File: The Public Servants Association (PSA) has received a large number of calls from union members in response to the proposed increase in membership subscriptions for the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) for the upcoming year. The Congress of South African Trade Unions-affiliated public service unions, including the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union,…
[FILE IMAGE]: Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary. Self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, have won an extradition battle against the South African government in Malawi. The High Court of Malawi has set aside the 12 March 2025 order made by the Magistrates’ Court in Lilongwe, which had directed that self-proclaimed Bushiri and…
KwaZulu-Natal’s Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka visuts Vimbukhalo Primary School as part of Operation Siyahlola on August 4, 2025. The National Freedom Party (NFP) has called for the suspension of KwaZulu-Natal’s Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka and the Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane, following allegations of corruption against them. There are claims that companies associated with the MECs’…
FILE | Emergency workers at an accident scene 1 minute Five people have lost their lives following a head-on collision involving a light delivery vehicle and a sport utility vehicle on the N4 toll road between Belfast and Machadodorp in Mpumalanga this afternoon. The provincial spokesperson for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Moeti Mmusi says…
File image| An empty court room. A 30-year-old man accused of killing his sister and burying her body in a shallow grave in KaBokweni, Mpumalanga, is expected to apply for bail in a local magistrate’s court on Wednesday. Mluleki Nkosi allegedly killed his 44-year-old sister, Sibongile Nkosi, during an altercation last year. The accused was…
Tap with droplet of water 2 minutes As South Africa prepares for this year’s budget speech, some Limpopo communities hope that resources will be directed towards fixing water infrastructure, so that they can access clean running water. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver the Budget Speech tomorrow after it was postponed last month….
Deputy President Paul Mashatile Government says it does not rule out any possibility of applying debt collection for water from municipalities on a punitive scale to those who owe the water boards. While answering questions before the National Council of Provinces in Parliament on Thursday, Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the majority of the country’s…
Police vehicle lights. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg says the city’s VIP protection budget should be spent on providing basic services to residents. Yesterday, the High Court in Johannesburg ruled that the city’s VIP protection policy was unconstitutional. It said municipal officials were provided with excessive security without proper threat assessments. Under…
FILE | A man throws water on a shack engulfed in flames in Langa, Cape Town, in this image captured on 16 April 2022. Two people in their sixties died in a house fire in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, despite the efforts of bystanders and the emergency services to quell the blaze. The fire gutted the house…
The pre-trial hearing of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused commences at the High Court in Johannesburg. Matlala is facing eleven counts of attempted murder, along with a string of other charges. The charges relate to failed assassination attempts on his former girlfriend, Tebogo Thobejane, businessman Joe Sibanyoni and music producer Seunkie Mokubong. LIVESTREAM:
