Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work 1 minute Statistics SA (StatsSA) is expected to release the third quarter employment statistics today with an expert saying they expect a slight decline. Unemployment increased in the second quarter to 33.5 % from 32.9 %. Young people remain the most impacted by high unemployment. Economist…
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube speaks at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla in Boksburg on 27 February 2025. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says strengthening the education sector in South Africa’s changed political environment requires a new type of leadership that transcends party politics. Gwarube was addressing delegates at the 2025 Basic Education…
Fire on the slopes of the Swartberg Mountains 1 minute The Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape says a wildfire high up in the Swartberg Mountains near Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, remains a concern. The fire has been burning for almost a week now. It was started by lightning strikes. Strong, shifting…
Empty classroom 1 minute Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille says Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube must first draw up norms, standards and regulations to govern the implementation of the BELA Act. Zille was reacting to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s directive that two sections of the BELA Act which have been in contention must be implemented in their entirety. Section 4 and 5 of the BELA…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton 2 minutes Lewis Hamilton has expressed his total confidence in Ferrari after the Italian Formula One team’s double disqualification in China. The cars of seven times world champion Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc failed post-race technical checks at the second round of the season in Shanghai after they finished sixth and fifth respectively. “I…
[FILE IMAGE]: President Cyril Ramaphosa with his Phala Phala Game Reserve in the background. 3 minutes Legal counsel for President Cyril Ramaphosa has argued that the National Assembly was correct not to adopt the Section 89 independent panel report in the Phala Phala matter as it was fundamentally flawed. Advocate Geoff Budlender has been arguing…
A body of a deceased person in a mortuary. 1 minute Northern Cape police say the three bodies of two adults and a 10-day-old baby girl that were stolen from a mortuary in Kuruman, two weeks ago, have not been found and no one has been arrested. The suspects entered a guardroom of a funeral…
Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda speaks at Al Jama-ah’s Ward 10 year end celebration in Protea South, Soweto on December 5, 2024. 1 minute The court case against former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda and his co-accused has been postponed to January 28, 2025, for a trial readiness certificate. Gwamanda appeared before the Protea Magistrate’s Court…
A worker seen at a farm. 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has warned that the 31% tariffs imposed on South Africa by the US pose challenges for the Agriculture Industry and could jeopardise thousands of jobs across the sector. The Trump administration’s global import tariffs have come into effect. The US has imposed…
FILE | Johannesburg Water workers fixing leaks and vandalised valves in Yeoville on February 21, 2024. 1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the City of Johannesburg will increase the number of repair and maintenance teams with an estimated turnaround time of 24 to 48 hours in an effort to improve the response…
