Deputy President Paul Mashatile addresses a gathering at the Methodist Church in Butterworth, Eastern Cape. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says faith-based organisations (FBOs) are the strategic partners to promote social cohesion and foster social compacts. He was addressing a gathering at the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape. “We will…
Fatal shooting graphic 1 minute Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt following the murder of Contralesa NEC member and chairperson of the Nzunza-Fene Traditional Council, Kosi Thugwana at Tweefontein near KwaMhlanga. Police say the 45-year-old Thugwana was fatally wounded after assailants shot at him while he was inside his vehicle on Sunday night. Thugwana is…
SASSA has extended the December deadline for beneficiaries to get their new gold card. 1 minute The Postbank has clarified that the deadline for social grant beneficiaries to replace their gold SASSA cards with the new black Postbank cards is May and not April. This follows comments by Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni during…
JOBURG Bangla Tigers roared to Zim Afro T10 title win JOBURG Bangla Tigers roared to Zim Afro T10 title win after local boy Tinashe Muchawaya defended 21 runs off the final over against Cape Town Samp Army at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Tigers coach Julian Wood remained composed despite his team’s indifferent start, losing two…
Wendy Ackerman | image supplied Ackerman will receive her degree in December along with novelist Damon Galgut and visionary economist professor Deirdre McCloskey. Jazz singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler; renowned clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist professor Salim Safrudeen Abdool Karim; and the country’s longest-serving director-general, Dr Philemon Mjwara, formerly of the Department of Science and Innovation, will receive…
Judge Tintswalo Makhubele 2 minutes Members of the Committee of the Judicial Conduct Tribunal unanimously hold the view that allegations against suspended Judge Tintswalo Makhubele could constitute gross misconduct. This is revealed in the tribunal’s report penned to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on a complaint filed that civil society organisation, #UniteBehind, has filed. The…
Floods in Eastern Cape. 1 minute The Gift of the Givers (GoG) say their combined search operations with the police and provincial EMS teams, recovered two bodies from the flood ravaged areas in Mthatha, on Sunday. A project manager of the organisation, Ali Sablay says the first body was spotted from the air by the…
IFP supporters at an event. 2 minutes The Inkatha Freedom Party (IPF) says it’s working towards demystifying the myth that they are a regional or tribal party. It has opened its first office in Mahikeng, North West. Though the IFP has been contesting elections in the North West, it has not managed to secure a…
Members of the community during the National Women’s Day celebrations. Limpopo province hosted the 2025 National Women’s Day celebrations at Nkowankowa Stadium outside Tzaneen, with President Cyril Ramaphosa officiating the event. Various ministers and officials delivered messages of support. The occasion marked the 69th anniversary of the historic 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings…
Judge’s chair and gavel in a courtroom. A 35-year-old man accused of raping a woman at Plastic View in Hoedspruit in Limpopo is appearing at the local Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says the woman was with her boyfriend at a tavern on Saturday night when the accused joined them. The accused…
