Cigarettes out of a pack 2 minutes The South African Medical Research Council has hailed the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement of a groundbreaking plan to limit nicotine levels in cigarettes to minimal or non-addictive levels. If implemented, the move would make the US the first country to take such drastic action to…
Murder case graphic. 1 minute The five people accused of the murder of a police officer in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, have been remanded in custody. The five were arrested after police Lieutenant-Colonel Piet Pretorius was shot and killed in Ermelo last week. Pretorius was ambushed by gunmen while on duty and the state vehicle he was…
Coco Gauff in action 2 minutes Coco Gauff rallied from a set down to beat Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and extend her winning streak from the start of the season to nine matches. Swiss Bencic, ranked a lowly 294th on her return to the…
Gogo Maweni on the stand in court 1 minute Traditional healer Makgotso “Gogo Maweni” Mofokeng will remain in custody until her bail application next Monday. Mofokeng appeared in the Protea Magistrates’ Court on Monday, facing a charge of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. She was arrested on Sunday in connection with an…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided not to dissolve its Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provincial structures and has instead opted to call it the reconfiguration of the two Provincial Executive Councils (PEC) within the framework of the party’s constitution. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the…
A Ithala Bank stand at an event. 2 minutes Some Ithala Bank clients in Durban have voiced their concern and anger over the current dilemma that the bank finds itself in. Last week, the Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for the provisional liquidation of Ithala. Some branches in the…
1 minute Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has announced plans to meet with labour unions this week to find solutions for continuing support for the Community Work Programme (CWP) participants aged 55 and older amid budget challenges. The announcement comes after Hlabisa extended contracts for these workers until the end of March. In August 2024,…
People queued outside education department offices in Gauteng on Wednesday morning, January 15, 2025. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education says it will determine the number of learners who will not return to schools in the province after a ten-day headcount period. Parents and guardians have been queuing at various centres in the province,…
File image: Medical equipment. 2 minutes Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says a decision on whether to charge the man arrested in connection with the rape of two nurses will be made after an identity parade has been conducted. The accused, a parolee, has now been charged with alleged possession of an unlicenced firearm and…
2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) provincial executive committees in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will be reconfigured within the parameters of the ANC constitution. This comes as the president of the ANC Cyril Ramaphosa gave the closing remarks at the end of the two-day ANC NEC this weekend. Following a dismal performance from the two…
