Tatjana Smith celebrates after winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final on 29 July 2024, Multiple Olympic Gold medallist and swimmer Tatjana Smith is the biggest winner at the 2025 South African Sports Awards. This after scooping two top accolades at the Sun City Superbowl last night. Smith won the Sportswoman of the Year and…
ANCWL hosting a Gertrude Shope memorial lecture at the Akasia Community Hall, 24 August 2025. African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) NEC member, Boitumelo Moiloa, says the league is now actively advocating for a female President. Speaking at a memorial lecture in Akasia, Pretoria, in honour of the late ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope, who would…
Woman counting South African bank notes. A report has revealed that women’s cash income in South Africa stands at 41.8% compared to men who get 58.2%. The Bureau of Market Research compiled the report entitled Personal Income Estimates for South Africa. The bureau’s findings come despite women making up 53% of the adult population. The…
Former NLC Chair, Barney Pityana. Former National Lotteries Commission Chairperson Professor Barney Pityana insists his resignation was neither politically motivated nor forced. Pityana says personal matters prompted his decision to leave the position, which he held for three years. He was appointed to restore integrity to the commission following allegations of widespread looting under his…
Boxing gloves hanging from ropes. A prominent and top Gqeberha-based boxing trainer, Caiphus, has been producing boxing champions since 1999, when he established Caip Boxing Club at Joe Gqabi informal settlement under appalling conditions. Ntathe has developed over 100 amateur boxers and some have turned into professional trainers and managers, including four world champions. Top…
Energy Minister confident the Integrated Resource Plan 2025 will be approved, even though it will require R2,23 trillion. The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has expressed strong confidence that the new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025, will be approved. The minister made the announcement at the Independent Transmission Projects Procurement Programme conference…
Lily Mine in Barbeton Mpumalanga where three mine workers lost their lives when the container office they were in ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has questioned government’s reasons for not retrieving the container office that plunged into a collapsed mine shaft with three Lily Mine workers inside years ago. Mashaba says there’s no scientific evidence that…
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port. In a significant step towards promoting gender equality, Transnet is celebrating Women’s Month by having an all-female shift load a cargo vessel of over 25,000 tonnes in the Richards Bay Port. This highlights the growing presence of women in the maritime…
Court room. Two Hawks officers accused of corruption and defeating the ends of justice have had their case transferred from the Bela Bela Magistrates’ Court to the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Limpopo. The accused, Brigadier Mapome Mohajane and Captain Virginia Kupa, will be back in court on the 24th of October. They allegedly…
School on the Cape Flats, where recent taxi violence has left learners and teachers feeling unsafe and at times, unable to attend school. The Western Cape Education Department has raised concerns following the recent taxi-related shootings. At least six people have been killed in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar in the past two days. Provincial…
