Scholar transport vehicles. Gauteng Department of Education says they have reached an amicable agreement with scholar bus transport providers, and full operations are set to resume next Monday. The two parties were at loggerheads after some service providers were not paid for three months. Bus operators had halted their services and school children were left stranded, leading to frustrated parents blockading…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile speaking in Cape Town at the round table for the Presidential Youth Engagement. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says he is optimistic that over the next three years, government programmes targeting youth unemployment will double the number of employed young people. Mashatile was speaking in Cape Town at the roundtable for the…
Bricks are seen at the the Princess Plot Housing Development project in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg on 10 February 2026. The Department of Human Settlements in Gauteng says Phase 1 of the Princess Plot Housing Development project in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, has been completed, and formal housing will be delivered to qualifying beneficiaries. Residents…
Private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan testifies before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. Private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan, a witness before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee that is looking into concerns of national security, has denied that he has ever been involved in South Africa’s state security machinery. O’Sullivan has assured Members of Parliament that, despite having a British passport…
Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester applies for an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria on September 17, 2024. An urgent application by convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester to be moved back to a prison in Gauteng has been struck off the roll by the High Court in Pretoria. Bester is currently being held…
Thabo Bester takes his urgent application to be moved from Ebongweni to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
A lock on a prison cell. A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder and assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm by the Mokopane Regional Court in Limpopo. Yvonne Maja was found guilty of burning her ex-boyfriend and his partner with acid. NPA Spokesperson Mashudu Malabi says…
A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption. Anti-corruption movement, Transparency International, says South Africa has made no progress in combating corruption in the past three years. The movement’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, which was released today, found worsening corruption and a decline in leadership globally, with South Africa stagnating with a score…
A health practitioner seen holding a malaria vaccine. Some residents in Ga-Mamaila outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo have commended efforts by the Department of Health to prevent the spread of Malaria. The department has embarked on an anti-malaria spraying campaign in various communities throughout the province. More than 17,000 houses in eight villages have been sprayed…
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall. The community of Ndwedwe, north of Durban, is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to prioritise the safety of rural communities amid concerns over escalating crime. As Ramaphosa is expected to deliver his State of the Nation Address…
