Booysens Substation in Gqeberha. African National Congress (ANC) National Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, has advised the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape to attend to infrastructure maintenance before it becomes a crisis. He conducted an oversight visit at the newly erected 132 Kilovolt cable monopoles that replaced the collapsed cable pylons, which left large…
SAFA’s head office SABC Sport has been reliably informed that the challenge by SAFA against the search and seizure at their Nasrec headquarters by the Hawks in 2024, has been removed from the High Court roll. The matter was scheduled to be heard last week Monday, April 27, which happens to be a public holiday…
NSFAS branding seen at an Application Outreach Drive The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) has cautioned Higher Education Minister, Buti Manamela, against any political interference in leadership appointments at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This follows the recent wave of board resignations, which has once again cast uncertainty over the stability of the student funding…
Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry seen on the above image. Madlanga Commission Spokesperson, Jeremy Michaels, says a decision will be made in due course on whether the public will have access to Witness G’s statement. On Monday, the Commission’s chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, ruled that Witness G’s testimony will be heard in camera. MADLANGA COMMISSION…
Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Judgment has been reserved until Thursday in the fraud, racketeering, and money laundering case of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri‘s co-accused. The defence has filed an application requesting the High Court in Pretoria to set aside the April 2026 judgment that dismissed their application to recuse two prosecutors assigned to the case. Willah Mudolo,…
A suspect being loaded on police van. The South African Police Service says it has arrested 13,373 suspects in a nationwide crime crackdown carried out between the 27 April and the 3 May 2026 under Operation Shanela. Police Spokesperson, Thabo Moetji, says the arrests were made across all provinces, targeting serious and violent crimes such…
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Heath Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says that increased public concern over the reported Hantavirus cases is understandable, given the recent outbreak of Covid19- virus. This follows the death of three people, with three others falling ill with the virus, due to an outbreak on a Netherlands-based cruise ship. A British tourist…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the Bantu Church of Christ in Gqeberha . African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaposa has reaffirmed the strong ties between the party and the Gqeberha-based Bantu Church of Christ. The ANC’s top brass visited the new leader of the church, Mlungisi Bebula, before commencing with the ANC’s service…
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Buti Manamela. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling on Higher Education and Training Minister, Buti Manamela, to urgently account to Parliament on what it describes as a deepening governance crisis at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This follows the resignation of NSFAS interim board chairperson,…
DA Calls on Higher Education Minister to answer for NSFAS crisis
