ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa with the SACP leadership. 1 minute The South African Community Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) have agreed to set up a joint alliance consensus mechanism to speed up their reconfiguration programme. This follows a meeting between party leaders in Johannesburg on Monday. The meeting was led by ANC president,…
Multi-billion rand Mahikeng Smart City development project 1 minute Some opposition parties in the North West’s provincial capital Mahikeng have expressed strong reservations amid a tug-of-war in the province over the multi-billion rand Mahikeng Smart City development. The Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements earlier called for an immediate halt to all mega and…
Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 2 minutes The eleventh suspect in the SASSA multimillion-rand fraud case is still at large. Ten people appeared in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in the south of Johannesburg for allegedly defrauding SASSA of over R250 million. Seven of the arrested are SASSA employees and three are members…
South African R100 notes. 3 minutes Free State Treasury has set aside R45 billion for the 2025/2026 financial year. The biggest chunk has gone to Education with R18 billion of that allocation followed by health which has been allocated R14 billion. The health department has also been allocated a conditional grant of R3,9 billion to…
[File photo] An e-tolls gantry on the highway in Gauteng. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Gauteng government will absorb the e-toll debt and they will continue to service it. Reacting to the Gauteng budget delivered by the Province’s MEC for Economic Development, Panyaza has assured Gauteng residents that e-tolling is a thing…
NSFAS Logo. 3 minutes The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has provisionally funded more than 600,000 eligible students at various universities for the 2025 academic year. More than 200,000 students have been fully funded. The scheme was giving an update on the status of NSFAS applications for this year before the Select…
1 minute Kenny Fihla has been appointed as the new Absa CEO. Fihla, who serves as Standard Bank Group Deputy Chief Executive and CEO of Standard Bank South Africa, resigned from all his executive positions with effect from June 13. Absa says Fihla’s appointment is effective from July 17, subject to regulatory approval. Charles Russon has…
Workers are seen building housing units at a construction site as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations ease in Fleurhof, near Johannesburg, South Africa, October 6, 2020. 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says they are working to ensure that Expanded Public Works Programme becomes a vehicle for skills transfer and offering recipients…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. 3 minutes There have been plenty of activities in various towns in Limpopo to mobilise soccer fans to attend the Bafana Bafana FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho on Friday. The two Southern African nations will go head-to-head at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Limpopo. The local…
Executive Mayor Dada Morero 2 minutes The City of Johannesburg says it has already taken steps towards establishing a comprehensive Climate Action Plan by planting trees around the City. Speaking at a four-day summit on Urban Forestry in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg, Executive Mayor Dada Morero says these initiatives focus on restoring vital ecosystems, removing…
