Police Minister Senzo Mchunu gives evidence before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on October 2, 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has handed over his electronic devices to authorities. Mchunu, who is on a leave of absence has been accused of corruption, having ties to criminal syndicates and meddling in police investigations. The devices include a state-issued laptop,…
Defence witness Makhosonke Zungu returns to the High Court in Pretoria as the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes. On Monday, Zungu said he didn’t testify on behalf of the state, as he was uncomfortable with what they allegedly wanted him to say. LIVESTREAM:
Two Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) trainee candidates have died during selection programme training exercises on separate occasions. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says 24-year-old Michael Nyambi died on the 29th of August after becoming ill from heat exhaustion while participating in a fitness programme. 26-year-old Zwelethu Tekete died on Monday, 1 September. Fihla explains, “Marvellous…
Members of the ANC are seen at the party’s Sekhukhune 9th Regional Conference in Limpopo on 25 April 2025. 2 minutes There is uncertainty on whether the African National Congress (ANC) regional elective conferences scheduled to get underway this weekend in Limpopo will go ahead. The party’s Vhembe and Mopani regions are scheduled to elect regional leaders on Saturday…
South African bank notes. 2 minutes Funding has been highlighted as a key factor in turning the performance of struggling municipalities around. This has emerged at the three-day local government summit in Bloemfontein. With assets attached in some struggling municipalities, mayors are calling for national government to prioritise local government budget allocations. Tlhoare Motsoeneng is…
Minister of International Relations (DIRCO) Ronald Lamola. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Ronald Lamola says although South Africa does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it has maintained trade relations with it. South Africa officially ended its diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1997. The department says the plan to relocate the Taiwan Liaison…
Ramaphosa at the Water Indaba 3 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the time for talking shop is over as government and stakeholders must find solutions to the country’s water crisis. Ramaphosa was speaking at the two-day National Water and Sanitation Indaba, taking place in Midrand, Gauteng. The Indaba is set to address the country’s…
Suspects were arrested for offences including drug-related crimes, robbery, murder, rape, assault GBH, burglary, and drunk driving. Over 500 suspects have been arrested in Northern Cape for various offences including murder, attempted murder, burglary and dealing in drugs. The suspects were apprehended during Operation Shanela across five districts. Provincial police spokesperson Cherelle Ehlers says during…
[FILE IMAGE]: A branch of mobile communications provider Vodacom in Cape Town is shown in this picture taken November 10, 2015. Vodacom has posted a 32.3% increase in interim profit with improved earnings. However, despite strong financials from the group, a multi-million rand once-off payout to Nkosana Makate in relation to the “Please Call Me”…
[File image] South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased to 33.2% in the 2nd quarter of 2025 from 32.9 recorded during the first quarter. The country created 19 thousand jobs in the first quarter. More than 140 000 jobs were lost. Unemployment has ticked up in the South African economy. Releasing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey,…
