrol will drop by 7 cents a litre, while diesel prices are set for a decrease of 17.5 and 23.5 cents a litre, depending…
Workers are seen building housing units at a construction site as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations ease in Fleurhof, near Johannesburg, South Africa, October 6, 2020. 2 minutes Northern Cape Human Settlements MEC Bentley Vass says the construction of houses in the national government’s R1 billion housing project has started. President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the…
Deputy Director General of Economic Statistics Joe de Beer and a colleague goes through the GDP data at a briefing. 2 minutes The South African economy grew by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of last year from a 0.1% contraction in the third quarter of 2024. Data released by Statistics South Africa shows that the…
