[File Image] A student displays his hands painted with messages as he poses during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018. The civil society organization Treatment Action Campaign has raised concerns over the plans to shut down UNAIDS, a United Nations body that coordinates the…
Ditsobotla Municipality head office building The embattled Ditsobotla Local Municipality council has re-elected Molefe Morutse as Mayor. This move comes after national government intervened to address the municipality’s chronic governance and administrative failures, including financial mismanagement and service delivery breakdowns. Earlier this month, the national Department of Cooperative Governance visited the troubled municipality and instructed…
FILE | Minibus taxis at a rank. The Western Cape Department of Mobility says they are continuing to monitor six closed taxi routes in the Somerset West area. The 30-day route closures are between Mfuleni, Somerset West, Khayelitsha, Nomzamo and Lwandle. The closures came into effect following the killing of at least eight people in…
Napoleon Nyalunga to be sentenced for German tourist’s murder
SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi addresses workers during a General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) meeting. The South African Federation of Trade Union (Saftu) President Zwelinzima Vavi says workers are facing a job-loss “bloodbath” in the face of the current retrenchments across different sectors in the country. Vavi says to address the issue…
Court gavel. The 39-year-old woman arrested for alleged possession of human tissue is expected to apply for bail at the Mashishing District Court in Mpumalanga. It is alleged that the woman, an employee of the Lydenburg Hospital, was found in possession of a plastic bag containing placentas. The provincial Health Department has since indicated that…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system goes into its sixth day of hearings with a new witness on the stand. LIVE STREAM:
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will be tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the 12th of November. The National Assembly will consider and adopt it on the 13th of January next year. Parliament says this year’s consideration of the MTBPS is the direct knock-on effect…
Baby Proteas in action against Malawi. South Africa have all but secured a quarterfinal berth at the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar. The Baby Proteas secured a third successive victory, beating Malawi 64-33 in their Pool D match in what was by far their toughest match to date. The unbeaten South African under-21’s occupy…
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is scheduled to appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court today after an application for a harassment order was filed against him. The application was filed by a resident of the Bothasig area a few months ago who alleges that law enforcement officers have been…
