Nuclear power station. 2 minutes The Electricity and Energy Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says that going into peak winter, the country should not have less available electricity than the winter of last year, and hence, there should be no loadshedding. Ramokgopa was speaking on the sidelines of the second G20 Energy Transitions working group meeting…
ANC Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane. 2 minutes The African National Congress’s (ANC) Subcommittee Chairperson on International Relations, Nomvula Mokonyane says that the party reaffirms their commitment for the liberation of Palestinians. She spoke at a press briefing in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during the launch of Week4Palestine, an initiative that brought activists, students and…
Advocate Dali Mpofu. 1 minute Three of the seven charges in the Legal Practice Council’s (LPC) misconduct probe against Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu have been dropped. This is in light of individuals such as Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela indicating that they will not participate in the postponed…
Constitutional Court of South Africa. 1 minute The Constitutional Court has ruled that the blanket ban on personal laptops in prison cells is unlawful and violates the constitutional right to further education. The judgment follows an inmate Mbalenhle Ntuli’s challenge. He took the head of the Johannesburg Prison and the Correctional Services Minister to court…
FILE | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Cape Town. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa is to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe if attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the NPA. He maintains that all affected families…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. 1 minute Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana says the Government of National Unity (GNU) will develop a new consultation process, which will be presented sometime in September before the tabling of the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement. National Treasury has confirmed that it is working on a new budget framework, which will be…
Person blows into a breathalyzer to confirm there is no alcohol in his system 1 minute Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) have arrested over 160 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the arrests were made between the 21st and 27th of this month. Fihla says the accused are expected…
1 minute A 29-year-old man is expected to appear in the Masoyi Magistrate’s Court outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga today for allegedly violating graves. The suspect was arrested at his home in Swalala after being found in possession of human bones. The man is accused of digging the graves of his father and grandfather at a local…
SARS head Edward Kieswetter (L) and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says the Western Cape High Court ruling on the Value-Added Tax (VAT) hike brings some certainty on the administration of the VAT Act. SARS has assured consumers that vendors have no legal basis to…
Thubalethu housing in northern KZN 2 minutes Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelani has expressed dissatisfaction with the choice of land for the Thubalethu informal settlement upgrade project on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. The land which is hilly is in Melmoth. Over 200 out of 500 houses have been built under the project which started in…
