SANParks says 74% of its total revenue comes from tourism. South African National Parks (SANParks) has reported an 11% revenue increase for the 2024/25 financial year from R3.6 billion to R4.1 billion. This is the first time that the entity has surpassed the R4 billion mark. SANParks says 74% of its total revenue comes from tourism. …
Public Service and Administration Minister, Chief Mzamo Buthelezi speaks at an International Womens’ Day event on March 10, 2025. 3 minutes Public Service and Administration Minister Chief Mzamo Buthelezi says the department is compiling a comprehensive report to determine the financial costs of ghost employees. This comes after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted the financial…
An illegal miner 2 minutes Police in North West say they have now retrieved seven bodies from the disused mine shaft in Stilfontein. Six more bodies were retrieved in the last 24 hours. One body was retrieved last month. The High Court in Pretoria granted an interim order, allowing for food to be delivered to…
Mapulaneng driving license testing center in Bushbuckridge Local municipality in Mpumalanga, burnt down. The Mapulaneng Driving Licence Testing Centre in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, has temporarily been closed after the building was set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Spokesperson Fhumulani Thovhakale says four of the offices caught fire. Eye-testing machines,…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride has accused the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of attempting to interfere with the entity’s investigations on multiple occasions. McBride says the investigations involved some senior SAPS officials, including the former Acting Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, whom he alleges Mkhwanazi has…
Anti-Apartheid activist, Steve Biko. The inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Bantu Biko will return to the Gqeberha High Court on the 20th of February to conclude matters relating to case management. The matter was in chambers on Friday for case management. It was postponed to allow the State to finalise the appointment…
Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed confidence that the country will not experience load shedding for the remainder of the winter season and through the coming warmers months. The minister gave an update on the state of the national grid in Pretoria today. Ramokgopa says…
Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – April 13, 2025 McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in action during the race. McLaren are right to let their drivers race freely for the Formula One title and Oscar Piastri would be labelled a number two if he accepted anything else, Red Bull’s…
Gate 3 of the Tembisa Hospital in Johannesburg. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has declared the Tembisa Hospital in the east of Johannesburg as an “active crime scene.” A handful of OUTA members demonstrated outside the hospital today. This follows a report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which revealed that R2 billion has been lost to tender…
Two gold pots with gold coins in them illustrating the two-pot retirement system. 1 minute The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) says it expects the cost of implementing the two-pot retirement system to increase by R300 million annually. The FSCA has put the cost since the implementation of the system on September 1 at R1.6…
