A view of the Johannesburg High Court. The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed businessman and philanthropist Collen Mashawana’s urgent court application against media house Daily Maverick and investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh, with punitive costs. Mashawana had approached the court in an attempt to obtain an order preventing further reporting on corruption allegations against him,…
Hard hat and torch. 3 minutes More than 900 suspected illegal miners have been arrested between December last year and January this year in Limpopo. The suspected illegal miners were arrested during police’s operation Vala Umgodi across the province. Meanwhile, mining forums in the mineral-rich Sekhukhune district are calling on the government to issue them with…
Unemployed youth say their degrees are gathering dust. 1 minute Youth unemployment has risen by over 10 percentage points in the last 10 years. This is according to the Q1 2025 quarterly labour force survey from StatSA, which showed that youths (aged 15-34 years) face an unemployment burden of 46.1 percent, which has gone up…
FILE | Free State Premier MaQueen Letshoha-Mathae. The co-owner of the Mamohau Day-care centre in Dewetsdorp in the Free State has expressed excitement after Premier MaQueen Letshoha-Mathae handed over items, including blankets. MECs are accompanying the Premier. The centre’s owner Matseko Lekeno says the Nelson Mandela International Day has brought her and her team such…
