FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute SASCO in Tshwane has given Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane seven days to respond to their memorandum of demands or face intensified protest action. Students marched to the Minister’s office in Pretoria over NSFAS related issues, including the defunding of students…
A piece of arid land 2 minutes Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso has officially handed over more than 2 000 hectares of land to the community of KwaMathonsi near KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast in settling a land claim. The community said in their land claim that they were dispossessed…
FILE | Fire engines at a scene of a blaze 1 minute Four toddlers between the ages of one and two have died following a house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg. The cause of the fire is not yet known. A fire incident was reported in Mayfair, Johannesburg, this morning, resulting in four fatalities. The cause…
Standard and Poor’s 1 minute Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed South Africa’s debt ratings at sub-investment grade of BB minus and BB, and also maintained the positive outlook. In its latest review released last night, S&P says the rating is still constrained by relatively low GDP growth rates, as well as sizable…
2 minutes Two men from Gumbani village near Malamulele in Limpopo have developed a free educational app aimed at supporting learners and teachers, particularly in rural areas. Malungelo Mathonsi and Khongelani Shibambu created the app, called Novar, which offers lessons in subjects such as Mathematics and Science. The app is freely accessible and designed to…
Violent protest in Diepkloof 2 minutes Police have confirmed that two people died and one person was seriously injured during violent protests in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Monday. Protesting residents looted a delivery truck that was passing through the area on its way to deliver canned fish. Reports say the truck driver ran over two of…
FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute The South African Students’ Congress (SASCO) in Pretoria will this morning embark on a march, dubbed the “Mega Total Shutdown”. Students are protesting against a number of issues, which include the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) de-funding of some students and…
Citrus being packed for export 1 minute Agri Western Cape says commercial farmers exporting to the United States of America will be hard hit if the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) agreement with America is not renewed. President Cyril Ramaphosa is heading a delegation to the US to discuss, among others, trade and tariff…
[FILE] Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa 1 minute Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has officially launched the Review of the White Paper on Local Government. The launch took place under the theme “Every Municipality Must Work – A Call to Collective Action.” Hlabisa says the review initiates a…
AfriForum offices 1 minute Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has questioned why AfriForum members that include Kallie Kriel, Ernst Roets and Gerrie Nel have not left for the United States. This as AfriForum, an Afrikaner interest group, has been allegedly peddling lies to the US, that white farmers in South Africa are victims…
