Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly dealing drugs at the Lebowakgomo taxi rank outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Police say the drugs found on him have an estimated street value of R4 000. According to provincial police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba, members of the Provincial Flying Squad…
Farm machines seen on a sugar cane field The South African Farmers Development Agency (SAFDA) says the US-imposed 30 percent tariff increase on the country’s imports will cripple many farmers especially in the sugar cane growing industry in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). In the province’s Post Budget Speech Consultative Engagement, SAFDA’s Chairperson Dr. Siyabonga Madlala called on…
The national government says it has set aside R1 trillion to improve infrastructure in South Africa over the next three years. Deputy President Paul Mashatile revealed this during his keynote address in the MinMEC meeting in Gqeberha,in the Eastern Cape today. Mashatile believes that prioritizing infrastructure development is key to economic growth. He says the…
Dr Nandipha Magudumana appears in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. 2 minutes The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed being served with petition by legal representatives of Dr. Nandipha Magudumana seeking leave to appeal the majority judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered last month. The NPA spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga says they…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini speaking at an event. The Constitutional Court has refused a faction of the Zulu Royal family’s application for leave to appeal the October 2025 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment, which affirmed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recognition of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. The members of the AmaZulu Royal family, namely Prince Simakade and others,…
Workers use heavy machinery to move trash and waste at a landfill. 1 minute Residents of Park Avenue in Bloemfontein are threatening to approach the courts to compel the Mangaung Metro Municipality in the Free State to resolve the problem of a landfill site that is too close to their residential areas. Residents say despite…
FILE PHOTO: Australia’s Pat Cummins celebrating a wicket 1 minute Australia heaved a major sigh of relief on Wednesday after skipper Pat Cummins declared run-machine Travis Head fit for the Boxing Day test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. India nemesis Head, the leading scorer of the five-test series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy, suffered…
[File photo] SA’s first democratic Minister of Education Professor Sibusiso Bengu. 1 minute Democratic South Africa’s first Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, will be laid to rest in Mtunzini on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. This is expected to follow an Official Funeral Category 2 at the University of Zululand. Bengu died…
Former President Thabo Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki has welcomed KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, exposing the rot in the country. Mkhwanazi’s allegations of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu having links with crime syndicates are among the issues probed at the Madlanga Commission. Mbeki spoke on the sidelines of the African National Congress (ANC) political school…
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chief executive officer Rosemary Mpofu acknowledged that they knew about the non-function of ZiG swipe machines in some retail outlets which was giving consumers headaches. THE dust road to Mutare stretched out before the 75-year-old Jacob Mutasa, a retired teacher from Chihera village in Betera, Buhera, under Chief Nyashanu. He…
