Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe delivers the keynote address at the National Freedom Day celebration in Ermelo in Mpumalanga on 27 April 2025. 3 minutes Acting President Gwede Mantashe says that South Africans still have much to celebrate in terms of their freedom, despite the challenges they are facing. He delivered the keynote…
Patriotic Alliance Deputy President Kenny Kunene. ActionSA in Gauteng is calling on the Patriotic Alliance to release the findings of an investigation into wrongdoing against its Deputy President, Kenny Kunene. In July, Kunene was suspended from all political activity after he was found at the home of murder accused, Katiso “KT” Molefe, during a police…
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi addressed audience in honour of Women’s month at Unisa, Pretoria. Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has encouraged women to occupy leadership positions in professions traditionally dominated by men. She delivered a keynote address at a Women’s Month Dialogue hosted by Unisa and the South African…
1 minute The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has decided to cancel the Cuban Medical Training Programme, describing it as wasteful expenditure. The South African Military Health Service says it will not send additional medical students to Cuba. But it says students that are already there will be allowed to complete their medical courses….
1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to clarify that there are a number of countries that face budget challenges but are able to fix them over time. His remarks follow the postponement of the Parliamentary Budget sitting due to parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) failing to agree on how the budget…
Musician Doc Shebeleza. 1 minute South Africa’s music industry is mourning the death of another music star. Kwaito music star Victor Bogopane, popularly known as Doc Shebeleza has passed away. The “Ebumnandini” and “Gets Getsa” hitmaker died at his home in Fairlands, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning. He was 51. Doc Shebeleza was admitted…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard how the head of organised crime, Major-General Richard Shibiri, tried to interfere in the murder case of Vereeniging engineer, Armand Swart. Witness A has told the commission that General Shibiri called him and witness B to tell them that the suspects arrested for Swart’s murder were very dangerous…
MK Party flag. 2 minutes The MK Party says it has deliberately decided not to involve itself in the ongoing debate over the reversal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) increase. MK Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addressed members during a mini rally held in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, yesterday. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana recently submitted documents…
Source: Reuters. The Brics summit, attended by more than 20 leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, has shown the depth of Russia’s relations beyond the Western world. Much discussion at the summit in the Russian city of Kazan was dedicated to the war in Ukraine and…
[File photo] Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze at Usindiso building. 2 minutes The case of alleged arsonist Sthembiso Mdlalose, who stands accused of deliberately setting the hijacked Usindiso building on fire that claimed 76 lives in 2023, has been postponed to Wednesday after one of the two witnesses who were expected…
