Police arrest two Ethiopian nationals, seize three vehicles and recover counterfeit goods worth more than R10 million in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes Two Ethiopian nationals are set to appear in the White River Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga today on charges of possessing counterfeit goods and money laundering. The suspects were arrested on Monday at a storage…
The fire, situated in the Suurvlakte area, split into 2 lines and 1 on the Wolseley side of the Obiqua Mountain and another on the Wellington side. 1 minute Firefighting teams are still working to contain multiple fires in the Witzenberg area of the Western Cape, more than a week after they began. According to…
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane speaks during the Multi-Certification Skills Programme launch on March 15, 2023. 2 minutes Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed strong disappointment about the bilateral agreement between the Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube and her partners regarding the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. According to Chiloane, the agreement undermines…
Drugs confiscated by the SAPS during a stop and search operation The South African Police Service has destroyed drugs and unauthorised medicine worth over R400 million at an undisclosed location in Gauteng. The drugs were confiscated in different parts of the country including O.R Tambo International Airport and KwaZulu-Natal. Addressing the media, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says…
FlySafair customers wait in long lines at the airport as some of the flights are cancelled. FlySafair has had to cancel 26 flights which account for 13% of its operations amid the wage dispute with pilots. The pilots have rejected the airline’s 5,7% wage increase offer, sticking to their demand of a 10,5% hike. The…
Graduates at a ceremony 6 minutes The Free State government is now distancing itself from assisting some of the graduates who were part of the provincial government’s international bursary programme. Beneficiaries of the programme, that was the brainchild of former Premier Ace Magashule, have been left in distress. Magashule initially introduced the programme in 2010…
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…
Minister of Defence Angie Motshekga. 2 minutes DA MP Chris Hattingh says it is time for the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga to go. He was speaking during an urgent debate under way in Parliament on the death of the 14 South African soldiers in the DRC. The debate has been called…
South Africa’s Ambassador to France Nathi Mthethwa Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Alvin Botes says the family of the late Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa has formally identified his body in Paris on Thursday. Botes, who was part of a government delegation to visit the Mthethwa family in Kwambonambi in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has described Mthethwa…
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the South African Communist Party (SACP) Special Congress Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been found guilty by Parliament’s Ethics Committee for failing to declare a diamond gift from businessman Louis Liebenberg, who is currently facing criminal charges. The committee imposed a R10 000 fine and recommended that Mashatile be…
