SARS offices 1 minute The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says it has successfully processed more than 1.9 million tax directives for pension fund withdrawals under the two-pot retirement system, to the tune of nearly R50-billion as of the 18th of November. In a statement, SARS says close to 170 000 applications were declined for…
Graphic depicting a drug arrest 1 minute Police in Cape Town have confiscated drugs worth R18 million and firearms at a storage facility in Roeland Street. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says officers acted on a tipoff about drugs and firearms being stored at the address. He says a suspect has been arrested. “They conducted…
1 minute Tourist numbers to South Africa and the rest of the African continent are on the rise. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille shared the update during a media briefing in Durban, ahead of the 2025 Africa Travel Indaba set for next month. De Lille reveals that South Africa welcomed nearly 9 million tourists in…
he EThekwini municipality announced on Wednesday that they have expanded their 111 wards to 112, set to take effect after the 2026/2027 LGE. On Wednesday, the eThekwini Municipality announced that they had expanded their 111 wards to 112, a change set to take effect after the 2026/27 local government elections. ‘The additional ward will be…
South Africa’s winger Cheslin Kolbe. 2 minutes England did not need any reminding about the quality of South Africa winger Cheslin Kolbe but he provided it anyway with two special tries as the Springboks edged their hosts 29-20 at Twickenham on Saturday. Kolbe ran in two irresistible tries in a man-of-the-match performance. He caught an…
Buses at a bus depot. 3 minutes More than 1,100 employees of North West Transport Investment (NTI) spent Christmas without pay after going five months without their salaries. In a bid to get authorities’ attention, workers, supported by the SAWU-YA BASHUMI union, staged protests in Mahikeng and camped in the Mmabatho CBD for seven days…
Police making an arrest 1 minute Police in Mpumalanga say they arrested more than 800 people for various offences during the Easter Holidays. The majority of them were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. More than 50 firearms, drugs weighing over 300 kilograms, livestock and a number of vehicles were confiscated during cross-border…
Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi, speaking at an event. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) President Zingiswa Losi has called for strengthened unity within the Tripartite Alliance at COSATU’s 40th-anniversary rally at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto. WATCH | The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will celebrate its 40th anniversary at Dobsonville Stadium…
Advocate Shamila Batohi speaking at a NPA event. National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Shamila Batohi, has emphasised that prosecutors are obligated to comply with the prosecution policy, when making decisions to prosecute or not to prosecute a particular matter. She is testifying before the Judge Bess Nkabinde Inquiry in Pretoria. The inquiry is probing…
[File] OR Tambo International Airport , Johannesburg Families of four South African men who were rescued from Ukraine have expressed gratitude to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Russian government for their safe return. The four men arrived at the O.R. Tambo International Airport Wednesday. They are among 17 men who had allegedly been lured to…
