An attendant puts fuel into a car. The Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has announced decreases in fuel prices, including a cut of as much as 57 cents a litre for diesel. The department says the petrol price will decline by four cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 49 cents. The prices take…
Tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka World number one and defending champion, Aryna Sabalenka, remains on course to successfully defend her US Open title. The Belarusian advanced to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows following a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the unseeded Spaniard, Cristina Bucsa. Ninth seed, Elena Rybakina, has been knocked out. The Kazakhstani, who reached the…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs media in Johannesburg on September 3, 2025. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso building fire has indicated that the cause of hijacked buildings in the Johannesburg CBD is a result of extreme poverty, which forces residents to live in unsafe conditions. Lesufi addressed…
ANC Limpopo Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha addresses the Provincial Executive Committee meeting in Polokwane on June 17, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Limpopo Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha has stepped aside from his role in the ANC due to processes followed for the Vhembe and Waterberg Regional Conferences. In a letter seen by SABC News, he says there…
[File Image] Traffic officers during a roadblock. Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) says the looming roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences system (AARTO) to 69 municipalities across the country is an effort to curb the high number of road fatalities in the country. The system will come into effect on December 1…
Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia. Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia and National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola have agreed to submit the 121 dockets linked to the political killings task team to the Madlanga Commission. This follows a meeting between the two on Monday. There have been mixed reactions to the National Police Commissioner’s decision…
EFF Deputy Provincial Chairperson Thomas Macingwane leads picket outside the Kroonstad doctor’s practice on September 1, 2025, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members in Free State have gathered outside the Kroonstad Magistrate’s Court in the Free State, where an 80-year-old man is due to appear. The man admitted on camera to murdering someone and burying the…
Serial rapist sentenced The Ermelo Regional Court in Mpumalanga has sentenced a 25-year-old man to five life terms and an additional 18 months’ imprisonment for rape and kidnapping. Sandile Ngozo was found guilty on five counts of rape and three of kidnapping. Ngozo kidnapped and raped his victims in Ermelo and Breyten between 2019 and…
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will host the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts Summit, which gets underway at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The J20, as it is known, forms part of the lead-up activities to the G20 2025 Summit to be hosted by South Africa in November. Live stream:
FILE: Commuters at a Taxi rank. Commuters in Clermont and KwaDabeka, near Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal, remain stranded for a second day as the taxi strike that began on Tuesday continues. Taxi operators have suspended operations, demanding the release of their vehicles that were impounded last Friday, allegedly for not having permits. This comes after violent…
