2 minutes The South African Policing Union (SAPU) says it will wait for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s (IPID) full investigation into the matter of the six Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officers accused of corruption. The officers from the Drug Unit, arrested on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and defeating the ends of justice,…
Community water containers 1 minute The uThukela District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has cited budget constraints as the reason for its failure to provide water to residents. Thousands of residents in rural areas and townships in Ladysmith say they still lack access to clean water, with some relying on streams and rivers used by livestock. Some…
September 10, 2024 – Australia’s Max Purcell in action during his doubles match with Matthew Ebden against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. 2 minutes Australia’s two-times Grand Slam doubles champion, Max Purcell, has elected to take a voluntary provisional suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Monday….
1 minute ActionSA Caucus leader Athol Trollip has accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of making unreasonable demands after the party, the second-largest in the Government of National Unity (GNU), refused to support the 2025 budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The National Assembly narrowly passed the budget yesterday, prompting Trollip to stress that ActionSA…
[File photo] Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane 1 minute Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has acknowledged that, 31 years into democracy, much more still needs to be done by his administration to invest in rural communities. The province marked Freedom Day by celebrating the centenary of ANC struggle stalwart Alfred Nzo’s birth in Matatiele. The…
Van Reenen Pass: Truck crash, Friday, 4 April 2025. 1 minute One lane of the N3 at the foot of Van Reenen’s Pass has now been opened to traffic after a crash involving two trucks. All lanes had to be closed after the two vehicles caught alight following the crash at the foot of the…
[File Image]: A man casts his vote during elections in South Africa. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA) and Patriotic Alliance (PA) are contesting by-elections in Karoo Hoogland Municipality in Northern Cape. The highly contested ward 1 in Williston previously represented by the DA became vacant, after a councillor resigned. No…
1 minute The Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies is being briefed by the Department and ICASA on the 2024/25 3rd and fourth Quarter Performance and Financial Report. The SABC and Sentech will also brief the committee on any amendments to the already considered 2025 – 2030 Strategic Plans and 2025 Annual Performance Plans….
The case is under investigation by the SAPS. 2 minutes Members of Parliament have again raised concerns about the long time it takes for the security vetting of police top brass to be finalized. This matter was raised recently when SAPS was giving progress made to recommendations made by the police committee, in the Budgetary…
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba 2 minutes Archbishop Thabo Makgoba says the Ramaphosa administration did not meet the expectations of South Africans. Makgoba was speaking during the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass Church Service at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. He says the Government of National Unity will go the same way if politicians continue to live…
