Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says there is a possibility that the five mineworkers trapped at Ekapa Minerals mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, since Tuesday – following a mudslide incident are deceased. Mantashe made these remarks following an inspection visit to the mine on Friday morning. Minister Mantashe says the situation at Ekapa…
Founder of Team Free Sanitary Pads, Nokuzola Ndwandwe, is calling on government to take the lead and move beyond politics in addressing menstrual health in the country. She says the issue must be treated as a matter of urgency as it impacts on women’s rights and public health. Her remarks follow a study by the…
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya testifying at the Madlanga Commission. Cross-examination of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya will continue at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on Friday. General Sibiya has been grilled on his role and conduct in the disbandment of the political killings task team (PKTT). The PKTT…
Hosi N’wamitwa accorded a category two special provincial funeral. The Tzaneen municipality in Limpopo has hailed the late Valoyi traditional leader, Hosi Phylia N’wamitwa II, as being instrumental in bringing development to her community. The funeral service of N’wamitwa II is underway at the Valoyi Vatsonga cultural village outside Tzaneen. She died in a hospital…
FILE | The Portfolio Committee on Community Safety in the Gauteng Legislature found that 100 SAPS officials have been accused of rape The Portfolio Committee on Community Safety in the Gauteng Legislature has expressed shock and outrage following the disclosure that almost 100 police officials have been accused of sexual violence or rape, nationally. The…
Hosi N’wamitwa accorded a category two special provincial funeral. The funeral service of Hosi Phylia N’wamitwa II is taking place on Sunday morning at Valoyi Vatsonga Cultural village at N’wamitwa village outside Tzaneen, in Limpopo. Hosi Phylia N’wamitwa died, on Monday last week in a hospital, in Johannesburg. She has been accorded a category two…
Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng Leader Solly Msimanga Opposition parties in Gauteng are calling on Premier Panyaza Lesufi to present clear plans and real results, not new promises when he delivers his State of the Province Address (SOPA), on Monday evening. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says when Lesufi takes to the podium, he must explain how…
FILE| ANC supporters holding flags. The family of slain African National Congress (ANC) branch convener in the eThekwini region Sipho Simiso Dlamini has reacted with shock to the news of his killing. Dlamini was gunned down by unknown gunmen in Umgababa south of Durban on Saturday night. He was travelling home with two community leaders…
File: Hawks vehicle. At least 20 people suspected of defrauding the Mpumalanga Education Department of millions of rands have been arrested in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and the Western Cape, in a Hawks’ coordinated operation. Mpumalanga Hawks head Major-General Nico Gerber says 41 individuals, including companies, allegedly defrauded the provincial Education Department of R113-million. The fraud…
An informal trader sells goods in Johannesburg’s CBD as the City processes thousands of new permit applications. The City Of Johannesburg says it has received more than 3000 trading applications since a court order from the Johannesburg High Court in November, last year. The court instructed the City to urgently speed up the verification, registration,…
