University of Western Cape’s Innovation Hub. 2 minutes Universities across South Africa will once again be under pressure this year as thousands of students start the 2025 academic year in South Africa. Accommodation, funding and late registrations are among the issues the institutions of higher learning will have to contend with. The Cape Peninsula University…
FILE| A miner working underground. The Minerals Council South Africa and the Ferro Alloy Producers Association (FAPA) have rejected the introduction of a chrome ore export tax, saying electricity prices need to come down to save the industry. Industry players argue that the cost of power is the real cause of the sector’s decline, not…
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson. 2 minutes Lobby group Black Forum South Africa has threatened to take Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson to court if he proceeds with the appointment of five new board members to the Independent Development Trust (IDT). The forum says the appointment of the five was flawed and has demanded that…
Businessman Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Madlanga Commission is set to resume its hearings, on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, at 9:30 am with a ruling on North West Businessman, Brown Mogotsi’s medical certificate. This after Mogotsi was a no-show before the probe on Monday, and he was given until the…
Ms Yanga Mputa is giving a Public Lecture on “Making Taxpayers Rights Matter”. Ms Mputa is hosted by the Faculty of Law at UJ. 1 minute The Office of the Tax Ombud has revealed that incidents of hijacking e-filing profiles are on the rise. During an online release of the report’s preliminary findings on Wednesday, the Tax…
Benches inside of a court. A 17-year-old boy and four others accused of involvement in a shooting incident in Westbury will be back in Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday next week. The group appeared in court on Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of two people and wounding five others last month. The accused…
SABC’s Henley entrance in Auckland Park Johannesburg on November 13, 2024. 2 minutes Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says the deadline for the analogue to digital switch-off may have to be postponed yet again. He updated Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on the latest regarding the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) digital migration. The deadline…
Tafelkop residents demanding employment at Blue Ridge platinum mine Community members in and around Tafelkop area outside Groblersdal, in Limpopo, marched to and submitted a memorandum at a local mine. Residents are demanding employment at Blue Ridge Platinum Mine. Since 2011, the mine has been under care and maintenance but is now being run by…
1 minute Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, briefs the media on the progress of spaza shop registrations across the province. LIVE STREAM:
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp is briefing the media on the latest developments following the flooding at the Kruger National Park as well as on the Kruger Recovery Fund that has been established by SANParks’Honorary Rangers. LIVESTREAM:
