Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speaking at the post-budget breakfast in Cape Town, 26 Feb 2026. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the national government is considering stepping up its involvement to address governance challenges in the City of Johannesburg. Addressing a post-budget media briefing in Cape Town, Godongwana says national authorities may need a formal or…
Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy scores their first goal. Borussia Dortmund held off a stirring second-half fightback from Monterrey to complete the Club World Cup quarter-final line-up with a 2-1 win in a round-of-16 thriller at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Tuesday. Clinical finishes from Serhou Guirassy in the 14th and 24th minutes put Dortmund on top…
Mayoral Committee for Finance Loyiso Masuku and Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero. Loyiso Masuku is the new chairperson of the African National Congress‘s Greater Johannesburg Region. This follows elections where she beat Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero at the region’s ANC conference, which started on Wednesday in Sandton, Johannesburg. Masuku secured 184 votes against Morero’s 149 votes….
Rugby player, Peter O’Mahony Irish legend, Peter O’Mahony, will captain the Barbarians in his final international rugby match of a 13-year career, when the famous invitational side takes on the Springboks in Cape Town, on Saturday. The 35-year-old with 114 test caps for Ireland and one for the British and Irish Lions, will lead a…
Firefighters battle fire at the Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa on December 26, 2024 2 minutes Another shack fire has ravaged informal dwellings on the Cape Flats. The City of Cape Town says they’ve responded to a fire last night in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa. Hundreds of shacks have been gutted…
Police in uniform at a crime scene. 3 minutes The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it will identify unfit members for enrollment into a health and fitness programme. This came out on the last day of the three-day National Policing Summit in Ekurhuleni. The summit was convened to deliberate on new and advanced policing…
1 minute Commuters in Johannesburg will need to find alternative transport again this morning as Rea Vaya bus services remain suspended until further notice. The suspension follows the fatal shooting of two bus drivers in separate incidents in Soweto on Monday evening. One driver was shot in Mapetla, and another was killed in Protea Glen,…
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti 1 minute Italian Carlo Ancelotti, one of the most decorated managers in world football, will become Brazil’s coach after leaving Real Madrid at the end of the season, the Brazilian FA (CBF) said on Monday after finally landing their first-choice candidate. The 65-year-old Ancelotti has enjoyed four hugely successful years…
IEC banner. The Electoral Commission is holding a voter registration campaign in two municipalities on northern KwaZulu-Natal. This is in preparation for by-elections schedule to take place in Ward 22 in the Abaqulusi Municipality, as well as wards seven and 20 in the Nongoma Municipality. On the 18th of March 2025, the wards became vacant…
A customer looks at a till receipt. 2 minutes A study by local payment-clearing house, BankServ Africa, shows that the slowdown in inflation has boosted salary earners’ buying power. It shows that Real Take-Home Pay, adjusted for inflation, increased by 0,9% on a monthly basis in February. The BankServ Africa Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) tracks…
