Ministers and deputy ministers attend Cabinet Lekgotla. The extended Cabinet Lekgotla will end in Pretoria on Thursday afternoon, with its outcomes set to form the basis of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the 12th of next month. The two-day meeting was called to discuss plans and priorities for the year,…
File image| Entrance to SABC’s parking in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the government will prioritise resolving the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC)’s financial and infrastructure crisis this year. He confirmed that the National Treasury will first settle the public broadcaster’s billion-rand debt to Sentech and prevent the liquidation of the Post Office,…
Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has said he will appeal his two-week ban for shoving a doping control official and criticised the process for a “lack of facts”. Hewitt was charged in January for engaging in offensive conduct towards a doping control official after he pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone following Australia’s semi-final loss to…
SACP National spokesperson Alex Mashilo 2 minutes South African Communist Party (SACP) spokesperson, Dr Alex Mashilo, says Wednesday’s voting pattern in Parliament proves that the Democratic Alliance is not a decisive force in the Government of National Unity (GNU). This follows the passing of the national budget by the National Assembly earlier this week. The…
City Power in Johannesburg has announced that it will start converting all its non-vending prepaid residential customers to postpaid billing accounts as of 12 November 2025. The aim is to recover lost revenue. 2 318 prepaid customers have already been identified as non-vending. City Power also says it’s seeking to address meter tampering, illegal connections, and ensure…
South African National Taxi Council logo Taxi organisation, SANTACO, says that any of its members found responsible for the brutal killing of the e-hailing driver outside Maponya Mall or any other violent act will be suspended immediately. Mthokozisi Mvelase was murdered and his vehicle was set alight outside the Soweto mall last Wednesday night, and…
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Two World Athletics employees and a contracted consultant systematically stole more than 1.5 million euros ($1.75 million) from the organisation over several years in a theft uncovered during an audit, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. World Athletics said it discovered the theft during its first annual audit under…
A tap that has run dry Residents of Kokosi township in southern Gauteng are threatening to shut down the entire area if their water supply is not restored by Friday. The Merafong Municipality is currently grappling with severe water shortages after failing to settle a R1.4 billion debt with Rand Water. Last week, frustrated residents…
African National Congress Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) says eight of the 10 clauses of the Freedom Charter have been fully implemented with the two, on wealth ownership and land redistribution still a work in progress. This as the country marks 70 years since the adoption of this historic document….
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa leads the review of the White Paper on local government in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Monday. Live proceedings below:
