Open sign for the Splash Festival 2 minutes The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is optimistic that the annual Splash Festival will help stimulate the local economy during the Easter period. The four-day festival is currently underway in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, and is expected to attract significant crowds. Mayoral Committee Member for Sports, Recreation, Arts and…
[File photo] Hundreds of buses and private vehicles parked at ZCC Moria headquarters 1 minute Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says security measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of pilgrims at Moria outside Polokwane. Thousands of ZCC and St. Engenas ZCC pilgrims have converged on the area for Easter conferences. Hadebe…
File image: SASSA banner. 2 minutes The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) suspension of the process to transition from the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) gold cards to Postbank’s black ones has sparked uncertainty among social grant beneficiaries. The SARB has cited Postbank’s compliance regarding the security systems, limited banking infrastructure and poor communication…
US President Donald Trump 3 minutes US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Maine in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s conflict with the state for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports. Maine officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment….
Parliament in session 1 minute Some civil society groups say it is not late for Parliament to rectify the adoption of the 2025/26 Fiscal Framework and the revenue proposals including the proposed Value Added Tax. Parliament managed to pass the Fiscal Framework with the slight margin early this month. Matshidiso Lencoasa from Section 27 says…
1 minute The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK) has won its first ward in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. This after the party defeated the Democratic Alliance(DA) in a by-election that was held in Mount Moriah, Sunningdale, under ward 110 yesterday. The DA previously ran the ward which is in northern Durban. The position…
1 minute Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has condemned the violent protest at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha which resulted in the death of one student, while others were left injured. The incident took place on Tuesday morning as students were protesting over numerous issues, which include non-maintenance of residences. It’s alleged that the residence…
A gavel in a court room. 1 minute Two men have been handed life imprisonment each by the Lenyenye regional court outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. The convicts, Solly Malatjie and Linda Mathiba of Enable village in the Ga-Sekororo area, stoned and stabbed to death a fellow patron outside a tavern in December 2019. NPA spokesperson…
A taxi riddled with bullet holes 1 minute The Western Cape Acting Provincial Police Commissioner Bongani Maqhashalala says they found 10 cartridges where taxi owner Mongi Titi was murdered. Maqhashalala says they can’t confirm if this was an assassination. He however said there’s tension amongst some taxi associations. Titi was shot at the Nyanga taxi…
President Cyril Ramaphosa 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be replacing veteran Mcebisi Jonas as Special Envoy to the US. This after the former Deputy Minister of Finance, labelled American President Donald Trump as a racist and homophobe in 2020 after Joe Biden won the American Presidential race. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says comments…
