Former ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe. Former African National Congress (ANC) national spokesperson Pule Mabe has reaffirmed his commitment to the party. Mabe has had to step aside from the ANC’s National Executive Committee after being charged with corruption last year. He was addressing the media outside the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court after his…
England’s Mary Earps during the warm up before the match 1 minute England goalkeeper Mary Earps has become the first female soccer player to be honoured with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The Paris Saint-Germain player, who helped England finish runners-up at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, won a public vote for which Lionesses…
Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner, Major General Fred Kekana briefing the media 1 minute Gauteng police say they are on the hunt for more suspects linked to the cash-in-transit heist in Laudium, west of Pretoria on Monday evening. Six suspects were killed in a shootout with police, while a 22-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene….
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport joined Santaco and the Transport Education Training Authority for a road safety awareness campaign at Bosman Taxi Rank in Tshwane on 12 December 2024. 2 minutes The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Western Cape will launch its road safety campaign in Philippi today ahead of…
2 minutes Eskom has announced that loadshedding has been suspended from 10 o’ clock this morning. The power utility says this is due to sufficient generation capacity and replenishment of emergency reserves in the past 44 hours. Eskom’s spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says there is a change in the frequency of rolling blackouts due to structural…
SA flag The Steve Biko, Thabo Mbeki, Chief Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu, Oliver and Adelaide and FW de Klerk Foundations have announced that they are withdrawing from the organising team of the President’s upcoming National Dialogue, which includes the National Convention. In a statement released on Friday, the withdrawal is due to their…
Vilakazi street in Soweto touted as a tourist attraction. 2 minutes Government has implemented initiatives aimed at diversifying South Africa’s tourism industry. Tourism Minister De Lille, together with her Deputy, visited some of the tourist destinations in Gauteng including Vilakazi Street, to encourage local and international travellers to explore Gauteng and South Africa’s diverse travel…
1 minute Police have rescued an Ethiopian businessman kidnapped outside a restaurant in Norwood on Sunday. One of the kidnappers was shot dead and five others arrested. Police say the victim was inside a house in Kensington, Johannesburg where a shoot-out ensued with the kidnappers. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says police seized four illegal firearms,…
SA drivers’ licence The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has urged the Department of Transport to extend the validity period of driving licences to 10 years instead of the proposed eight years. This comes after the department confirmed plans to extend the validity period from five years to eight years, to address the administrative backlogs…
Eastern Cape students protest over NSFAS funding. Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training Tebogo Letsie says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) can’t continue to subject students to poverty and unemployment. Letsie has highlighted the failings of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. He says among others, NSFAS failed to…
