Minister handing over the classrooms Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has handed over three recently built classrooms to the Boschrand Primary School in Msholozi, near White River in Mpumalanga. Gwarube visited the area as part of celebrating International Mandela Day. During her back-to-school campaign in January this year, a group of residents gathered outside the…
State of the Art library in Wepener opened by Minister McKenzie today Some school learners in Wepener in the Free State say the opening of the new Qibing public library will help them perform better academically. They say the library is accessible as it is close to their homes. This as the Minister of Sports,…
Police officers during a protest. The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) has warned motorists of potential traffic delays in Pretoria this morning because of two marches. One march is organised by Defend South Africa and other civic movements and the other by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party. The two groups will march from Marabastad and Church…
VBS branch. The corruption case of one of the three people implicated in the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality’s illegal investment of R150 million in VBS Bank has been postponed to the 7th of August in the Polokwane Special Commercial Crimes Court. The case of the municipality’s former Chief Financial Officer Rosina Ngoveni has been postponed for…
FATF flag The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President Eliza De Anda Madrazo says they have recognized South Africa’s efforts in addressing deficiencies in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism regulations. De Anda Madrazo says the task force will have its annual plenary visits to South Africa in August to assess the country’s progress with its…
[FILE] Late former South African president Nelson Mandela. Today is Nelson Mandela International Day. It is in honour of the late former president. The day is celebrated every year on the 18th of July, which is Mandela’s birthday. The United Nations (UN) had officially declared the day in November 2009, and the first UN Mandela Day was…
Australia’s Tate McDermott in action as he is tackled by Ireland’s Josh van der Flier and Craig Casey in the Autumn Internationals at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, 2024. Wallabies Coach Joe Schmidt conceded the absence of Rob Valetini for the first British & Irish Lions clash was a loss but was…
Former President Nelson Mandela giving a speech after his release Today marks 75 years since the founding of the SABC News Service. It was on July 17, 1950, that the SABC News aired its first news bulletin from the Broadcast House on Commissioner Street, Johannesburg. This interactive infographic documents the many history-making stories that SABC…
[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders at the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa says government generated about R400 billion in infrastructure investment last year. He says the private sector played an important role in what he describes as…
FILE | uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) members march in Gauteng. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has warned that if President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t resign by the end of today, it will approach the Constitutional Court. The party’s spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says that Ramaphosa violated a section of the constitution when he appointed Professor Firoz Cachalia…
