3 minutes Helping to retrieve illegal miners from underground may have been a heroic act, but it has landed Mzwandile Mkwayi in hot waters with the Correctional Services Department. The department says he broke the terms of his parole by conducting media interviews without authorisation. He and Mandla Charles are the two volunteers who went…
[File Image]: Students sit on campus steps at Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape. 2 minutes Managing Director at Rosebank College, Dr Linda Meyer has urged students to consider other options outside of public higher education institutions. With the 2024 cohort of matriculants scoring the highest number of bachelor passes, most universities have already met…
2 minutes The Masilonyana municipal manager in the Free State Mojalefa Matlole has denied allegations that he demolished part of a municipal building classified as a heritage site in Theunissen without council approval. Mayor Dimakatso Modise says Matlole failed to follow the prescripts of the National Heritage Resources Act which stipulates that no building older…
3 minutes Seven of the eight people who were gunned down at a tavern in Pienaar, east of Mbombela, Mpumalanga, have been buried in different areas. Six people died on the scene while two others succumbed to gunshot wounds in hospital. The incident happened on Saturday last week. Two suspects have since been arrested following…
3 minutes Legal experts have advised companies to adapt to the Companies Amendment Act, which was signed into law late last year. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr hosted a webinar earlier this week to explain the new amendments. The Act focuses on the ease of doing business by clarifying, simplifying and strengthening certain sections of the law. Operational…
A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats. 1 minute Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has dispatched teams to search for what is believed to be lions in the Gluckstad area in Vryheid, northern KwaZulu-Natal. The search follows reports of livestock being killed by wild animals. Ezemvelo says it has received three confirmed sightings…
AmaZulu King MisuZulu kaZwelithini and Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela. 2 minutes Legal analyst Mpumelelo Zikalala says the High Court in Pietermaritzburg still needs to hear the matter between King Misuzulu kaZwelithini and Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela Zulu. The queen was set to file an application for an urgent interdict to stop the wedding of the King to…
Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. 4 minutes The 2022 Policy on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining is insufficient to deal with…
Soccer ball in the net 2 minutes Former Mamelodi Sundowns captain and Bafana Bafana midfielder, Hlompho Kekana, believes South African teams have what it takes to match the dominant north African sides in the CAF inter-club competitions. Both Orlando Pirates and Stellenbosch F.C have booked themselves a place in this season’s quarter-finals of the CAF…
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba 1 minute The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba has denounced an article making the rounds on social media linking him to a financial scam allegedly to benefit the poor. A statement issued by the Archbishop’s office says he wishes to assure the public that the contents are wholly false…
