The Nelson MandelaBay Metro is experiencing a water crisis with daily water consumption sitting at 387m lts. The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber in the Eastern Cape has expressed concern about the daily water consumption in the Metro. According to the Metro, the daily water consumption is sitting at 387m – surpassing the recommended daily…
Minister John Steenhuisen briefs the media about foot and food disease containment strategy in Parliament, January 2026, 14. Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has described the department’s strategy on foot and mouth disease containment as realistically achievable and technically sound. The strategy targets vaccinating 80% of cattle in high-risk zones in communal areas and up to…
Former Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso during a press conference Coach Xabi Alonso has left Real Madrid by mutual agreement a day after their 3-2 defeat by bitter rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, the LaLiga club said on Monday. “Xabi Alonso will always have the love and admiration of all Real Madrid fans because he is a Real Madrid legend and has represented the values of our…
Senegal’s Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal. Sadio Mane thrashed home a dramatic winner 12 minutes from fulltime to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations final after they edged Egypt 1-0 in a tense last-four encounter on Wednesday. It was as much as Senegal deserved after they dominated the match, with Egypt…
Nolusapho Mandela’s funeral at the Church of the Resurrection in Bryanston ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has described the late Nolusapho Mandela as a dedicated servant of the people and liberator of women. Nolusapho Mandela, who was Mandla Mandela’s mother, passed away on Sunday. Paying tribute to her at the Church of the Resurrection…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli speaks during community engagements at Cecil Emmett Hall in Vryheid on November 6, 2025. A faction of the National Freedom Party (NFP) led by the party’s National Chairperson Msawenkosi Mkhabela says the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU) is here to stay, despite the party’s president Ivan Barnes earlier announcing the…
{FILE} Parents waiting in line to enrol their children in school. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has denied that the Education Department is facing a school placement crisis with over 3 000 grade 1 and 8 learners in public schools still not placed. The challenge has seen many frustrated parents storming Education Department offices demanding their…
FILE PHOTO | Advocate Dali Mpofu making presentations in court. Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu is taking the Legal Practice Council (LPC) to court in a bid to set aside the remaining four amended charges in the Council’s disciplinary case against him, describing it as “frivolous and baseless”. Mpofu faces a disciplinary hearing before the…
Khomotso Phahlane at Ad Hoc Committee hearing A hostile exchange has taken place between the evidence leader of the Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town looking into concerns of national security, Advocate Norman Arendse and the former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane. Advocate Arendse accused Phahlane of misleading the committee by denying he approved…
Dictionary definition of legislation. The National Assembly has passed the Special Appropriation Bill. The bill allocates additional money to the Department of Health. Additional funding was requested by the Department after the United States withdrew its PEPFAR funding to South Africa and other countries last year. Democratic Alliance MP Janho Engelbrecht says political differences should be put…
