Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul. 4 minutes The Northern Cape provincial legislature will spend R2,5 million on this year’s State of the Province Address (SOPA). This is a slight decrease from last year’s expenditure of R3 million. Political parties in Northern Cape want Premier Zamani Saul to deliver on his previous promises. Premier Saul will…
3 minutes Boitekong Public School in the Meloding community, Virginia, has become a beacon of hope and academic excellence. The school has consistently excelled in Mental Maths, Social Science quizzes, and English Spelling Bees, with an impressive seven-year streak as Number 1 in the province for Mental Maths. Mental Maths has become a staple at…
Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly, who is facing charges including kidnapping and human trafficking, seen appearing before court. 2 minutes The cross-examination of the state’s star witness, Lourentia Lombaard is continuing in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay. Lombaard turned state witness after being…
1 minute The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to outline decisive plans on combating crime when he delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening. Senior Research Manager at OUTA, Dr Rachel Fischer says crime has been increasing for years in the country. “Outa is calling on…
Putco bus 2 minutes Bus and taxi operators have expressed confidence in the safety and logistical measures they’ve implemented ahead of the busy Easter weekend road trips. With the Zion Christian Church’s Moria pilgrimage returning after a five-year pause due to COVID-19 restrictions, Putco reports that hundreds of its buses have been booked by congregants…
Adv Dumisa Ntsebeza. 3 minutes Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner, Senior Counsel Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, has called for the Commission of Inquiry into the delay in prosecuting apartheid-era crimes to focus exclusively on determining whether political interference obstructed the work of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…
A South African court room pictured above. A second suspect arrested in connection with the recent mass shooting incident in Westbury is expected to make his first appearance in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The 36-year-old, whom police believe to be the mastermind behind the shooting, was arrested on Friday. The shooting left two…
Incoming Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela. President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired embattled Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane and replaced her with her deputy, Buti Manamela. The Presidency announced this in a statement released on Monday afternoon. Nkabane has recently been in the news for wrong reasons – the…
India’s Smriti Mandhana celebrates after a match 1 minute Indian batter Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket across all formats on Sunday, scoring 91 runs against West Indies in a one-day international at Vadodra that took her tally for 2024 so far to 1…
An IEC banner seen at a voting station in South Africa. Interviews to fill three vacancies in the Electoral Commission (IEC) will take place over the next two days. Eleven candidates, including the current chair of the IEC, Mosotho Moepya, Judge Diya Pillay and Judge Mjabuliseni Madondo, have been shortlisted. A panel chaired by Chief…
