Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute Cabinet says the extended deadline of the 20th March for the replacement of the existing South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold cards is final. The gold cards will be replaced by the black cards belonging to the Postbank. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbhudzo Ntshavheni has urged…
[File photo] 1 minute Three people suffered smoke inhalation following a building fire in Brooklyn, Pretoria, earlier on Wednesday. They were treated on the scene and transported to nearby hospitals. Firefighters arrived to find one of the apartments on the top floor of a three-storey building on fire. City of Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Lindsay…
KZN floods 2 minutes The Department of Cooperative Governance (CoGTA) in KwaZulu-Natal says there should have been more consideration when relocating the 2022 flood victims to Lamontville in the south of Durban. This follows the deaths of six people after heavy rains and mudslides on Tuesday. [WATCH] KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi says 270…
1 minute Members of the Ingonyama Trust Board say they remain board members and do not recognise the suspension announced by amaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini in December. Members of the board held a media briefing in Pietermaritzburg. They also addressed allegations levelled against them by board member Doctor Thandiwe Dlamini at a recent imbizo called…
[File photo] Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago. 2 minutes The South African Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago says almost all the governors from G20 countries were represented at the Finance Track meeting. This week’s talks in Cape Town were overshadowed by US aid cuts and the absence of several key finance chiefs from major economies…
Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba delivers the State of the Province Address in Lebowakgomo. 2 minutes Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba says a task team has been established to address the water challenges being faced by residents in the Limpopo. This was announced by Premier Phophi Ramathuba during the State of the Province Address (SOPA) in…
A general view of flood damaged homes in KwaNdengezi, Durban, South Africa. 2 minutes Flood survivors mourning the loss of their loved ones following this week’s floods in KwaZulu-Natal, are appealing to government to relocate them to safer land from the Gwala Street Transit Camp in Lamontville in the south of Durban. Nine people died…
The USAID flag flies outside the USAID building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025 3 minutes Director of the Ezintsha Research Centre and HIV Clinician, Francois Venter, says accusations of corruption in United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding programmes in the country are unfounded. Earlier this week, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow at a cattle shop in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta in Indonesia. 1 minute The Free State Department of Agriculture says it remains on high alert particularly in towns bordering provinces that are dealing with the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD). Agriculture MEC Elzabe…
EDUPLEX training institute 4 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the Education Lekgotla today in the east Rand (Birchwood), as concerns over access to education for children with special needs continue to grow in South Africa. While there has been significant progress in ensuring uninhibited access to the constitutional right to basic education, challenges persist that…
