SATAWU members marching on the streets of Polokwane demanding that the employer, the Great North Transport pay workers their pension funds, May 28. Scores of disgruntled current and former employees of the government-owned bus company Great North Transport have been protesting outside the Office of the Limpopo Premier for a second day. They are demanding…
Two learners from Lesedi Secondary School in Pretoria charged with the premeditated murder of a fellow learner are expected to apply for bail when the case resumes in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court this morning. Grade 12 learner, 20-year-old Mlehalinye Motansi and 19-year-old grade 10 learner, Kgotlhello Mathabane, allegedly stabbed to death fellow grade 10 learner…
A sign at the Beitbridge. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has intercepted over 20 minors near the Limpopo River in the vicinity of the Beitbridge Border Post. The children, aged between 5 and 17 years, are believed to have been en-route from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Among the group were 10 adults. However, preliminary verification…
CONTRALESA President, Chief Lameck Mokoena says initiation schools will have to follow strict COVID-19 regulations. The family of a 19-year-old Onalenna Booi, who died at an initiation school at Dithakong outside Mahikeng, North West, has called on the government to enforce more strict regulations for initiation schools. Booi, a Matric learner at Tiego Tawana Secondary…
Trade Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau. 4 minutes Plans by the Trade Industry and Competition Minister to set up a R100 billion Transformation Fund have received mixed reactions from those in the business community. The fund seeks to empower black business through the use of contributions made by big businesses in respect of the…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speaking at the post-budget breakfast in Cape Town, 26 Feb 2026. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the national government is considering stepping up its involvement to address governance challenges in the City of Johannesburg. Addressing a post-budget media briefing in Cape Town, Godongwana says national authorities may need a formal or…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) Divisional Commissioner in the Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo appears before the Pretoria Regional Court on June 27, 2025. The Madlanga Commission has heard how a stalemate between Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo and suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, led to…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. 1 minute The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein is scheduled to hear an appeal by President Cyril Ramaphosa today and tomorrow. The appeal challenges a 2023 Pretoria High Court decision that set aside the president’s recognition of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the King of the Zulu Nation. The High…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Bana Pele 2030 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Roadmap Leadership Summit held at the Atlas Studios in Milpark, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, March 17, 2025. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says discussions on the final approval of the national budget are still ongoing. He was speaking to the media on the sidelines…
FILE | Protest against gender-based violence in Cape Town. Nyanga residents and community activists in Cape Town will march to Parliament on Friday to demand justice for 25-year-old Zenande Tshazibane. She was raped and murdered in her Nyanga home in June, just days after seeking legal protection from her partner. Authorities have yet to make…
