The late South African High Commissioner to Kenya H.E. Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu. The Former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces and Diplomat, Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, will be laid to rest on Saturday at the Middelburg Heroes Arch cemetery in Mpumalanga. Mahlangu has been honoured with a Special official Funeral Category 2 by President Cyril…
1 minute Postbank has warned South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) social grant beneficiaries using its black cards and Sassa gold cards against the rise in fraud scams targeting their cards and pin information. The recent scam involves fraudsters impersonating Postbank officials and targeting social beneficiaries in their homes. Postbank says their officials will never…
[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders at the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is implementing the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The President was responding to accusations by some of…
Three people alleged to be part of a syndicate involved in printing and distributing counterfeit money will be back in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday next week. The accused, who are Cameroonian nationals, appeared in court on Thursday. During their arrest in Elardus Park in Pretoria on Tuesday, they were found in possession of…
Former DA chief whip in Umngeni Muncipality, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu. Two more suspects have been arrested by the Political Killings Task Team in connection with murder of Nhlalayenza Ndlovu who was the DA Chief Whip in the Umngeni Muncipality. Ndlovu was gunned down at his home in Mpophomeni near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal in December 2023. …
Marion Island 1 minute Scientists have confirmed the presence of what’s described as a ‘high pathogenicity’ avian influenza (HPAI) on Marion Island. The HPAI version of bird flu is believed to have spread around the world since 2021. The Environment Ministry says in a statement that samples collected between September and December last year were…
Braamfischerville residents in Soweto protest on June 4, 2025, following Likhona Fose’s murder. 1 minute The case of the 39-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the murder of Likhona Fose, has been postponed to June 18 in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Mduduzi Mnisi is facing a murder charge after the 14-year-old girl’s mutilated…
A Starlink satellite internet system is set up on a caravan truck of a tourist, parked in a street in Ronda, Spain February 12, 2024. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it supports the proposed Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), viewing it as a crucial step towards modernizing South Africa’s Communications legislation. This comes…
An attendant puts fuel into a car. The Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has announced decreases in fuel prices, including a cut of as much as 57 cents a litre for diesel. The department says the petrol price will decline by four cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 49 cents. The prices take…
Nobutho Thethani, a local farmer works the land at Lawley informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 minute South Africa’s economy contracted by 0 .3% in the third quarter from a revised 0.3% growth in the second quarter of the year. The latest data released by Statistics South Africa shows that various…
