[FILE IMAGE]: Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae. The family of the former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, says they are grateful for the outpouring of love from the citizens of that country, following the hospitalisation of the former statesman. The government of Botswana released a statement on Tuesday, indicating that Mogae is being treated…
[FILE IMAGE]: Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae. The family of the former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, says they are grateful for the outpouring of love from the citizens of that country, following the hospitalisation of the former statesman. The government of Botswana released a statement on Tuesday, indicating that Mogae is being treated…
Minister Barbara Creecy pictured during a Lebombo Border Bridge visit in Mpumalanga. Minister Barbara Creecy pictured during a Lebombo Border Bridge visit in Mpumalanga. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that more than R22 billion has been invested by South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) in the refurbishment of major national roads in Mpumalanga. She…
[FILE IMAGE]: Water in a swimming pool. The Emfuleni Municipality in the Vaal has announced the temporary closure of the Sharpeville Swimming Pool. This decision comes as they investigate the death of a 16-year-old boy who reportedly drowned after attempting a flip into the deep end of the pool on Saturday. Despite efforts by police and emergency services to resuscitate him, he…
ActionSA MP Athol Trollip. ActionSA says it is unacceptable that President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot make public the details of performance agreements he had signed with his cabinet members. In a written Parliamentary question, the party has called on Ramaphosa to make public the agreements, regardless of whether any minister had failed to meet their targets….
SA bank notes Labour federation Cosatu has condemned the decision by government to increase the threshold price for official vehicles from R800 000, to R1.1 million. In a reply to a written Parliamentary question, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana defended the decision despite growing calls to reverse it. In his reply Godongwana added that National Treasury’s…
Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe appearing before the standing committee on social development in Parliament, August 27, 2025. ActionSA MP Dereleen James has filed criminal charges against Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe at the Cape Town Central Police Station. James says the charge relates to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act. She claims…
A view showing a TMPD branded vehicle and a minibus taxi parked on the side of the road. The Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) Deputy Chief, Commissioner Sean Bolhuis, has testified that some senior police officers in the TMPD have refused to undergo security vetting. He was testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Evidence…
[FILE] President Cyril Ramaphosa receives Letters of Credence from Heads of Mission-Designate at a Credentials Ceremony held at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed a ceasefire agreement involving the United States, Israel and Iran. The agreement includes a two-week pause of attacks ahead of a deadline set by Donald Trump,…
ANC SG Fikile Mbalula in Mamelodi, Pretoria African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says that the party will this week discuss the implications of the South African Communist Party (SACP) contesting the upcoming local government elections independently. The SACP has in the past campaigned under the ANC. Mbalula says that the ANC will hold…
