South Africa’s National Dialogue starts on Friday with a Convention to outline its modalities. The dialogue aims to assess 30 years of democracy, identify challenges, and work towards a prosperous future. Here is a glimpse of what is happening at the 1st of the National Convention in pictures: Gallery by: Sibusiso Maphumulo and Walter Moropa…
FILE | NSRI swimmers on rescue vehicle. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says it has resumed its search for a missing pilot at sea in Durban. The 61-year-old pilot, who is from Johannesburg, has been missing since Thursday when a light aircraft plunged into the ocean at the Suncoast Beach. He was giving an…
Calm has returned to the Maponya Mall in Soweto following Thursday’s protest. Mini-bus taxis have started to pick up and drop off passengers at the mall’s main entrance again. The gates leading to Maponya Mall have been reopened and people are freely walking in and out of the mall. Both e-hailing cars and minibuses are…
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu. Opposition parties in the Mpumalanga government are demanding that Premier Mandla Ndlovu release the progress report of investigations into the laptop scandal in the education department. Premier Ndlovu missed the deadline he had set himself to release the progress report on the suspension of the HOD, Lucy Moyane. Moyane was suspended…
SAPS adds 1,900 new cops to the to tackle crime hotspots
The Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has called on residents of Soweto to allow the Maponya Mall to open for business on Friday. This comes after the mall was closed on Thursday following the gunning down of an e-hailing service driver and the torching of two vehicles on Wednesday night. Last night, residents held a…
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 15, 2025. US President Donald Trump has departed Washington to Anchorage, Alaska ahead of his highly anticipated peace summit…
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has clarified misconceptions regarding the development of its new sales operating model. This follows media reports that the public broadcaster is reducing staff in the sales division. The SABC has described the reports as misleading and irresponsible. It has confirmed that it has initiated an organisational design review to…
Mdzananda Clinic in Khayelitsha provides health to some of the half million plus animals in the township. The only animal welfare and clinic in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats has embarked on a massive sterilisation campaign for pets in an attempt to reduce the number of unwanted animals. The Mdzananda clinic says they aim to…
FILE | Al Jazeera journalists place posters with the photos of their colleagues killed during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza One of the organisers of a vigil in solidarity with journalists in Gaza, Mohammed Zahid Hassan says there is no justification for killing or targeting journalists in the war-torn country. Currently, South African journalists are…
