Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Peace Mabe. Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Peace Mabe has confirmed that South Africa will be taking over from Morocco to host the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with only 60 days from kickoff. Mabe says South Africa was presented with the opportunity and…
Captain Laurance Makgotloe at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on February 02, 2026 A ballistic expert who analysed cartridges in the Armand Swart murder case in Vereeniging in 2024 has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that no AK47 cartridges were found at the location. This is despite preliminary evidence suggesting that an AK-47 assault…
Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chair Helen Zille. The City of Johannesburg’s Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate for the 2026 local government election, Helen Zille has raised serious concerns about city’s failing infrastructure. Earlier on Monday, the city’s emergency services confirmed that four people were injured in Doornfontein after a transformer exploded. An electrical transformer…
The family of 36-year-old missing Somali national businessman whose bakkie was swept away by strong currents during the floods in Dzindi river at Tswinga village near Thohoyandou, Limpopo, has taken it upon themselves to search for their relative. Businessman Nur Ali together with a man whose identity is unknown, were swept away while crossing an…
File: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde addresses the Freight Forum on August 29, 2025. Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, says his administration has approached the national government for a disaster declaration, amid water challenges and crippling wildfires in the Boland and Garden Route. Over the weekend, Winde met with his Energy and Water Council to…
Newborn baby feet. Limpopo’s Health department says a set of conjoined male twins born at the Mankweng hospital, east of Polokwane, are in a stable condition. The twins, joined at the abdomen, were born from a 29-year old woman. The mother was referred from Maphutha Malatjie hospital outside Phalaborwa after diagnosis was made. Department spokesperson…
File: Scopa chairperson, Songezo Zibi, speaking in Parliament. Chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), Songezo Zibi, has raised concerns over delays faced by Road Accident Fund (RAF) claimants, who aren’t represented by legal practitioners. He says the integrated customer claim management system that the fund budgeted almost a billion rand for is…
Cigarettes in an ash tray The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has called for urgent intervention in halting what it calls deindustrialisation, factory closures and the wholesaling of the country’s economy. The trade union federation has criticised plans by British American Tobacco (BAT) to shut down its local manufacturing plant at the end…
Absa says the manufacturing sector got off to a better start in January, with the PMI showing signs of recovery driven by stronger local demand. The manufacturing sector showed signs of recovery in January following a very bleak year-end. The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for January 2026 rose 8.2 notches to 48.7 index points,…
FILE| Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. A new witness is expected to take the stand on Monday morning at the Madlanga Commission as the inquiry enters Day 51 of proceedings at the Bridgette Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria. The commission was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa following KwaZulu-Natal Police…
