Sewage spill 2 minutes Critical issues related to the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation are under the spotlight as the country observes Freedom Day today. The national celebration is being held at the AJ Swanepoel stadium in Ermelo, Mpumalanga. Some residents of Ermelo have accused government of failing to deliver basic…
1 minute Mamelodi Sundowns have booked a place in the CAF Champions League final following a 1-1 draw against Al Ahly in Cairo on Friday. Al Ahly grabbed the lead in the 23rd minutes through Taher Mohamed. The Egyptians almost doubled the lead on the half-hour mark through a powerful shot at the near post…
Three missing constables, , 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) 1 minute The National Commissioner of Police, General Fannie Masemola, is appealing to members of the public for assistance in finding three missing constables. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the trio – two females and…
uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) leader Jacob Zuma is scheduled to deliver the Solomon Mahlangu lecture today as the country observes Freedom Day. Zuma is expected to begin the commemoration of the young anti-apartheid activist at the Khosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria where Mahlangu was held. Zuma will also visit the cemetery in Mamelodi where Mahlangu was buried…
Taxis at a rank in Gauteng 2 minutes 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. This comes after Build One South Africa (BOSA) questioned the once-off gratuity, which was allocated in the 2025-26 budget. Responding to a Parliamentary question…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the 2025 budget in the National Assembly in Cape Town on 12 March 2025. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema says Finance Minister Enoch Godogwana does not have the powers to reverse the Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase because it was passed in Parliament. Malema says the…
Crime Scene. 1 minute A Limpopo male nurse wanted in connection with the killing of his girlfriend has been found hanging from a tree at the Nkowankowa industrial area outside Tzaneen. The deceased, identified as Victor Shivambu, was wanted for stabbing Faith Shikhibana to death. They were both nurses at Mavambe Youth Care Centre near…
[FILE IMAGE]: A coffin during a funeral service. 1 minute Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Convocation President Dr Lunga Mantashe has described the killing of final-year student Sisonke Mbolekwa as an “immeasurable loss” to both the victim’s family and the broader university community. Speaking on the sidelines of Mbolekwa’s emotional funeral in Masakala village outside Matatiele…
1 minute The family of Oratile Mothwa, a 21-year-old second-year journalism student at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), is reeling in shock after his tragic and suspicious death. Mothwa was reported missing on March 6, only for his body to be discovered six weeks later at a state mortuary on Tuesday. The family believes he…
File image: The Rustenburg Local Municipality employee doing repairs. 1 minute The Rustenburg Local Municipality in the North West is facing renewed political uncertainty, following a shift in coalition arrangements. The African National Congress (ANC) in the province has abandoned its coalition partners and joined forces with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to co-govern the…
