SASSA and Easy Pay cards 3 minutes Human rights organisation, Black Sash has raised concern about the growing number of borrowers whose IDs, bank and SASSA cards are withheld by illegal loan sharks. The organisation says desperate South Africans, who struggle to put food on the table, end up borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates…
Economic Freedom Fighters MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, has warned against reducing the organisation to an individual. His comments come as the party’s former national spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has been a no-show at the EFF national people assembly. The outgoing leadership of the EFF briefed the media…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 1 minute The South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says their participation in the 2026 local government elections will not be a self-enrichment programme. Mapaila was making his closing remarks to the SACP’s 5th Special National Congress which has ended in Boskburg east…
1 minute The Department of Health is developing a package of interventions to tackle child malnutrition. This comes after Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed in Parliament that over 600 children have died from malnutrition in South Africa this year. During a response to a written parliamentary question, Motsoaledi says that KwaZulu-Natal experienced the most deaths,…
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mamoloko Kubayi 1 minute Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mamoloko Kubayi has requested the Judge President of the North West Division of the High Court to designate a judge to preside over the re-opened inquest into the disappearance of Boiki Tlhapi. Tlhapi was a 26-year-old community activist who had been…
Police and officials conduct a product inspection during a spaza shop compliance and verification operation in the West Coast on 07 December 2024. 2 minutes Some spaza shop owners in Durban fear that they might not meet the 21-day deadline to register their businesses, saying it is a strenuous process. Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa…
Taxis parked at a taxi rank in George, Western Cape. 3 minutes The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in the Western Cape says passenger safety must be top of mind for every minibus taxi operator and driver this festive season. The taxi umbrella body launched its “Your Safety Our Priority” festive season safety campaign…
An illegal miner arrested and resurfacing at a shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. 1 minute Limpopo police have arrested a number of suspected illegal miners and drug dealers in various parts of the province. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says some suspects were allegedly in possession of drugs and dangerous weapons. The suspects were arrested in an…
Unemployed job seekers line a street waiting for casual employment, as they sit beneath election campaign posters for the South African general elections which will be held on May 29, in Cape Town, South Africa, April 19, 2024. 1 minute The latest Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that total…
EFF delegates at the National People’s Assembly at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on 13 December 2024. 1 minute Outgoing Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) officials will brief the media at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg today, where the party is holding its third national people’s assembly. The briefing will be led by outgoing party…
