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SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter introduces newly appointed SARS Commissioner-Designate, Dr Ngobani Johnstone Makhubu. LIVE:
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Calls for accountability over NSFAS dead students’ payments
NSFAS cup and cap Deputy Higher Education Minister Nomusa Dube-Ncube says those behind National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) funding of over 800 deceased students must be arrested. Dube-Ncube was responding to findings in the Auditor-General’s 2024/25 report that NSFAS made payments to students who according to Home Affairs records were deceased. [LISTEN] ANCY L…
Mashatile to attend Good Friday service at Amandla Ngawethu church
Deputy President Paul Mashatile seen at the South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg, March 2026. Deputy President Paul Mashatile will attend the Amandla Ngawethu Universal Church on Friday morning for the Good Friday Church Service. The service will take place at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Mashatile is expected to be joined by Gauteng…
W Cape water supply system stable despite lower storage levels: DWS
File: A person drinking water from a tap. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says the Western Cape Water Supply System remains stable despite recording lower storage levels. The provincial head of the department, Ntombizanele Bila-Mupariwa, says that this is due to lower consumption. She says that the latest data shows that the system…
Over 130 drivers arrested for drunk driving in EC during Easter
A picture of a police badge and handcuffs The Eastern Cape Transport Department, says over 130 drivers have been arrested for drunk driving during the Easter Period. Provincial Transport Spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, says they are concerned about this number as traffic volumes are expected to pick up on Sunday as many people will be making…
Residents at informal settlement say price of paraffin unaffordable
A lamp burns in a room Residents of Somalia Park informal settlement in Ekurhuleni in Gauteng say they’re battling to afford the cost of living following this week’s increase in the price of paraffin. From the first of this month, the price of a litre of paraffin rose to R11.67 per litre. The price increase…
TMPD shifts focus to inner-city crime as traffic volumes ease
FILE | TMPD officer making an arrest The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) says it is shifting its focus to patrolling the inner-city and townships to held curb crime and lawlessness this Easter long weekend. Traffic volumes have since eased on the N1 highway to Limpopo after thousands of holiday makers and ZCC pilgrims left…
10 arrested in Free State fraud bust
Odendaalsrus fraud suspects have been arrested for a bank loan scam A multi-police task team has arrested 10 suspects, one woman and nine men, for alleged fraud in Odendaalsrus, in the Free State. This, after a 47-year-old woman applied for a bank loan using fraudulent documents. Spokesperson Palesa Thabana says police were alerted to a…
Man killed, 12 year-old wounded in suspected gang shooting in Delft
A shooting crime scene. A 43-year-old man has been shot dead and a 12-year-old boy wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting in Leiden in Delft, on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says that the victims had reportedly been sitting outside a house when unknown suspects approached and opened fire, on Friday. He says…
Mafefe residents face water contaminated with asbestos crisis
Corrugated asbestos cement roofing. Community members in the Mafefe area, outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo, are facing a serious health crisis due to asbestos contamination in local rivers and streams. The water has tested positive, according to an independent company, AssureCloud. Contamination is allegedly linked to an abandoned rehabilitation project of the old asbestos mine by…