Secretary General of the MK Party, Floyd Shivambu. 1 minute Leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party Jacob Zuma has appointed Floyd Shivambu as the Secretary General of the party. Shivambu resigned from the Economic Freedom Fighters in August. Having served as deputy president of the EFF since its inception, Shivambu was one of the…
Former Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed the sacking of former Johannesburg mayor Al Jama-ah party’s Kabelo Gwamanda as Member of the Mayoral Committee on Community Development in the City. However, the DA says the move does not close that chapter. The City’s Mayor Dada Morero announced Gwamanda’s dismissal…
Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane misses a chance to score. 2 minutes Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win at promoted St Pauli on Saturday may have been far from impressive but it shows there are no easy games in the Bundesliga, said the Bavarians’ coach Vincent Kompany. Bayern had scored 12 goals in their previous three league games…
Electricity power box 1 minute The Sol Plaatje Municipality in Kimberley says it’s working around the clock to restore power in parts of the municipality affected by outages on Friday. The Municipality says several areas were left without electricity as a result of lightning and heavy rains. The cause has also been linked to last…
Mpofu announced his departure from the EFF during an exclusive interview with the SABC on Thursday 1 minute Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party leader, former President Jacob Zuma, has welcomed Advocate Dali Mpofu, former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) chairperson, to his party. In a letter, Zuma lauded Mpofu for the role he played in fighting internal…
2 minutes South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has made 11 changes to his starting team for their clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday, handing the captaincy to Eben Etzebeth and opting for a 7-1 split between forwards and backs on the bench. Scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse is the only survivor in the backline from the…
Truck on its side after the Salt Rock accident 1 minute One person has died following a crash between a truck and a light motor vehicle on the N2 at Salt Rock, north of Durban. IPSS Medical Rescue says following the crash, the truck that was travelling south, lost control, crossing the center median and…
Powerlines seen at sunset 1 minute The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on residents of Johannesburg to rise up. This after Eskom this week announced that it planned to implement power cuts in the City of Johannesburg at certain pre-determined times of the day from next month. It has cited the failure of…
Residents complains that their houses flood during heavy rains. 2 minutes Residents of Extension 39 in Mahikeng, North West are calling for the authorities to install stormwater drainage in their area. They maintain that during rainy weather, their houses flood and furniture damaged. This comes after Mahikeng and the surrounding areas have experienced torrential rains…
3 minutes The dollar was on track to end a volatile week with a slight gain, as markets weighed the impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on the US economy and the rate outlook. The US dollar had lost ground in the previous session as traders closed out profitable bets on a Trump presidency following his…
