Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube addresses the 2030 Reading Panel annual event on February 24, 2026. Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has commended Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube for demanding accountability in the awarding of a R285 million textbook tender. Gwarube has written to the National Treasury after reports that publishing company Lighthouse Publishers Limited was…
Lottery balls The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has recovered over R3 million in stolen lottery funds meant for community development. In 2018, Todi Media was granted R1,5 million for a media project, while Zibsiflo received R1,7 million intended for women’s soccer clinics in the Free State. Investigations revealed the funds never reached their intended beneficiaries…
Late football star Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. Livestream:
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) holds a media briefing ahead of the Workers Day Rally to be held at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. Livestream:
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina and Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero launch the Brixton Reservoir and Water Tower Project. Livestream|
FILE | Sunday Times Editor Makhudu Sefara. The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has welcomed the decision of its chairperson, Makhudu Sefara, to step aside pending an investigation into allegations of lottery funds misappropriation. This follows the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) revelation that a company linked to Sefara had improperly benefited from stolen lottery…
A car is retrieved from the Komati River, where the owner is believed to have drowned, April 2026. Police divers in Mpumalanga will continue their search for a 59-year-old man who was swept away in the Komati River in Komatipoort. Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the man’s vehicle got stuck in the river while he…
FILE| Outside the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court. The case of nine people accused of the murder of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) part-time lecturer Sifundo Madasi in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, is set to resume in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. The group, which faces a charge of murder, allegedly attacked and killed Madasi…
Manchester United manager Michael Carrick celebrates after the match against at Crystal Palace, Old Trafford, Manchester in Britain on March 1, 2026. Manchester United‘s 2-1 win over Brentford on Monday put them on the brink of Champions League qualification, but interim manager Michael Carrick said they must keep pushing to finish as high up the…
Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. The office of the Auditor-General (AG) at the Ekurhuleni Municipality says it is evaluating audit-related matters after some officials were implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. It says some of the allegations that came up in the evidence led before the commission, may…
