Human rights illustration 1 minute The FW de Klerk Foundation has identified the country’s economic state as the most significant factor contributing to the decline in human rights. This follows the foundation’s release of its annual report card for 2024, which revealed a concerning deterioration in human rights. The report evaluated 27 rights protected under…
Table Mountain in the background, with the Cape Town Waterfront in the foreground An environmental organization, Take Back Our Mountains in the Western Cape, is demanding increased security measures at Table Mountain in Cape Town in a bid to reduce crime and violence. The organisation has now launched a petition calling on the South African…
File Image: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg. 1 minute Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson and Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has expressed concern over the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This follows the deaths of nine…
The people in the mine – believed to have been illegal miners or zama zamas – were trapped for hours. 1 minute The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy says some of the abandoned mines are old mines whose owners cannot be traced. This, as calls intensify for the government to hold the owners of…
Banyana Banyana players praying in the change room on match day. 1 minute African champions, Banyana Banyana, have suffered their third successive defeat in an international friendly. Jamaica beat their South African visitors three-nil at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay earlier this morning. The Reggae Girls opened the scoring through Siobhan Williams…
Orlando Pirates and Stade d’Abidjan players in Ivory Coast. 1 minute Orlando Pirates and Stade d’Abidjan have played to a 1 all draw in their Group C CAF Champions League match in Abjidan in the Ivory Coast. Pirates have played three matches and move to the top of their group, a point ahead of Al…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says the office of National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has confirmed receipt of their request for a motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa. Didiza is said to be considering the request as this is latest submission but not the first. Since 2019, there…
Gerda Steyn completes a hattrick of Comrades Marathon titles, becoming the first South African runner to win the Ultimate Human Race four times. 1 minute The “Smiling Assassin” Gerda Steyn has bagged a fourth win in the women’s Comrades Marathon race. The 35-year-old, who took the lead just before the halfway mark, became the first…
Doctor’s stethoscope. 2 minutes ActionSA says the number of unemployed qualified doctors in South Africa creates a bad impression that health education is not significant. This has emerged during an urgent debate held by the National Assembly to discuss the non-filling of the vacant posts for doctors in the public sector. ActionSA Member of Parliament,…
File image | VBS Mutual Bank. The case against former African National Congress (ANC) Limpopo Treasurer, Danny Msiza has been provisionally postponed to next year, pending their application to the Supreme Court of Appeal for his matter to be separated from that of his co-accused. Msiza’s counsel also says that they need outstanding documents from…
