Luggage carrying drugs seized at OR Tambo Airport on April 26, 2027. Police at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport have arrested a 26-year-old Brazilian national for attempting to smuggle drugs into the country. The suspect was apprehended on Saturday after police discovered multiple blocks of cocaine worth an estimated street value of R8.7 million. JUST…
A suspected drug trafficker has been intercepted at OR Tambo International The police has had their hands full this long weekend at the OR Tambo International Airport(ORTIA), with significant breakthroughs in the fight against drug trafficking. In the latest drug bust, police intercepted a Netherlands national with 60kg of KHAT concealed in his luggage. Police…
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party remains adamant that members of its alliance partner, the South African Communist Party (SACP), cannot campaign for both parties ahead of the upcoming local government elections. We came together today to support our brother and Comrade, Makoro John Mpe, the Deputy Chairperson of the ANC…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the National Business Initiative’s 30th anniversary. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on business to do more on its part to empower particularly the country’s youth in being more work ready, given the current educational mismatch in terms of skills and industries. The President was giving the keynote address at the National…
Don Nkadimeng’s memorial lecture at his home in Mankweng, near Polokwane, in Limpopo. Veteran politician and member of the Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO), Advocate Mojanku Gumbi, says former AZAPO chairperson in Limpopo, Don Nkadimeng strongly advocated for reparation and compensation to Africans for suffering slavery and colonialism. She was delivering Nkadimeng’s memorial lecture at his…
South Africa marks the 32nd anniversary of freedom this Monday. Roads leading to the Dr Rantlai Molemela stadium in Bloemfontein will be temporarily closed during the hosting of the national Freedom Day celebrations. The public is advised of some road closures around the stadium. This year’s event will be addressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described South Africa’s first democratic election as the “birth of a new nation”, marking a historic moment when over 20 million people voted in 1994 for the first time. Speaking during national Freedom Day commemorations in Bloemfontein, he reflected on long…
[File Image]: IFP supporters at an event. Inkatha Freedom Party IFP Gauteng Chairperson Bonginkosi Dhlamini has urged South Africans not to sit at home but exercise their right to vote in the upcoming local government elections. Dhlamini spoke to SABC News in Westonaria, West of Johannesburg, where the party is commemorating Freedom Day. FREEDOM DAY…
Sports, Arts and Culture minister, Gayton Mckenzie speaking in Bloemfontein. Minister in the Presidency for Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has expressed her gratitude to Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie for his attempts at making special needs schools accessible for young people to participate in sports. This comes after McKenzie handed over a multipurpose sport…
File: Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Solly Malatsi. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says there will be consequences for officials who drafted the National Artificial Intelligence Policy, which was found to have contained fictitious academic references. In a statement released on Sunday, Malatsi announced the withdrawal of the policy after internal investigations confirmed…
