Person holding South African money 2 minutes National Treasury and provincial treasuries have identified over R312-billion in wasteful spending on non-performing programmes since 2013. Government spending is estimated to reach nearly R2.6 trillion in the 2025-26 financial year with social services accounting for more than half of spending. Government says a cut in spending on…
[FILE IMAGE]: AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini at his coronation ceremony in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. People have started to arrive at the AmaZulu royal palace in KwaKhangelamankengane near Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal ahead of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s traditional wedding. He is getting married to Queen Nomzamo kaMyeni later today. The Queen will be the monarch’s second wife…
The High Court in Pretoria is hearing suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lt-General Shadrack Sibiya’s bid to have him re-instated, on September 3, 2025. The lawyer representing suspended Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has argued that the processes followed by National Commissioner Fannie Masemola to suspend him are unlawful….
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli speaks during a government function. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli is rallying citizens to join the fight against gender-based violence. He made the call at Nokuphila Mbhele’s funeral. Her body was found in a rented room in Mandawe on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. She had allegedly been killed by her…
Spaza shop 2 minutes The Ethekwini municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is on a campaign to ensure compliance of the spaza shop industry which contributes around R55 billion to the Metro’s GDP. The industry employs more than 260 000 people. As the deadline for all spaza shop owners to register their businesses looms, the municipality held a…
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against the Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. LIVE STREAM:
1 minute The NPA is presenting evidence in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to have the initial findings into the death of iconic anti-apartheid figure and former ANC president, Chief Albert Luthuli, overturned.
An aerial view of the Stilfontein mine. 2 minutes North West Community Safety and Transport MEC Wessels Morweng says they are yet to receive a report about the assessment that was conducted on Friday at shaft 11 in Stilfontein. Morweng accompanied by the Deputy Provincial Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng briefed the media about the retrieval…
FILE | Mobile toilets A special tribunal has ordered that 16 officials of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education face disciplinary action for being implicated in the unlawful awarding of a multi-million rand chemical toilet contract. The Special Investigating Unit found that the contract valued at more than R2.5 million was irregularly awarded in June 2020…
FILE PHOTO: A shopper looks for goods during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 minute Some energy analysts believe President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to announce government’s plans to mitigate load shedding when he delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening. Eskom implemented stage three load shedding last Friday…
