BLESSING Hungwe Nharara BLESSING Hungwe Nharara’s eyes sparkle as she recalls childhood trips to the river with her grandmother. Not for a picnic, but to mine for gold. She recalls watching her grandmother expertly sift the water with a winnowing dish, the glimmer of gold a promise of adventure. “That’s when I fell in love…
A dairy cow stops to look up while feeding at a dairy farm. The City of Ekurhuleni says residents need to submit a written notice at least 14 days before slaughtering animals for religious or cultural purposes. The city says traditional and religious slaughtering is an important part of many celebrations. It, however, says this…
Mthatha in the Eastern Cape Plans by the Eastern Cape government to relocate Mthatha flood victims to Maydene Farm have been met with resistance. The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality has identified a piece of land at Maydene Farm, where it plans to erect close to 200 shelters. But the community of Maydene Farm is…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will be tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the 12th of November. The National Assembly will consider and adopt it on the 13th of January next year. Parliament says this year’s consideration of the MTBPS is the direct knock-on effect…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu The African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who has been placed on special leave, offered to step aside from his party duties, following the establishment of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party says its National Executive Committee (NEC) decided he should…
Ukrainian soldiers ride atop an armored fighting vehicle at an unknown location in eastern Ukraine A family member of one the 17 South African men trapped in Ukraine has criticised the government for failing to repatriate them. Yesterday, former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, opened a criminal case against her sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla…
2 minutes China said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets’ dramatic reaction to the trade levies, which drew Chinese retaliation. Several Chinese commerce associations in industries from healthcare and textiles to electronics also issued statements on Saturday calling…
National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola briefs the media. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says searches have been undertaken by the Hawks Crimes Against the State Unit at farms near Lesotho and no evidence of training camps for Basotho, seeking to reclaim land from South Africa, have been found to date. Lesotho Police Chief Borotho Matsoso…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 1 minute The kidnapping and human trafficking case of Joshlin Smith continues today with the sitting of the Cape High Court at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The trial within a trial centres around the admissibility of confession statements of…
NSFAS application form. 1 minute Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Dr. Mimmy Gondwe has described the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) as incompetent. She says delays to pay students’ allowances has a negative impact on their studies. Gondwe was speaking at the Goldfields TVET College in Welkom in the Free State yesterday. “NSFAS…
