1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues in the High Court sitting at Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. The child’s mother Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. This after the seven-year-old went missing a year ago. LIVE:
3 minutes A decline in young registered voters has prompted the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to host a dialogue at Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape. The theme of the dialogue was “Strengthening democracy through youth participation”. It covers several topics, including the introduction of electronic voting to keep up with the…
City Power employees working on powerlines. 1 minute City Power in Johannesburg says it has launched a comprehensive disciplinary and legal process to eradicate fraud and corruption within the organisation. This comes after a forensic investigation uncovered serious financial irregularities. City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava says the investigation revealed that some employees had approved payments for…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa with the SACP leadership. 1 minute The South African Community Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) have agreed to set up a joint alliance consensus mechanism to speed up their reconfiguration programme. This follows a meeting between party leaders in Johannesburg on Monday. The meeting was led by ANC president,…
Multi-billion rand Mahikeng Smart City development project 1 minute Some opposition parties in the North West’s provincial capital Mahikeng have expressed strong reservations amid a tug-of-war in the province over the multi-billion rand Mahikeng Smart City development. The Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements earlier called for an immediate halt to all mega and…
Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 2 minutes The eleventh suspect in the SASSA multimillion-rand fraud case is still at large. Ten people appeared in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in the south of Johannesburg for allegedly defrauding SASSA of over R250 million. Seven of the arrested are SASSA employees and three are members…
South African R100 notes. 3 minutes Free State Treasury has set aside R45 billion for the 2025/2026 financial year. The biggest chunk has gone to Education with R18 billion of that allocation followed by health which has been allocated R14 billion. The health department has also been allocated a conditional grant of R3,9 billion to…
[File photo] An e-tolls gantry on the highway in Gauteng. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Gauteng government will absorb the e-toll debt and they will continue to service it. Reacting to the Gauteng budget delivered by the Province’s MEC for Economic Development, Panyaza has assured Gauteng residents that e-tolling is a thing…
NSFAS Logo. 3 minutes The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has provisionally funded more than 600,000 eligible students at various universities for the 2025 academic year. More than 200,000 students have been fully funded. The scheme was giving an update on the status of NSFAS applications for this year before the Select…
1 minute Kenny Fihla has been appointed as the new Absa CEO. Fihla, who serves as Standard Bank Group Deputy Chief Executive and CEO of Standard Bank South Africa, resigned from all his executive positions with effect from June 13. Absa says Fihla’s appointment is effective from July 17, subject to regulatory approval. Charles Russon has…
