The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance Dr. Joe Maswanganyi. The African National Congress (ANC) says it wants to hear how Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, will finance President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address plans, when he delivers his budget in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. Godongwana will table this year’s proposed budget to…
ANC Mpumalanga members attend Lekgotla in Mbombela on February 24, 2026. The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga has resolved to fix local government, accelerate economic transformation and create job opportunities. This was discussed at its two day provincial Lekgotla held in Mbombela. The ANC says its focus is on strengthening financial management by filling…
Ekapa Mine in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Ekapa Minerals Mine in the Northern Cape, where five miners remain trapped after a mud rush incident last Tuesday, has been placed under liquidation. All mining activities at the Kimberley mine have been halted. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it will approach…
The accused Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze appear at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court. Specialist crime investigator Mike Bolhuis has rejected social media claims that the criminal case against Robert Mugabe’s son Berllamine Mugabe and his co-accused Tobias Matonhodze might be thrown out of the court for lack of evidence. This is due to a missing…
Murder accused pig farmer Zacharia Olivier appears in the High Court in Polokwane on 25 February 2026. A ballistic expert in the double murder trial of a Limpopo pig farmer accused of killing two women and disposing of their bodies in a pig enclosure, has told the High Court in Polokwane that her investigations and…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission will today continue hearing witness testimony. LIVE STREAM:
File Image | Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, has told the Madlanga Commission that he does not know why businessman and taxi boss Steve Motsumi has been referred to as a dangerous man. During KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Lesetja Senona’s…
Graphic depicting a ghost worker National Treasury says a ghost worker audit has identified 4 323 suspicious cases in the PERSAL system and that a verification process is under way. The department says employees who cannot be physically verified will have their salaries withheld and their employment status suspended. It says compensation of employees accounts…
Graphic depicting debt Since 2008/09, government’s debt ratio has more than tripled however, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana forecasts the country’s debt-service costs to fall. Godongwana says gross debt will stabilise as a share of GDP in 2025/26, at 78.9 percent. While delivering this year’s Budget Speech in Parliament, Cape Town, he said, “In 2026/27 it…
Suspect arrested during a police raid. The Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal are raiding various drug dens at different locations in Chatsworth, south of Durban. It is believed that law enforcement has been monitoring the locations for about a year. The drugs allegedly belong to known syndicates that the Hawks claim they have been investigating. A suspect…
