LIVE | CAF media briefing
CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe addresses a media conference in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday. LIVE proceedings:
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Over R1.6 billion unspent on conditional grants in the Free State
South African rands. 1 minute National Treasury says from 2020/2021 financial year to date total unspent conditional grants from the Free State amount to over R1.6 billion. Treasury says when money is returned to its coffers, it means that services meant to be covered by those funds are not delivered. Free State MEC of Finance,…
Malema praises Ramaphosa for his handling of US G20 tensions
President Cyril Ramaphosa chairs the G20 Summit in Nasrec, Johannesburg. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has praised President Cyril Ramaphosa on how he handled the G20 tensions with the United States (US). The US pulled out of this year’s G20 meeting after initially confirming that it would attend the meeting in Nasrec, Johannesburg….
COSATU expects SONA to address unemployment, crime, and corruption
Workers leading a march demanding decent jobs, 7 October 2025. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it expects President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to table solutions to the issues of unemployment, poverty, inequality, crime, and corruption. Ramaphosa will deliver the SONA on Thursday evening at the Cape Town…
Dollar drifts as traders hunker down for US payrolls
[File image] The dollar wobbled on Thursday after a trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam fuelled optimism over potential future deals ahead of a July 9 tariff deadline, while investors looked to payrolls to assess the Federal Reserve’s next steps. Sterling firmed slightly after a sharp drop the previous session as British Prime…
LIVE: Mourners pack Durban ICC for Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe’s funeral
2 minutes Emotional scenes are playing out at the funeral service for the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League deputy president – Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe – in Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre. The Women’s League president, Sisisi Tolashe, and Mnganga-Gcabashe’s family members could not hold back tears at various stages of the service. The…
CGE, PSC to probe NW’s male-dominated HOD appointments
North West provincial legislature building The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) have committed to investigating the appointments of Heads of Departments in the North West provincial government. This comes after the Provincial Legislature’s portfolio committee on Premier and Finance revealed a shocking imbalance in the appointments for departmental heads…
Pastor accused of rape and assault appears in Khayelitsha court
Court gavel and book 1 minute A 51-year-old church pastor has briefly appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court, on the Cape Flats, on charges relating to rape and assault. The police’s Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit responded to claims that the pastor allegedly assaulted and raped victims at his Khayelitsha church between…
Two killed, several injured in taxi crash near Olivenhoutbosch
Broken windscreen of a car seen after a vehicle accident. Two people have died and several others have been injured following a collision involving a minibus taxi and a vehicle on the R55/N14 Interchange in Olivenhoutbosch north of Pretoria. The cause of the collision is not yet known. And investigations are underway. Gauteng Traffic Police…
DA opens nominations for top leadership posts
Flags of the Democratic Alliance are seen at the party’s Eastern Cape Elective Congress on 27 February 2026. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the window is open for party members to be nominated for positions ahead of the party’s elective congress on the 11th of April. DA Deputy leader in the Western Cape, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has been nominated as…