KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi‘s contract as the provincial police commissioner has been renewed. Ntuli announced this at a crime imbizo in the Pietermaritzburg area. He earlier expressed concern about a lack of clarity in the status of Mkhwanazi’s contract, as it was to expire at the…
Eugene Modise City of Tshwane’s Democratic Alliance (DA mayoral) candidate Cilliers Brink says his party will do everything in its power to remove Deputy Mayor and MMC for Finance, Eugene Modise, from office. WATCH | The Democratic Alliance intends to send a letter to the Madlanga Commission next week, following recent revelations of corruption in…
Vehicles travel in heavy traffic on a freeway. The National Consumer Tribunal has confirmed a settlement agreement between the National Consumer Commission (NCC) and Cartrack. The agreement follows 210 complaints from consumers who alleged that Cartrack failed to provide adequate remedies. The NCC investigated the complaints and found that some of Cartrack’s sale agreement terms…
The flag of the African National Congress. Counsel in the African National Congress (ANC) contempt of court case currently underway at the East London High Court, KuGompo, are discussing conditions of a possible agreement to pause the contempt of court case. The High Court in KuGompo is expected to hear a contempt of court application…
ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa. The African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to close the party’s elective conference underway at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga. The conference started on Thursday without any reported hindrances. African National Congress (ANC) first Deputy Secretary Nomvula Mokonyane has called on the delegates attending the Mpumalanga Elective Conference…
FILE | The Portfolio Committee on Community Safety in the Gauteng Legislature found that 100 SAPS officials have been accused of rape. Five people have been shot and killed in separate incidents on the Cape Flats in the early hours of this morning. Police Spokesperson Andre Traut says three people were killed in Gugulethu after…
Flags of the Democratic Alliance are seen at the party’s Eastern Cape Elective Congress on 27 February 2026. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Free State says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the province must not be reduced to a public relations exercise. Ramaphosa attended a cabinet’s stakeholder engagement with the provincial government at the…
South African rands. PSG Financial Services has warned South Africans against withdrawing money from their retirement funds, saying it could have serious long-term financial consequences. The warning comes as National Treasury plans to open discussions later this year on allowing limited access to retirement savings under the two-pot system in cases of financial distress. The…
Children queuing for food. The war in Iran is likely to worsen the cost of living crisis poor South Africans find themselves in already. Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Programme coordinator Mervyn Abrahams says the % increase in electricity prices later this year effectively cut the increase in the National Minimum Wage to below the…
Multiple booked cremations have since been turned away, leaving families to make alternate arrangements at their own cost. Cremation services will be suspended in Johannesburg on Good Friday and Easter Monday because of the public holidays. City Parks has apologised to residents and funeral directors for the inconvenience caused. The entity’s Jenny Moodley says Muslim…
