File: Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni addresses a Post Cabinet Media Briefing in Hatfield, Pretoria on May 15, 2025. Trade union Solidarity is taking Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, to court over alleged defamation. This, after she claimed that Solidarity and its sister organisation, AfriForum, led misinformation campaigns against South Africa. This follows…
Parliament’s Committee on Transport Chairperson Selelo Selamolela addressed the media on September 8, 2025. The Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Transport Selelo Selamolela says that the deadly shootings that happened at Maponya Mall in Gauteng last month are just the tip of the iceberg within the taxi industry. An e-hailing driver, 27-year-old Siyanda Mthokozisi Mvelase…
Equipment used to manufacture alcohol recovered. The police have arrested seven foreign nationals for running a facility that is manufacturing illegal alcohol at Klapmuts in the Cape Winelands District. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says five men and two women were arrested. He says officers followed up on information when they discovered the facility. “The members visited…
Coach Hugo Broos during training Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos understands that a win against Nigeria will help the team qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Broos says the aim is not to draw but to play for maximum points against the Super Eagles at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, on Tuesday evening….
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the National Assembly. President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday afternoon appear before the National Assembly to answer oral questions. The oral question and answer sessions with him are scheduled at least once a quarter. The questions include South Africa’s engagements with the United States on reducing tariffs. Ramaphosa will…
A soccer ball. Mohamed Ben Romdhane scored a 94th minute winner as Tunisia booked their place at the 2026 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over hosts Equatorial Guinea in Malabo on Monday, taking an unassailable lead in their qualifying Group H. The victory moves Tunisia to 22 points from their eight qualifiers, 10 points…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the two life sentences handed down to Raymond Smith, 37, convicted of killing a Pretoria couple. The High Court in Pretoria found Smith guilty of murdering a couple and stabbing their son during a robbery. Smith had targeted them after seeing the listing of the family’s R2.7 million…
Taxis at a rank The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) is calling on operators who haven’t applied for the Taxi Relief Fund (TRF) to do so promptly. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) defends government’s decision to allocate R408 million from the COVID-19 Relief Fund to the taxi industry. pic.twitter.com/eZzqbRW7Q5 — SABC News…
PAC President Mzwanele Nyhontso The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) has welcomed Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s approval of an inquest into the deaths of five children killed by the apartheid army in 1993. The children, aged between 12 and 17, were gunned down at the Mthatha home of PAC activist Sigqibo Mpendulo. They were…
Person holding South African money. South Africa could see economic growth lift in the second quarter despite declining business confidence and ongoing strain in key sectors like mining. Stats SA is set to publish the latest GDP data for the year on Tuesday, with economists predicting an expansion of between 0.4% to 0.5%. This will…
