File image: Classroom. 1 minute The Special Action Committee for Education (SAC) says they are disappointed that their case against the Western Cape Department of Education has been struck off the court role. The committee applied for an urgent interdict to restrain the provincial department from cutting more than 2400 teaching posts. In August last…
Monkey Pox -Mpox ZIMBABWE has recorded two cases of the viral Mpox virus with the government yesterday announcing that both cases are in isolation at home and that people should not panic as the “situation was under control”. The announcement was made by Health and Child Care minister Douglas Mombeshora yesterday comes two months after…
FILE | Broken windscreen due to an accident Four people have died and 1 injured, after a vehicle they were traveling in overturned on the N12 near Middelburg, in Mpumalanga. The Provincial Department of Safety, Security and Liaison says the cause of the crash is not yet known. However, they suspect reckless and negligent driving….
Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale answering a questioning from an MP during his appearance before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale concluded his testimony on Tuesday night after taking questions from members of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, which is investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations. According to Mkhwanazi, senior police officials,…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein. The former personal assistant of Ace Magashule, Moroadi Cholota, says that the asbestos trial is an opportunity for the truth to come out. Cholota spoke to the media today after the Constitutional Court affirmed that her extradition from the US was unlawful. Cholota was extradited from the…
Witness Lorentia Lombaard testifies in the Joshlin Smith case granted indemnity. Section 204 witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking matter, Lorentia Lombaard, has been granted indemnity from prosecution. Lombaard turned state witness and told the court how she had witnessed Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, sold her baby who was six year old at…
Botswana’s voters delivered a shock defeat to the ruling party Botswana Democratic Party after ruling for nearly six decades. LEADER of Johanne the Fifth of Africa Archbishop Andby Makururu prophecy has come to fruition after claiming that President Mokgweetsi Masisi will lose this year’s elections. Botswana’s voters delivered a shock defeat to the ruling party…
SAFTU General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi 1 minute The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has expressed concerns over the World Bank’s recently approved loan to South Africa. The labour federation has argued that the R26 billion loan will worsen the country’s dependence on foreign creditors. The loan is intended to support structural reforms which are…
Chicken at a farm The South African Meat Processors Association (SAMPA) has welcomed the partial lifting of the ban on the importation of chicken from most of Brazil. The Department of Agriculture announced the decision this week that allows for the resumption of imports from Brazil, except the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the Budget Speech 2 minutes Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reaffirmed government’s determination to ensure sustainable public finances puts South Africa in a stronger position to withstand unforeseen shocks like COVID-19, while creating an environment conducive to higher investment and faster economic growth. The country’s debt remains stubbornly high, the…
