Adv. Matthew Chaskalson at the Madlanga Commission. Witness F has denied that WhatsApp messages believed to be between him and the late former Deputy President David Mabuza over an arms deal were with Mabuza. WhatsApp messages presented at the Madlanga Commission show a conversation between Witness F and a number allegedly belonging to the late…
An empty lecture hall. Traditional Leaders Organisation, Contralesa has called upon the Department of Higher Education to plan ahead for student admission to avoid frustrating deserving students who have passed their matric especially those who are from rural areas. Contralesa President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena says there are many students who have passed their matric but…
File: DA leader John Steenhuisen speaking during an event. The SABC has reliably learnt that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen will not be standing for re-election. He is expected make the announcement at a media briefing in Durban on Wednesday, where he started his political career some 30 years ago. Despite this development, the…
New Mapulaneng Hospital under construction Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has raised concerns about the delays in the completion of the new Mapulaneng Hospital in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. The hospital was scheduled to be completed last June. The portfolio committee visited the old Mapulaneng Hospital as part of its oversight visits in areas that have been…
FILE | The three accused of breaking into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm appear in court. The Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo has heard that one of the accused in the Phala Phala farm theft trial has paid about a million rand to buy a house in North West. First accused Imanuwela David bought the property…
A prison corridor Correctional Services Minister Dr. Pieter Groenewald says he will set up a commission to investigate the high number of incidents at prisons in the Western Cape. Groenewald appeared before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee to discuss unnatural deaths in correctional facilities. These include the brutal attack on two correctional officials and the death of…
Job seekers are warned to be careful of individuals purporting to be department officials amid high unemployment rates The Mangaung Metro Municipality says job scams are rampant, occurring almost every week. Fraudulent job advertisements, often trending on social media, falsely claim to offer various vacancies within the municipality. It has warned the public to be…
Thabo Bester during a court appearance. Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester wants the High Court in Pretoria to declare the Department of Correctional Services decision to transfer him from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre to one of the country’s tightest prisons, eBongweni in Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal, unconstitutional and invalid. He is set to challenge his…
FILE | Protestors in Johannesburg called on Glencore to stop exporting coal to Israel. An activist from the Malaysia Global Sumud Flotilla Nadir Al-Nuri has called for an immediate halt to Glencore’s coal exports to Israel. He and other pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Glencore’s offices in Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, condemning the company’s ongoing shipments….
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli Government has attributed the growing tourism numbers in the country to its implementation of structural reforms. It says the reforms include investment in the rail and ports system which has led to an improvement in the movement of goods and people. Government also says the aim of the…
