FILE PICTURE: President Cyril Rmaphosa shares a light moment with DA leader and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen as well as DA MP and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube. 2 minutes Tensions are high ahead of Wednesday’s revised budget speech, with opposition parties opposing any increase in VAT. The Democratic Alliance (DA), a member of the…
A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for damaging winds over much of the Western Cape from Wednesday evening until Friday. Cape Town Disaster Risk Management says strong south-easterly winds up to 90 kilometres per hour are expected between Saldanha and…
SA President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has informed US President Donald Trump that while South Africa benefits from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), it also plays a role in contributing to the act. Since its enactment in 2000, AGOA has been at the…
Paris St Germain’s Gianluigi Donnarumma celebrates after the match. 4 minutes Paris St Germain beat Liverpool 4-1 in a penalty shootout to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals after winning a rip-roaring last-16 second-leg match at Anfield 1-0 on Tuesday thanks to a goal from livewire Ousmane Dembele. After the tie had finished 1-1 on…
Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio 2 minutes Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio will return to action for the ACT Brumbies against Fijian Drua in Super Rugby Pacific on Friday after three weeks on the sidelines with concussion. The playmaker suffered a head knock in the season-opening win over the Drua and missed the Brumbies’ losses to Western…
[FILE IMAGE]: School pupils wait to board scholar transport. 2 minutes The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has heard that a learner from Lehurutshe in the North West allegedly died after falling out of a moving scholar transport bus last year. During testimony by the North West Legislature’s Committee on Safety and Transport Management,…
US President Donald Trump. 4 minutes US President Donald Trump will meet the CEOs of America’s biggest companies on Tuesday, including many whose market value has dipped in recent days as recession and inflation fears soured consumer and investor sentiment. The Republican president is expected to speak with around 100 CEOs at a regular meeting…
Fans of Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona gather at the court case against people charged with Maradona’s death 2 minutes The long-awaited trial of Diego Maradona’s medical team began on Tuesday in Argentina. It’s a case that has sparked strong emotions in the country where the soccer star, who died in 2020, is revered….
South African soldiers captured during a parade . 2 minutes The founder of the Institute of Security Studies, Jackie Cilliers says the Department of Defence and Military Veterans needs to be restructured. This as South Africa’s expenditure in the Defence Force will be closely monitored when Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivers his Budget Speech…
A general view of Nelson Mandela Bridge and the central business district of Johannesburg, South Africa 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says they have identified ways to help revamp the City of Johannesburg to continue to attract investors. The City, which is the country’s economic hub, is currently in a state of deterioration. Responding to…
