SABC’s Henley entrance, in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has released audience performance data for its current affairs show, Face the Nation. This is after the SABC terminated the show due to low viewership. The SABC says in a statement, “The programme’s average audience rating reflects a material and sustained…
Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester appears before the Johannesburg High Court on 24 March 2026. The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in the application by convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, to be re-classified as a remanded detainee. Bester has called on the court to grant his urgent application challenging the charge…
Deputy President, Paul Mashatile speaking during the National World TB Day commemoration event Deputy President Paul Mashatile says there has been a steady decline in the number of people contracting Tuberculosis (TB) annually, compared with the 2015 baseline. He was speaking during the National World TB Day commemoration event at Caledon, in the Overberg district…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. Livestream| Senzo Meyiwa murder trial:
[FILE] City of Tshwane Mayor, Cilliers Brink speaks at the South African Civil Aviation Authority’ s 25-year Anniversary Airshow at Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria on April 20, 2024. ActionSA has lodged a formal complaint with the Public Protector and Parliament’s Ethics Committee against senior Democratic Alliance (DA) public representatives. The complaint relates to allegations…
Shopping cart loaded with grocery. Consumer sentiment in South Africa is showing signs of recovery, thanks to lower interest rates, soaring stock prices and a firmer rand. The latest FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) extended its gains to reach negative 7 in the first quarter of the year, up from negative nine previously. This marks…
Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze appear in the Alexandra Regional Court, Johannesburg on March 24, 2026. The case of Bellarmine Mugabe, son of late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze has been postponed to April 17 in Alexandra Regional Court, Johannesburg for further investigations. They are accused of shooting a 23-year-old…
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga with commissioners Adv Sesi Baloyi and Adv Sandile Khumalo during a hearing in Pretoria on March 20, 2026. A new witness is expected to take the stand at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday morning. The testimony is expected to centre around alleged tender manipulation in the…
Worker at Ekapa Minerals Mine in Kimberley. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says they are relieved that the bodies of all five mineworkers who died last month in the Ekapa Minerals Mine in Kimberley have been retrieved. The miners were trapped 890 meters underground after a mudslide on February 17. The…
Police in Gauteng are appealing to the public for assistance in locating two suspects linked to the fatal shooting of a lawyer in the Johannesburg CBD. Chinette Gallichan, a 35-year-old lawyer at Sibanye-Stillwater, was shot and killed outside the CCMA offices at the intersection of Fox and Joubert Streets on Monday. Gallichan was allegedly followed…
