Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says there is a possibility that the five mineworkers trapped at Ekapa Minerals mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, since Tuesday – following a mudslide incident are deceased. Mantashe made these remarks following an inspection visit to the mine on Friday morning. Minister Mantashe says the situation at Ekapa…
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…
For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. The UIF online portal has been down for six weeks, including uFiling, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and Virtual Office. This comes after a court interdict…
Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa The Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says steady progress is being made in reforming the country’s electricity sector. Speaking outside the Cape Town City Hall, hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to deliver the State of the Nation Address, the Minister says the transformation process is gaining momentum, citing…
Port Elizabeth TVET College. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says the party will accelerate the expansion of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. Mbalula says this is to address the issue of the shortage of institutions of higher learning, and to ensure that young people gain the necessary skills….
AfriForum Head Office in Centurion, Pretoria. 1 minute Lobby group, AfriForum, says that it will push for Afrikaners, farmers and other minority groups to protect themselves within the confines of the law. This follows yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgment, which dismissed its bid to appeal the rulings of the Supreme Court of Appeals and the Equality…
A delegation from Afriforum, Solidariteit, and the Solidarity Movement met with representatives of the Trump administration in Washington. 3 minutes Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act against lobby group AfriForum’s visits to the US. Earlier this week, AfriForum, Solidarity and the Solidarity Movement visited Trump’s Administration once again after it was announced…
Utility front-row forward, Jan-Hendrik Wessels Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was forced to make a late change to his replacement bench for Saturday’s opening Rugby Championship test match against Australia in Johannesburg on Saturday. Utility front-row forward, Jan-Hendrik Wessels was forced to withdraw after he picked up an injury at training on Wednesday. He will…
Enoch Ndou sits in the dock at the High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. 1 minute Convicted multiple murderer, Enoch Ndou, has been sentenced to life imprisonment plus 90 years by the Thohoyandou High Court in Limpopo. Ndou was found guilty of shooting and killing seven of his family members on Christmas Day in 2021. The…
Instead, she believes there has to be equal opportunities availed for boys, girls, women and men as the theme for European Film Festival suggests. FROM being an admirer of Nicki Minaj and globally-acclaimed male rappers like Doja Cats, Azealia Banks’, Cardi Bs and Rhapsodys, among others, Zimbabwe’s female prolific rapper Lissa Nontulu Sibanda aka Nontulu…
