1 minute The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has issued a notice to de-register the South African Communist Party (SACP) and 91 other inactive political parties. The affected parties have until March 24, 2025 to submit reasons to the Commission explaining why they should not be removed from the register. According to the IEC, these parties…
File Image: Residents blockade a road during service delivery protests. Motorists are urged to exercise caution when traveling in and around Westbury due to the ongoing protests in the Coronationville area. The community is protesting over prolonged water outages, resulting in roadblocks on Perth Road, Harmony Street and Fuel Road near Rahima Moosa Mother and…
[FILE PHOTO] Shack fire. Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal say a total of eight people have died in two separate fire incidents in the province on Saturday. The first incident claimed the lives of five children when their informal settlement caught fire at Shaka’s Head near Ballito on Durban’s north coast. The victims were aged between 1…
MKP MP Carol Mafagane The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has written to the National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, requesting a debate in Parliament, regarding the water crisis in the country. The party says residents across the country face dry taps and polluted water. The MK Party member of the National Assembly, Carol Mafagane says they want…
Newly appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa Phathiswa Magopeni is pictured speaking during a Public Protector conference on 19 November 2024. 1 minute Prominent journalist and media freedom advocate, Phathiswa Magopeni, has been appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa. Magopeni takes over from Latiefa Mobara who resigned…
File: Kaizer Chiefs club logo. Kaizer Chiefs are out of the CAF Confederation Cup. This follows after they lost 2-1 to Egyptian team Zamalek in a Group D encounter in Ismalia on Saturday evening. Amakhosi were knocked out on goal difference. Zamalek and another Egyptian team Al Masry have progressed to the quarterfinals. 90 +…
NSFAS Logo. Aggrieved student accommodation service providers have demanded NSFAS roadshow officials should address their payment issues collectively after they refused to be assisted individually. The service providers were holding a meeting with NSFAS today in Bloemfontein in the Free State today. They claim that they are owed money for housing students dating back to…
Graça Machel delivers a keynote on the Importance of Women’s Leadership in Zambia’s Energy Transition on October 24, 2024 2 minutes A study commissioned by the Graça Machel Trust has revealed that women still face societal prejudices, gender pay gaps and discriminatory lack of access to finance and technology. The Trust has gathered women from…
File Image: Former South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani. 2 minutes As today marks 32 years since the assassination of then SA Communist Party (SACP) General-Secretary Chris Hani the party says it’s still not satisfied with the investigation into his murder. Hani was brutally gunned down on the 10th of April 1993. His…
Person holding South African money. The Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) has risen by five points to forty-four in the fourth quarter of 2025. The improvement in business sentiment follows two consecutive declines. This means that 44% of respondents including manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, are satisfied with prevailing…
