Fifty Putco buses were set alight on January 27, 2025. 1 minute Mpumalanga police have arrested two suspects in connection with the torching of over 50 Putco buses in the Nkangala District on Monday night. Police Spokesperson Donald Mdhluli says the suspects were apprehended last night. A group of armed individuals driving a Quantum, a…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana Economists have given the 2026 National Budget a thumbs up, following National Treasury’s commitment to curbing the country’s debt. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced that the debt-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio is finally set to stabilize at 78.9 per cent in the 2025/26 financial year, before beginning a steady downward trend. Standard…
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Sambatha Madoda. Lack of maintenance in government buildings in the North West led to the closure of Agricentre in Mahikeng, which is the provincial office for the Department of Agriculture. This comes after the Department of Labour recommended that the building be closed because it does not comply…
[File Image] Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) during a protest. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Free State has threatened to shut down the medical practice of a Kroonstad doctor whose grandson they are accusing of shooting and killing a man and burying him in an unmarked shallow grave on his farm. Members…
National Director of Public Prosecutions’ Advocate Shamila Batohi 2 minutes The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi says the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will not succumb to pressure to prosecute state capture-related cases. Bahoti was speaking at the annual lecture on Strengthening the Rule of Law in Cape Town, organised by Freedom Under Law…
Kelly Smith appears at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on April 23, 2025. 1 minute A female suspect has been taken in for questioning after a fire burned down the Middelpos home of Kelly Smith. Smith was yesterday convicted alongside her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, for the kidnapping…
The dollar held gains on Tuesday as markets awaited signals, expected later this week, about the potential timing of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The yen trimmed losses from a day earlier when worse-than-expected Japanese economic data stirred expectations that the government would ramp up stimulus. The Aussie dollar edged lower after the release of Reserve Bank of…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu during crime stats delivery 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says there’s been a general decline in crime across the country, however sexual offences including rape and commercial crimes have increased. Mchunu was addressing the media in Pretoria where he released the latest crime statistics. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola provided…
Meter. 2 minutes More households in Tekwane, southeast of the City of Mbombela, in Mpumalanga have tempered electricity meters. This was discovered by the power utility Eskom after it embarked on electricity meter audit in Tekwane. Illegal connections were immediately cut-off, transformers removed, and homeowners fined. The community was plunged into darkness, after Eskom employees…
Lily Mine. 3 minutes A prayer was held ahead of the Lily Mine commemoration in remembrance of Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda. The three were trapped underground when the mine collapsed nine years ago. To this day their remains have not been retrieved. “When this time comes, it becomes difficult on the family’s…
