File Image: Logo of the eThekwini Municipality. 2 minutes eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba says he respects the Constitutional Court’s judgment, which ruled in favour of a service provider, resulting in the city losing over R30 million. The case stems from a 2013 dispute between the municipality and the service provider whose contract was terminated and…
A home where four members from one family were killed during the mass murder in Lusikisiki. The trial of the six men accused of the Ngobozana Massacre in Lusikisiki has been postponed to Wednesday. The accused who turned state witness, Lwando Anthony Abi, continued with his testimony today at the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki. Abi told the court that he transported accused persons…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 5 minutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces legal perils at home and abroad that point to a turbulent future for the Israeli leader and could influence the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, analysts and officials say. The International Criminal Court (ICC) stunned Israel on Thursday by issuing arrest warrants for…
Dr Nandipha Magudumana is pictured at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on 11 May 2023. 2 minutes Nandipha Magudumana’s lawyer Machini Motloung says he will focus on the dissenting judgment as he takes his client’s fight to nullify her arrest in Tanzania to the Constitutional Court. Magudumana remains in jail. She had fled the country with…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses a media briefing. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has called on law enforcement agencies to arrest all those who have been implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission is probing allegations of criminality, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. Mbalula was delivering the…
Rain seen from the windscreen of a car. 1 minute Johannesburg Emergency Services personnel are on high alert as more heavy rainfall is forecast for Gauteng today. Emergency Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says despite overnight rain, no major incidents have been reported. He has urged pedestrians and motorists to be cautious. “We are still encouraging…
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has pleaded with the province’s learners not to give up on Mathematics and Science subjects. His plea comes after the province performed dismally in Mathematics dropping from 72.7 percent to 66.7 percent pass rate. Chiloane says Mathematics, Science and Accounting are subject that will be…
Baby Savers South Africa aims at ending unsafe infant abandonment. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development has raised concerns over the increasing number of infant abandonment cases in the province. Since March 2024, nearly 40 infants have been abandoned, with the most recent case involving a week-old baby girl found in a…
Metal coils are seen at a steel plant The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SIEFSA) says production in this sector fell by 1.4% last year, reversing the small growth it had in 2023. It says with the US tariff hikes, the sector could suffer another loss. Marketing and communications executive at the…
3 minutes Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the US’ move to temporarily cease its funding of HIV and AIDS prorgrammes around the world, under the new Trump administration, will have a limited impact on South Africa’s fight against the disease. Motsoaledi was speaking to journalists at the Cabinet Lekgotla in Pretoria. He says the South…
