Helen Zille addresses DA members after she was announced as the party’s mayoral candidate for the 2026 LGE, in Soweto, September 20, 2025. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed Helen Zille as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg in the upcoming 2026 Local Government Elections. Addressing party members in Mofolo, Soweto, Zille based her campaign for…
File image: The Cape Town headquarters of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is seen in this picture. 1 minute The South African Revenue Services (SARS) says it has made provisions to go ahead with the 0.5% VAT increase on May 1 despite receiving court papers about Democratic Alliance (DA) plans to interdict the Value-Added Tax…
All eyes are on suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu as he appears before the Ad Hoc Committee again investigating allegations raised by KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Watch Live on YouTube:
[File photo] Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane 1 minute Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has acknowledged that, 31 years into democracy, much more still needs to be done by his administration to invest in rural communities. The province marked Freedom Day by celebrating the centenary of ANC struggle stalwart Alfred Nzo’s birth in Matatiele. The…
File image| Sewer spillage due to a sanitation pipe burst. A resident of Saaiplaas at Virginia in the Free State has lamented her 18 years of struggle while living in a house surrounded by sewage. Dikeledi Mokhosi says the situation has remained unchanged despite repeatedly reporting the issue to Matjhabeng Local Municipality. Mokhosi says her…
Search teams inspect the military van trapped in Nkomazi River. The search for the missing South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member in the Nkomazi River in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga continues this Sunday morning. This is the third day since the incident happened. It is alleged that the members were trying to cross the river from…
File | Sewage spillage. A five-month water outage has forced residents of Kokosi near Fochville on Gauteng’s West Rand to fetch water from a sewage drain. Rand Water reduced supply to the Merafong Municipality, saying it owes them over R1 billion and that negotiations to settle the bill fell off. Community leader Shimani Ramatshosa says…
1 minute Epidemiologist Tulio de Oliveira says an outbreak of the recent respiratory virus currently experienced in China and India is not a repeat of COVID-19. The virus, identified as human metapneumovirus (HMPV), has seen cases surging across Chinese provinces this winter, particularly among children. The outbreak comes five years after the world was first…
File: Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism has raised concerns over the Minister Patricia de Lille’s dissolution of the South African Tourism Board. She’s reported to have acted after the Board overstepped its authority by appointing a member to perform the duties of the former chairperson, Professor Gregory Davids, who resigned…
1 minute Twenty-eight Ethiopian nationals believed to be victims of human trafficking are appearing in separate courts this week charged with being in the country illegally. Each faces one count of contravening the Immigration Act. They were found naked and held captive inside a house in Sandringham, Johannesburg last Thursday. Three Ethiopian nationals were arrested…
