[File photo]: Tertiary graduates at their graduation ceremony. 3 minutes Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Tebogo Letsie, believes that the comprehensive student funding model for higher education will go a long way in assisting missing middle students. Missing-middle students in the country face a myriad of challenges as they do not qualify…
[File Photo] Bodycam camera 2 minutes The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it plans to fast-track the implementation of phase one of the body cameras for use by its members immediately at the beginning of the 2025/2026 financial year. Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu announced last week that SAPS will begin rolling out the…
The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of the party’s plans for reconfiguration. 1 minute ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he is confident that the newly announced task team in KwaZulu-Natal will help the ANC regain its support in the province. The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of…
[FILE IMAGE]: MK Party Chief Whip, Mzwanele Manyi and Dr. John Hlophe attend the National Assembly planning session 2 minutes Freedom Under Law has argued that Parliament failed to exercise its discretion when deciding to designate former Western Cape Judge President Dr John Hlophe to the Judicial Services Commission(JSC). The civil society group and the…
Court sentencing 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, Nokuthula Zondani has been found guilty by the East London Commercial Crimes Court of contravening the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA). This involved a high-profile corruption case dating back to 2019. The matter relates to a yellow fleet machinery…
1 minute Western Cape Premier Alan Winde is tabling the province’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) to chart a way forward for the provincial government’s action plan for 2025. LIVE: Western Cape State of the Province Address:
Severe weather conditions in KwaMakhutha township south of Durban. 2 minutes Heavy rains at Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have damaged roads, infrastructure and businesses. This has led to extensive damage to some homes in the eThekwini metro as well. In Port Shepstone, several business owners are clearing their premises of stock to…
Search party members seen looking for flood victims in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Search and rescue teams have recovered five bodies in the south of Durban following heavy overnight rains. Three bodies, including two children, were found at Cuttings Beach, while the other two were recovered at Ansley and Brighton Beach. Authorities have not yet confirmed…
Heavy Rainfall Impact at Umlazi Area. 2 minutes Emergency service teams have recovered the bodies of three people who were washed away in Lamontville, Durban, following heavy overnight rains. Three others are still missing. Search and rescue teams have been responding since the early hours of the morning to calls for help from areas in…
1 minute The Business 20 (B20) says it wants to establish a pattern of implementable recommendations that extend beyond 2027. The Business 20 serves as the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community. B20 Sherpa Cas Coovadia says this initiative is being developed in collaboration with counterparts in the United States, which will…
