Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber holds a drone. 2 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) will deploy four high-tech drones and 40 body-worn cameras at various border posts and ports of entry over the Easter period to address illegal crossings. Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber made the announcement during a joint media briefing…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during a media briefing. 2 minutes Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to resign for misleading the country. Godongwana has been criticized for suggesting reducing the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants or raise the Value Added Tax (VAT). This issue has dominated public…
File image: Silver handcuffs. The Eastern Cape Education Department has distanced itself from the arrest of a teacher accused of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and running illegal brothel in East London. The female educator was arrested by the Hawks yesterday. She allegedly recruited young women in Qumbu, Mthatha and Ngqeleni to East London, where they…
Students listening to a lecture. The Higher Education Department has again warned the matric Class of 2025 to beware of bogus colleges. It says some are using fake promises and unaccredited courses to exploit desperate students during results season. The department earlier issued a nationwide warning against proceeding to register without verifying institutions. The department’s…
African National Congress (ANC) flag seen at a party event. 1 minute The ANC National Working Committee (NWC) and KwaZulu-Natal provincial leadership are meeting this morning in Boksburg, eastern Johannesburg. The meeting follows the party’s significant electoral losses in KwaZulu-Natal during the May 29 polls. The ANC NWC aims to address organizational issues identified during…
Hospital ward. 1 minute Deputy President Paul Mashatile is answering oral questions in the National Council of Provinces this afternoon. Back on the agenda is the matter of extortion in the township economy. Both Mashatile and President Cyril Ramaphosa have been grilled by Members of Parliament during the last few weeks about the scourge of…
SAPS ‘shooting’ graphic. A 14-year-old girl has been killed and another wounded in a shooting incident in Facreton, Kensington, on the Cape Flats. Police say the girl was caught in the crossfire in the incident, which happened on Saturday night. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the victim was declared deceased on the scene by emergency…
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) has recommended the establishment of an anti-corruption body. NACAC has handed over its final report at the conclusion of its three-year term. In the President’s weekly letter, Ramaphosa states that the report includes a recommendation to establish a permanent, independent, overarching anti-corruption…
Bafana Bafana team. South Africa failed to reach the quarterfinals of the CAF African Nations Championship in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. This after they played to a 3-all draw with the host nation Uganda in a Group C match at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda, on Monday evening. Bafana needed to beat…
A service station. Motorists can expect to pay more at the pump with fuel prices set to increase from midnight. The Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources has announced that the price of petrol will increase by between 52 cents and 55 cents a litre, depending on the grade. Diesel will increase by between 82…
