Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe The fifth annual Southern Africa Oil and Gas (SAOGA) Conference is set to kick off on Monday at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. The event will focus on developments in the upstream petroleum industry across the Southern Africa region. The conference will give…
SANZAF to distribute 50,000 Fitrah hampers this Ramadan, bringing hope and breaking the cycle of poverty for thousands The South Africa National Zakah Fund (SANZAF) says the Fitrah Hampers Campaign remains an important component of the holy month of Ramadan, as it breaks the cycle of poverty. This comes as the holy month of Ramadan…
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Neeshan Balton Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton has urged the country’s youth never to forget where they come from. As part of Anti-Racism Week, the Foundation together with communities, the youth and religious leaders have gathered in Sharpeville, in the Vaal, to commemorate the Sharpeville Massacre. Sixty-nine people…
Majesticks Golf Club’s Lee Westwood reacts Englishman Lee Westwood will start Sunday’s final round of LIV Golf Singapore tied for the lead at 10-under-par alongside Torque GC captain, Joaquin Niemann. With a victory, 52-year-old Westwood, who has 44 professional wins across 20 countries, could become the oldest player to win a LIV Golf individual title….
Burning fire. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS Two minor children have been burnt beyond recognition inside a backroom house at Tjatjaneng village, east of Polokwane, in Limpopo. Police say the children aged three and five were left inside the room while their grandmother went to a tuckshop. The grandmother was alerted by community members who tried to…
SAPS and SANDF brief the media on the deployment of joint operations across the country National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola says the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) alongside police aims to stabilise priority crime hotspot areas in the country. Masemola and SANDF Chief Rudzani Maphwanya held a joint media briefing in…
COPE supporters Political analyst Reaobaka Kalaote says the future of the Congress of the People (COPE) could be in jeopardy after the death of the party’s leader and co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota. Lekota passed away last Wednesday at the age of 77 in Johannesburg. He was laid to rest at the Magengenene Cemetry in Bloemfontein on Saturday….
A view showing the baobab tree. Residents of Zwigodini and Muswodi villages outside Musina in Limpopo have raised concerns over what they say is the neglect of one of South Africa’s most iconic tourist attractions – the baobab tree. Commonly known as the Sagole Big Tree, the tree is believed to be one of the…
Live stream card. The South African Police Services (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) brief the media this Sunday afternoon. Live proceedings below:
A drum being filled with water. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal has lambasted the African National Congress (ANC) in the eThekwini Municipality for failing to resolve the water crisis in the region despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intervention, last month. The DA has set its target on winning key municipalities such as Umhlathuze and eThekwini…
