A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for damaging winds over much of the Western Cape from Wednesday evening until Friday. Cape Town Disaster Risk Management says strong south-easterly winds up to 90 kilometres per hour are expected between Saldanha and…
Mokopane, Tzaneen and Louis Trichardt, have become property hotspots The Limpopo province’s property market is the fastest growing in the country, followed by the Western Cape and Gauteng. According to Statistics South Africa, the value of residential properties in South Africa’s fourth largest province in terms of land area, rose by over 12% in May…
An advert for vacancies 1 minute The employment rate shows a sharp increase in the 3rd quarter of 2024, according to the release of the quarterly report by StatsSA. The increase comes after a drop of 92 000 in the 2nd quarter. Below is an INFOGRAPHIC showing the increase in employment in the third quarter…
Traffic officer monitoring vehicles at a roadblock. 1 minute Civil rights group, the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to temporarily suspend fines and temporary licenses for motorists affected by the printing backlog of driving license cards. Last month, the department reported a printing backlog of over 700,000 cards…
Apps on a cellphone. Prepaid consumers are set to benefit from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa)’s amendment of the rules on mobile data bundle expiry. From the 23rd of January next year, South Africa’s telecommunications companies will be required to allow consumers to roll over unused mobile data bundles. Icasa gazetted the new regulations on…
A delegate stands near a banner during the National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC). The re-run of the African National Congress (ANC)’s Provincial General Council (PGC) in Durban on Friday has been characterised by robust discussion. That is according to the Convenor of the National Executive Committee members deployed in KwaZulu-Natal, Dixon Masemola….
Bolt e-hailing vehicle The National E-hailing Federation of South Africa (NEFSA) has called on the government to constitute a task team that will look into attacks on e-hailing drivers. This follows the killing of a 22-year-old driver in Pretoria West last week. Four suspects are currently in police custody and have appeared in court. The…
[File Image] AmaZulu King, MisuZulu kaZwelithini 2 minutes Cultural expert Professor Sihawu Ngubane says the instability in decision-making and failure to install a proper structure of advisory to handle the affairs of AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini is tarnishing the integrity of the monarch. This comes after a series of dramatic events that have unfolded within…
1 minute Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says additional policing will be deployed on critical routes across the country to ensure road safety during the upcoming Easter holidays. Creecy officially launched the 2025 Easter Road Safety Campaign in Pretoria. The campaign seeks to prioritize and promote safer road use during this high-traffic period. She says routes…
Several businesses have already begun scaling back production The Eastern Cape is on edge as concerns mount over a looming tariff increase that threatens to disrupt the province’s fragile economy. Several businesses have already begun scaling back production. Some have put expansion plans on hold, while others are preparing to shut down operations entirely. Breadwinners…
