King Protea floral arrangement display at G20 Leaders’ Summit in Nasrec Expo Centre. As the G20 Leaders’ Summit gets underway at Nasrec Expo Centre, in Soweto, the star of the Summit is South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea. Bouquets of the King Protea, accompanied by fynbos and flora, took days of planning and arrangement….
Powerlines seen at sunset 1 minute The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on residents of Johannesburg to rise up. This after Eskom this week announced that it planned to implement power cuts in the City of Johannesburg at certain pre-determined times of the day from next month. It has cited the failure of…
Former Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes The state has dropped all charges against former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. The charges relate to the defrauding of several Soweto residents in 2011 in an alleged funeral policy scam. The former Mayor was arrested in October last year. Gwamanda, who is also a former Community Development MMC,…
Workers at a clothing factory. South Africa’s fragile labour market is set to come under the spotlight when the latest unemployment figures are released on Tuesday. Stats SA is due to publish the results of its Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the final quarter of last year. Economists are expecting that shifts in the official…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. 2 minutes ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that the 2025 budget will be approved on Wednesday. However, the government of national unity remains divided over the ANC’s proposal to increase Value-Added Tax. Most political parties in Parliament have opposed the revised budget, which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled earlier this…
Mamelodi Sundowns celebrates after victory Mamelodi Sundowns went top of the Betway Premiership log for the first time this season, after registering a 3-nil win over the struggling Magesi FC in Atteridgeville in the only fixture played this weekend. Magesi played the entire second half with ten men after Samuel Darpoh was sent off after…
Gqeberha-based long distance runner Melikhaya Frans. 1 minute Gqeberha-based long distance runner Melikhaya Frans has won the ninth edition of the 1 City Marathon in Eastern Cape. The Nelson Mandela Bay’s flagship marathon saw over 2 000 athletics participate in the full, half, and 10-kilometre races respectively. Favourable weather conditions helped many runners to qualify for…
A Limpopo police Constable has been arrested following the death of a pedestrian at Mogaung village in the Nebo area. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the officer was driving a state vehicle when he allegedly knocked down an eight-year-old boy. Ledwaba says the officer faces charges of culpable homicide, drunken and negligent driving. Police say…
[File image] Hand flipping wooden cube block to change between up and down with percentage sign symbol for increase and decrease financial interest rate. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the reduction of the inflation target to 3% will reduce the cost of living and borrowing for households. He announced the reduction when he tabled the…
[File Image]: Construction of a building. 2 minutes The Patriotic Alliance Member of Parliament, Ashley Sauls told Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Minister Dean Macpherson that delays in completing infrastructure projects are not only caused by various challenges or the so called construction Mafias. Sauls was responding to Macpherson ‘s statement in the National Assembly….
