E-hailing drivers pickup zone. The Department of Transport has gazetted the National Land Transport Amendment Act (NLTAA). This means that e-hailing services like Uber and Bolt are now officially recognised as legal forms of public transport. Taxi Body South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has argued that the delay in implementing the NLTAA created unfair…
Alick Macheso ORGANISERS of the inaugural Chitungwiza Arts Festival believe that the dormitory town is the hub of arts in the country, judging by that thriving careers of stars that came out of the town. Speaking to NewsDay Life & Style, veteran actor, film maker and playwright Nobert Fero, who is spearheading the festival preparations,…
Bishop Dr John Bolana Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Lubabalo, will deliver the eulogy for the late Bishop, Dr. John Bolana, in Gqeberha on Sunday. Bolana the 5th Bishop of the Bantu Church of Christ, who passed away on February 3, has been granted a Special Provincial Official Category 2 funeral. This is in recognition of his…
File Image: A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa as members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa on strike 1 minute Talks continue between steel company ArcelorMittal SA and labour union, Numsa . This follows the company’s decision to retrench 107 workers ahead of the festive season. Numsa members have embarked on…
Environmental activists protest during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan 2 minutes The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal on Friday that would have developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer nations – a proposal that drew criticism from…
2 minutes The Petrusville Magistrates’ Court has postponed a money laundering and corruption case involving a Northern Cape businessman, Rhulani Tshuketana, and Emthanjeni Municipality employee, Lusapho Williams, to April next year. The pair were arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday in connection with allegations of irregularities linked to a R1 million tender awarded to Ribilwa…
The by-elections would have been the last ahead of the scheduled 27 October local government elections. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has won ward one in the Saldanha Bay municipal by-election in the Western Cape, according to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Provincial Electoral Officer Michael Hendrickse confirmed that eight parties…
Women holding placards calling for an end in GBV. Scores of women from various organisations across the Free State are gathering at Hoffman Square in Bloemfontein to picket against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide. The Bloemfontein picket is organised by women’s rights advocacy group, Buang Basadi, as part of the nationwide call for gender-based violence…
Kenyan workers check clothes made for export at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory, operating under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), in Ruaraka district of Nairobi, Kenya October 26, 2023. 2 minutes Four Republican Members of Congress have written a letter to US President Donald Trump arguing for South Africa’s…
The High Court in Pretoria is hearing suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lt-General Shadrack Sibiya’s bid to have him re-instated, on September 3, 2025. The lawyer representing suspended Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has argued that the processes followed by National Commissioner Fannie Masemola to suspend him are unlawful….
