FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa signing a document President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law regulations doubling the upper limit of donations to political parties from R15 million to R30 million and the threshold for disclosure from R100 000 to R200 000. The move to amend the Political Funding Act of 2021 follows the adoption…
Minister John Steenhuisen visits Dr Böhmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein Some learners at Dr Bohmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein have expressed their excitement over the visit by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen visited the school, which offers an agricultural programme for children with special educational needs. The pupils say they have…
File image by Omar Badsha, powerfully illustrates community resistance during the 1985 Inanda riots via SAHO Civil society groups in Phoenix, north of Durban, are calling for the institution of the commission of enquiry into the 1985 Inanda unrest that claimed three lives and displaced over 1 500 Indian families. The month of August marks…
South African bank notes. South African banks accused of rand manipulation are set to present their case to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. They plan to outline the financial and reputational damage caused by the Competition Commission’s allegations of being part of a “banking cartel”. In January last year, the Competition Appeal Court reviewed the…
Flag of the African National Congress. The African National Congress (ANC) says two of its National Executive Committee members, Malusi Gigaba and Senzo Mchunu, will face the party’s disciplinary committee following their public statements. This follows Gigaba’s claims that the ANC has “lost its way” and failed to achieve its goals. Mchunu warned that the…
Infrastructure damage caused by migrating elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana. Farmers and residents at Niani, outside Musina, in Limpopo, are concerned that elephants migrating from Zimbabwe and Botswana are causing damage in the area. The elephants have been ravaging farms, ruining crops and infrastructure at farms along the Limpopo River over the past weeks. A…
An empty court room. The trial of six men accused of killing 18 people in Ngobozana village has been postponed by the Mthatha High Court, sitting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. This is due to the absence of the lawyer for accused number three. The accused face a total of 29 charges, including 19…
Winning learners for their science projects in the Eskom Regional Science Fair in the Klein Karoo and Garden Route areas A total of 12 gold medals, five silver and 16 bronze medals have been awarded to learners from the Garden Route at Little Karoo at the Eskom Expo Eden Karoo Regional Science Fair. The science…
A rhino is photographed during a rescue operation. Five men and a woman have appeared before the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court for illegal rhino poaching. They have been linked to an international fraudulent scheme involving over 960 rhino horns, worth millions of rands, destined for illegal markets in Southeast Asia. It is alleged that the suspects defrauded…
African National Congress (ANC) MP Molapi Lekganyane delivers opening address on August 5, 2025 after being elected as Chairperson of the ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations. A submission by the African National Congress (ANC) that Parliament’s legal services should lead evidence in the ad hoc committee probing allegations of police…
