SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 5 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it needs about R7.5 billion to fund costs related to its unfunded public mandate. The organisation was updating Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on its audit outcomes and financial performance. The management of the SABC and the…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Suspended Ekurhuleni Deputy Police Chief Commissioner, Julius Mkhwanazi’s relationship with the owner of the Medicare 24, Mike van Wyk has taken centre stage during Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee hearing. This is a company where attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was a director. Commissioner Mkhwanazi has further…
Confiscated unlicenced firearm 1 minute The police say they have arrested a young woman in Blikkiesdorp in Delft on the Cape Flats for the illegal possession of a Baby Browning pistol. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says members of the Provincial Anti-Economic Crime Task Team and the Provincial Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Policing Team followed…
Bullets seen at a crime scene. 3 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed that the death toll from Saturday’s shooting in Soshanguve, Gauteng, has now risen to five. He was addressing the Community of the Marry Me Informal Settlement in the area on Sunday. According to police, at around 3 am on Saturday morning, a…
An Eskom logo is seen at the entrance of its head offices in Sunninghill, Sandton. 2 minutes Eskom has announced that load shedding will be suspended from 5am on Wednesday morning. The power utility says this is as a result successful recovery of generation capacity and significant progress in replenishing emergency reserves. On Sunday, Eskom…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in action during the sprint race Formula One champion Max Verstappen won a “cat and mouse” Belgian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday in Red Bull’s first race under the leadership of Laurent Mekies following Christian Horner’s dismissal. McLaren’s championship leader Oscar Piastri finished second, after taking a dominant pole position for the 100km race,…
New Magesi FC Coach Owen Da Gama. 1 minute Former Orlando Pirates coach, Owen Da Gama, has been appointed as the new head coach of Carling Knock-out Cup champions, Magesi FC. Da Gama’s appointment comes at a crucial time for the reigning Carling Knock-out Cup champions as they aim to stabilise their coaching staff and…
Picture that shows Pinetown Home Affairs offices. The Home Affairs Department says it will extend operating hours at its offices from Monday 8 December to 19 December 2025, and again on the 5th to the 16th of January 2026. The department says the operating hours will be extended by two hours, meaning that the offices will now close…
ANC’s 114th birthday celebrations at Moruleng Stadium, outside Rustenburg With local elections just few months away, the African National Congress (ANC) has declared 2026 as the year to fix local government and transform the economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the party’s January 8 Statement at Moruleng Stadium, outside Rustenburg on Saturday. The ANC’s main 114th…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa could still be asked to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee, investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, to account before lawmakers on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Committee chair Soviet Lekganyane says the President’s name, along with senior…
